So... Of 59 spots that Trump could have worked to get delegates elected to run for the remaining 14 openings he somehow managed to get 5 elected?Posted on 04/17/2016 7:16:02 AM PDT by Kaslin
When Donald Trump looks back at the wasted time and money he put forward in producing the biggest flame-out in Presidential nominating history, he's going to easily be able to point to exactly where he lost it.
I've long thought of elections as similar to prize fights or NFL football match-ups. And if that's the case Trump keeps complaining that he doesn't get acknowledged for gaining yardage, when the purpose of the game is to score points.
For the third or fourth time in a row now, Trump basically abandoned his team on the ground in a state where he presumably wishes to win delegates. Wyoming delivered the final 14 delegates of their state's delegation this weekend.
Ted Cruz jetted over to make a speech to the convention (like he did in North Dakota, Iowa, and Colorado.) Trump decided to stay home in New York (where he's going to easily win his home state) on Tuesday to do? Only God knows what...
But what he's NOT doing is going to a state where delegates are in play, where he could go make a speech, where he could seek to get voters to listen to his ideas, and try to actually earn delegates.
Evidently he didn't even care enough about even TRYING to win delegates that he failed to help his state organizers field a full slate for the 14 spots that are open.
So... Of 59 spots that Trump could have worked to get delegates elected to run for the remaining 14 openings he somehow managed to get 5 elected?
UNDECIDED got three times more delegates elected to the final ballot than Trump did.
And I'm pretty sure UNDECIDED spent less money than Trump did.
See this: 
That's a local attendee to the convention tweeting a sample of what the Cruz team printed up to assist people in voting for their preferred delegates.
Notice what the attendee said in the second sentence. "No list for Trump yet."
Meaning Donald's team--because they were too uninterested--couldn't be bothered with sending an intern to Kinkos to photo copy a list of names (all five that they slotted.)
Couple that with The Trump team decision not to take his private jet for a quick jaunt to Wyoming to give a short speech and say, "Please vote for my delegates, I'll make Wyoming and America great again," and then shuttling back to New York where he leads by 35+ points?
Well at least send one of your high profile, conservative friendly surrogates right?
Heh... 
The campaign said the processes don't work for them?
Of course they don't geniuses. Because the candidate is supposed to be the one doing the work... You know... To EARN the votes of the people?
It seems increasingly that Donald doesn't like to court the votes of the "little people." He doesn't seem to feel like he should be required to go out and earn the votes of the nominating process across 54 states and territories.
He seems lazy and entitled.
And while he wonders why he will have lost 12 of the last 13 contests for delegates. The proof is in the work--or the lack thereof--that he just seems disdained to do.
Cruz is getting his brains beaten in in New York, but he's still there campaigning. He campaigned in Florida, and in South Carolina and every state where the polls showed Donald ahead. Cruz believes that he should respect the voters and go to them and try as best he can to earn their support.
Donald just ignores whole sections of the nation and then whines like a petty school girl when the people that he shunned (and later slanders) didn't just rush to his support.
He should stop "wondering" and start "working," if he really TRULY wants to represent the majority of Republicans in the Presidential race.
What has Trump accomplished for this country? He has really piggy backed on other conservatives viewpoints that they have been fighting for for years.
Townhall is retarded...or maybe it’s just this author, not worth bothering to find out. Apologize for the politically-incorrect terminology in advance...but they are.
As long as Trump is less that 50% going to the convention, he’s vulnerable.
However, in the last 3 contests, Cruz has won them all. WI was 36-6, CO was 30-0, and he just got all 14 remaining WY delegates. Add in the 40-0 in Utah (the same day that Trump won AZ), and you have a run of 120-6 in the last 26 days.
Trump will likely win most of the delegates in the mostly-liberal states remaining, but both will fall short of 1237. We will have the Brokered Convention, the first vote will not select a winner, the GOPe will try to insert a third name, and whether Trump bolts the Party or not, Hillary likely wins in NOV.
Your casual use of “caucuses” would tend to make one think you think that all this was open to all Republican Voters either in Colorado, or Wyoming in a single voting venue.
Insiders, and not in a single voting venue - particularly for Colorado. In BOTH states, the final ‘choosing’ of delegates involved less that 1% of the possible Republican voting electorate.
Caucuses in your usage is not equivalent to ‘voter’ no matter how any of you try to put lipstick on that pig of a sham.
Why would Trump concentrate his resources on New York, where according to his own people, he has a huge lead? Why not look for delegates in other states?
I suspect the answer is he is not doing as well in New York as he says he is. And a less than 100% delegate win in New York could doom his campaign.
Wow... Trump's megalomania is apparently contagious.
That's been the problem with his game plan all along!
Trump, along with many people on this board, does not understand the primary process.
That's a nice analogy.
Ted Cruz jetted over to make a speech to the convention (like he did in North Dakota, Iowa, and Colorado.) Trump decided to stay home in New York (where he's going to easily win his home state) on Tuesday to do? Only God knows what...
But what he's NOT doing is going to a state where delegates are in play, where he could go make a speech, where he could seek to get voters to listen to his ideas, and try to actually earn delegates.
So what it sounds like what is happening is that Trump made a deliberate strategic choice not to put effort or money into a lot of those contests, and is complaining about the results. I suppose it is working to some extent because a lot of people believe he is getting screwed, but the better explanation seems to be that he's screwed himself.
Or may it's just that he's nearly 70, and is too low energy to be flying around to all these different states to fight for delegates.
Heh.
Because the candidate is supposed to be the one doing the work... You know... To EARN the votes of the people?
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Trump did this when he WON THE STATE!
So sadden and disgusTED with these “rules”. This is stealing.
If this continues and Trump is shut out of the states he already won, there will be hell to pay.
I suspect the answer is that he's tired and likes being home.
Yet he still does not comprehend those viewpoints!
Trump has worked for the votes of the little people. He has campaigned and given speeches all over the country. He has participated in more news, talk, town halls, call -in shows that any other candidate by far. What he has not done is take money from PACs funded by big monied interests, money from Wall Street, money from major individual donors who will control a Cruz if he should get in office and work with the establishment GOPe to overturn the will of those who vote.
On the other hand .cruz has only won four primaries where the people vote and three public caucuses. He and his minions know they do not have the support of the people so they have to steal the delegates behind the scenes. It is much easier to steal an item than to work and earn money public ally.
When I was young, my brother would do exactly the same thing when we played board games. If he was losing, he would scatter the board pieces, upset the board, announce he won and walk away.
Adolescent bully behavior.
Very, very well said....Bravo!!!!!!!
Trump is going after the big sales in NY, Connecticutt, Pennsylvania, NJ, Maryland and allowing Cruz to have his niche sales in WY and ND. Cruz knows he cannot compete with Trump for a majority of the sales with the people,so he competes where he can and promotes his business where it is unlikely he will get much competition. In the business worl both allow the business to survive. In the case of Cruz he hopes to pick up the spoils should the big business Trump go bankrupt.
Trump has his eyes on acquiring Cruz’s customers through buyout of the Cruz stores before or at the convention.
When I was young, my brother would do exactly the same thing when we played board games. If he was losing, he would scatter the board pieces, upset the board, announce he won and walk away.
Adolescent bully behavior.
I had a son that did the same thing. The difference between your brother and my son and Trump is they grew out of it and became adults.
It’s going to be hard for Trump to unite the party when/if he gets the nomination. His supporters have convinced themselves of the myth they’ll attract Independents and Democrats to make that up. Wishful thinking, of course.
That’s known as delegating responsibility...That’s what really good managers and CEO’s and presidents do....
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