Posted on 04/11/2016 1:59:17 PM PDT by justlittleoleme
“All Colorado Republicans [registered more than a month] could vote in precinct caucuses, which chose delegates to congressional and state conventions, who voted for national delegates.” That’s my (unabbreviated) Tweet summarizing the way that Colorado Republicans chose delegates to the national Republican Convention. I should know; as a Colorado Republican I participated in the caucuses.
But apparently, for some Trump supporters, my experience participating in the caucus process is no match for a Drudge headline claiming it never happened. As of the evening of April 10, Drudge claimed on its main page, “Fury as Colorado has no primary or caucus; Cruz celebrates voterless victory.”
So let’s set the facts straight, beginning with my own experiences with the caucus system.
After long being an unaffiliated voter, I registered as a Republican voter late last year, in part so that I could participate in Colorado’s Republican caucus system this year. (I plan to remain a Republican, barring an unforeseen major shift in the political scene.) I looked up how to participate in my precinct caucus on March 1, showed up, participated in the meeting, and successfully ran as an alternate delegate to the county convention on March 19 and to the state convention on April 9.
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A completely fair headline of what happened this year would have been, “Colorado Republicans Select Presidential Delegates the Same Way They Did Last Time.” But the reality of the situation is so much more boring that the trumped up version of it.
(Excerpt) Read more at ariarmstrong.com ...
Funny thing is, if he miraculously got the nomination (he won’t, ever) he’d suddenly forget how to be ruthless and cheat when up against Hillary, Biden or whoever the Dem candidate would be.
Please FReepmail the list, I’d like to compare it to my private checklist.
Alas, our good FRiend reegs is the real deal.
There's a lot of 98ers who are angry about Trump. I've seen some 98er Trump supporters, though.
He already said he would not be bringing up any of their scandals.
That worked out so well for the Bush’s, McCain, and Romney, as they pretty much gave their Democrat opponents a free pass.
You don’t win that way.
Ted’s on board to do the same thing those other folks did.
Trump will got tooth and nail against her.
PING!!
Maybe Cruz ought not get too comfortable with those delegates. They may be challenged.
Oboy.... 2016 version of hanging Chad’s.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3419802/posts?page=25#25
Thanks, WildHighlander57
There will probably be a number of challenges. For example, I would imagine Trump's Nevada delegates will be challenged over the shenanigans during that caucus. Also, his South Carolina delegates may be challenged since he seems to have explicitly renounced his pledge to support the GOP candidate, and that was a requirement in SC to get any delegates.
Of course, the key to any delegate challenges is having your supporters in charge of the Credentials committee - and right now, Cruz has a big head start on getting his supporters on the committees.
Nice technique. I didn't think of that. :)
Incoming private mail.
Interesting. Thanks for the post. Best election ever. We have a Canadian, a billionaire, and leather chaps wearing governor.
Thanks for the link. Very interesting.
Yes, because they could tell it was really over for them and their money had dried up. Which hasn't happened this time! Cruz is much more annoying to Trump now than Santorum, who had more than a month still left in his run, was to Romney four years ago, because Rick had no money or other resources and thus had no chance. When the field narrowed for Mitt his percent of the remaining vote climbed. As Trump's field narrowed his percent has stayed fairly flat. Cruz has resources, a game plan and a good chance to beat Trump at the convention. Trump still has a chance because too many others stayed in too long, and in many cases gobbled votes from Cruz via early voting in races finished after their exits. Had Rubio and Carson gotten out, when they'd clearly lost, the race would be tied already.
Notice your double standard. "Waaaaaahmbulance, it's not FAIR, the other people kept Cruz from his rightful votes!"
Yeah, Trump faced the same crowded field that Cruz did. And beat all of them at the same time.
Cruz won his home state (< 50%) and OK (next to it); he won Utah (Mormon, and Romney friendly therefore GOP-e friendly); and Wisconsin (GOP-e home of Ryan and Priebus...and Walker endorsed Cruz)...and Cruz *still* didn't get 50%.
Plus, Trump has been facing the unified fire of Fox News, the MSM, and hundreds of millions in ads against him from GOP-e influenced PACs, as well as Limbaugh and Levin. Anyone else would have been reduced to smoldering ashes by now.
Incidentally, wasn't it Cruz who won Iowa by having surrogates (like, you know, Amanda "matching tattoos" Carpenter) suggest that Carson had dropped out?
And Trump managed to kick the living sh*t out of Rubio in Rubio's *home state* where by definition Rubio should have been strongest: and Trump took a plurality of the Evangelical voters in the Deep South, which is the only geographic region friendly to Cruz.
Cruz lost Florida and Ohio; he looks like losing Pennsylvania. Were he to win the nomination, he would lose in a landslide just by those three states: and that does not take into account his underhanded tactics with the GOP-e, which may drive off as many as 1/3 of Trump supporters.
The Elite never sleep. Would you if the important things in life to you were on the line: Sex, Wealth, Power?
Bring on thud lawyers is right. Trump challenges and has a slate of delegates ready to take the delegate seats.
Trump has been facing the unified fire of receiving billions of free media from Fox News, the MSM which will reverse to trounce him as soon as the GOP is stuck with him.
You’ve got a real problem on your hands bub.
I didn’t instigate this story. It’s out there.
Deal with it.
Okay, thank you. I appreciate the correction. I can’t keep tabs on everything. It seemed legit.
If not, then we shouldn’t present it that way.
Now someone will come along and tell me something different.
LOL
>Trump has been facing the unified fire of receiving billions of free media from Fox News, the MSM which will reverse to trounce him as soon as the GOP is stuck with him.
Lyin’ Ted and his Lyin’ supporters. You know very well that Cruz receives all the same media offers that Trump does. The difference is Trump is willing to talk to the media anytime they ask and Cruz tends to refuse those same offers.
Why does Cruz dodge the media? Who knows. Not enough time to memorize his talking points, the more people see him the more they dislike him, or it could uncontrollable flatulence for all I know. I’m just speculating, you’ll have to ask Ted what’s he’s afraid of.
It also helps that Trump gets about 10x the viewership that Cruz does. Some people are in high demand and others have to steal votes to get by.
Yes Rastus, he will.
And by that time our best chance at real change in 28 years, will be up in smoke.
That’s what they wanted.
You see, Trump won’t run again.
They will have accomplished destroying real change.
Ted will limp off blaming everyone but himself.
The nation will be done.
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