I'd love to be the fly on the wall in Cruz's suite at the convention when he realizes he's been used like a rented mule by the GOP machine.
"Hey! WTF?! I put my good faith and confidence in you guys!!"
Posted on 04/11/2016 4:20:45 PM PDT by COBOL2Java
Rush is still going?
By the third ballot Curz will realize that he is the eunuch at the GOP orgy.
Every four years a new slate of delegates is elected.
Why should they have to operate under the rules set up by the delegates from four years ago?
The current delegates are the ones chosen to make decisions for this particular election, not the ones from four years ago.
Nor should the current delegates make up rules for the delegates to be chosen four years from now.
Trump will have more than 1237 by time the convention rolls around. Unless they manage to change the rules, there will only be one ballot.
Cruz will most likely not win any more primaries.
I'd love to be the fly on the wall in Cruz's suite at the convention when he realizes he's been used like a rented mule by the GOP machine.
Cruz is likely to win NE, SD, MT, IN and possibly NM - and California is not out of the question.
Rush is, as always, right. Rush has been fair with both Cruz and Trump but he points out the obvious to people that are paying attention. Cruz will not be the nominee under any circumstances. Not even debatable. If Trump fails to get to the needed delegate count...the second ballot will bypass Cruz and a third ballot will name someone from the GOPe. At this point its impossible for Cruz to get the required amount of delegates.
Cruz walks away leaving his supporters just standing there pretending it didnt happen.
Cruz is playing Chess while Trump is playing TiddlyWinks.
Cruz knows how this works...its his supporters that are now being used.
And just as they did in '08 and '12, the GOP will pick their designated loser to the Democrats. Then after November, it will be the GOP's chance to enact revenge on Cruz (they hate him with a white hot flame), stabbing him in the back and laying blame for their Party's losses on him (dissension in the convention, don-cha-know). It's all Kabuki Theater. McConnell will appear on the Sunday morning television shows, bemoaning all the needless interference we got this election cycle from this "brash Freshman Senator".
The drive-bys will love it! Perception is reality.
What Cruz is doing to Trump is irrelevant. It's what the GOP is doing to Cruz.
Cruz and his supporters have no clue. Scary isn't it?
Got to wonder what the GOP is trying to hide? Why are they working so hard, at the risk of political party suicide, to keep Trump out of the nomination? What do they not want us to know???????
Scary and sad at the same time.
Not much longer.
That's it's all Kabuki Theater. That the GOP is a fully-owned subsidiary of the UniParty. That even when they "lose" they win.
Cruz thinks he’s too smart to be used like that that’s why he’s playing their game ... “he’ll beat their system somehow” ,, he won’t even get a nomination for a minor post...
There are 77 unpledged delegates out there waiting to be nabbed as a result. So basically what would that be? There are 809 delegates that are available. Now, Trump needs 65% of those remaining, let’s say 732. He needs 65% of those to get to 1,237. So far he’s gotten 45%. Up to now, Trump has secured 45% of all delegates. If Trump got 50% of the remaining delegates, his total would be 1,120 delegates after June 7th. And the number needed is 1,237. >>>> sorry rush you can’t extrapolate. the delegates are selected differently in each state. some winner take all some not.
“Trump will have more than 1237 by time the convention rolls around.’
Don’t see that happening. Trump is tanking in all polls. NY will be his last big win. Cruz is closing the gap fast everywhere else.
The way he is shooting his mouth off and having to walk back his statements is putting people off. Others are getting scared by Trumps terrible number vs Hillary. He is losing Utah for crying out loud!
Personally I don’t trump nor Cruz are going to nominated. It’s going to be a GOPe stooge.
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