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Setting the Record Straight about Colorado’s Republican Caucus
Ari Armstrong ^ | 3/11/16

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 ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: caucus; co2016; colorado; cruzcucksclan; readbeforecommenting; trump; trumpwhiner
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To: grey_whiskers
Point taken: however, it seems that every four years, there seem to be an awful lot of posters who suddenly wake up from dormancy (like cicadas) only to push some establishment, GOP-e, or liberal candidate.

I have a current count of 31 walking dead and 8 others that took a lightening ZOT to the head.

Amazing how a handful can take over a forum. For everyone to review.

The Gentleperson's Guide To Forum Spies
101 posted on 04/11/2016 8:39:12 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media. #2ndAmendmentMatters)
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To: DoughtyOne

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.


102 posted on 04/11/2016 8:42:07 PM PDT by riri (Obama's Amerika--Not a fun place.)
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To: PA Engineer

Please FReepmail the list, I’d like to compare it to my private checklist.


103 posted on 04/11/2016 8:42:25 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: PA Engineer
LOL! You've been busy! Nice work.

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.

104 posted on 04/11/2016 8:44:08 PM PDT by kiryandil (.)
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To: riri

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.


105 posted on 04/11/2016 8:44:18 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Hey Ted, why are you taking one for the RNC/GOPe team, and not ours? Not that we don't know.)
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To: The Continental Op; WildHighlander57; Old Sarge; aragorn; AZ .44 MAG; Art in Idaho; porter_knorr; ..

PING!!

Maybe Cruz ought not get too comfortable with those delegates. They may be challenged.

Oboy.... 2016 version of hanging Chad’s.

Post 25

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3419802/posts?page=25#25

Thanks, WildHighlander57


106 posted on 04/11/2016 8:55:46 PM PDT by Whenifhow
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To: Whenifhow
Maybe Cruz ought not get too comfortable with those delegates. They may be challenged.

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.

107 posted on 04/11/2016 9:03:57 PM PDT by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: kiryandil
There's a lot of 98ers who are angry about Trump. I've seen some 98er Trump supporters, though.

It is a mixed bag. I notice the majority of the "True Believers" are from Texas. Can't change a True Believer's mind even as they are being marched off to the boxcars. This group can't understand that the rest of the United States is not Texas. We have a saying in Utica and Marcella. TAFT.

The ones I become suspicious of are election only posters and noobs (when posted text matches ZOTTED users in the search engine).
108 posted on 04/11/2016 9:05:35 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media. #2ndAmendmentMatters)
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To: PA Engineer
when posted text matches ZOTTED users in the search engine

Nice technique. I didn't think of that. :)

Incoming private mail.

109 posted on 04/11/2016 9:08:17 PM PDT by kiryandil (.)
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To: The Continental Op

Interesting. Thanks for the post. Best election ever. We have a Canadian, a billionaire, and leather chaps wearing governor.


110 posted on 04/11/2016 9:08:38 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media. #2ndAmendmentMatters)
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To: Whenifhow

Thanks for the link. Very interesting.


111 posted on 04/11/2016 9:10:53 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media. #2ndAmendmentMatters)
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To: grey_whiskers
the other candidates' competitors dropped out

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.

112 posted on 04/11/2016 9:47:15 PM PDT by JohnBovenmyer (Obama been Liberal. Hope Changed)
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To: JohnBovenmyer
Liar.

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.

113 posted on 04/11/2016 9:55:49 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: TXSearcher

The Elite never sleep. Would you if the important things in life to you were on the line: Sex, Wealth, Power?


114 posted on 04/11/2016 10:03:51 PM PDT by gg188 (Ted Cruz, R - Goldman Sachs)
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To: Whenifhow

Bring on thud lawyers is right. Trump challenges and has a slate of delegates ready to take the delegate seats.


115 posted on 04/11/2016 10:28:29 PM PDT by hoosiermama (1240 (a couple extra to boot) Under budget. Ahead of schedule! Go TRUMP)
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To: grey_whiskers
Actually getting 1/4 to 1/3 of the vote when the field was large isn't 'beat all of them at the same time.' It's being clobbered by the collective all. Yet as the field shrunk few of the 'all' have switched to Trump. But most of the 'all but Trump or Cruz' have switched to Cruz. Without the crowd Cruz hits 1237 on the first ballot, taking several of states Trump pluralitied.

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.

116 posted on 04/11/2016 10:47:36 PM PDT by JohnBovenmyer (Obama been Liberal. Hope Changed)
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To: cookcounty

You’ve got a real problem on your hands bub.

I didn’t instigate this story. It’s out there.

Deal with it.


117 posted on 04/11/2016 10:56:04 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Hey Ted, why are you taking one for the RNC/GOPe team, and not ours? Not that we don't know.)
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To: RedWhiteBlue

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


118 posted on 04/11/2016 11:00:07 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Hey Ted, why are you taking one for the RNC/GOPe team, and not ours? Not that we don't know.)
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To: JohnBovenmyer

>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.


119 posted on 04/11/2016 11:01:41 PM PDT by RedWulf
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To: Rastus

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.


120 posted on 04/11/2016 11:01:49 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Hey Ted, why are you taking one for the RNC/GOPe team, and not ours? Not that we don't know.)
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