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Ted Cruz Now Says 'We Are Headed to a Contested Convention'
abcnews.com ^ | 4/20/2016 | By JESSICA HOPPER PAOLA CHAVEZVERONICA STRACQUALURSI

Posted on 04/20/2016 12:01:45 PM PDT by dirtboy

Sen. Ted Cruz for the first time said he believes the Republican Party is headed to a contested convention.

Cruz had previously called a contested convention likely and that it seemed the party was heading in that direction. But after a disappointing third-place loss in New York Tuesday, the Texas Republican is no longer saying he plans to beat front-runner Donald Trump at the ballot box.

"We are headed to a contested convention,” Cruz said in an interview with Philadelphia talk-radio personality Chris Stigall this morning. “At this point, nobody is getting 1,237. Donald is going to talk all the time about other folks not getting to 1,237; he’s not getting there either. None of us are getting to 1,237.”

And he’s right about one thing. After the New York primary, it is now mathematically impossible for Cruz to clinch the Republican nomination using bound or pledged delegates before the July convention in Cleveland.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016rncconvention; canadian; cruz; cruzie; ejected; elections; ineligible; loser; losercruzer; sore; soreloser
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To: Catsrus

Right there with ya.


301 posted on 04/20/2016 5:35:04 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: dirtboy

At this point nothing Ted says can be believed.


302 posted on 04/20/2016 5:36:20 PM PDT by Amish with an attitude
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To: Lakeshark

I have Trump coming in at 1,240-1259 but he must get 64 of 132 uncommitted to do that.

I love how that person keeps going on about delusional. There is no one more delusional that one who thinks Ted can still make it, needing 101% of the remaining, and we have a couple of those still here.

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/election-2016/can-you-get-trump-to-1237/


303 posted on 04/20/2016 5:38:51 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: Amish with an attitude

Watch for just 9 or 10 seconds.

https://youtu.be/hO_MkcZh-VY?t=1m30s


304 posted on 04/20/2016 5:40:17 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: dirtboy

So, Where to now Saint Peter ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOHLQg4VfqE&index=24&list=RDQh123TonnOc


305 posted on 04/20/2016 5:50:14 PM PDT by soycd
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To: soycd

Great song.


306 posted on 04/20/2016 5:50:54 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: Elpasser
Sad how all of the replies critical to this post have been removed.

Not that I expect you to see this, since you won't be back, but not a single post in this thread has been removed. You know when a post has been removed, because it says, "Comment #__ removed by moderator" where the post used to be.

307 posted on 04/20/2016 5:53:12 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: Political Junkie Too

When Cruz called for K to resign, it was possible for K to meet the rule by winning in the future.


308 posted on 04/20/2016 6:03:08 PM PDT by CriticalJ (Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.. But then I repeat myself. MT)
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To: HoosierWordsmith

So, you want Hillary to win? Sounds like that is your plan, as well as Cruz’s. Yes, you are delusional.


309 posted on 04/20/2016 6:10:14 PM PDT by Catsrus (I callz 'eYou m as I seez 'em)
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To: Elpasser; Jim Robinson

>>>>Sad how all of the replies critical to this post have been removed.
Good luck with this clown Trump, Jim. Don’t guess I’ll be back<<<<

why don’t you just have the ball$ to include Jim in your ping? your statement was directed at him right? such limp wristed milque toast trot.... makes me ill


310 posted on 04/20/2016 6:34:24 PM PDT by sdpatriot ("Thank you very much, sdpatriot!! Smooch!" - from JR - send him a buck!!!!)
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To: silverleaf

lol


311 posted on 04/20/2016 6:40:53 PM PDT by sdpatriot ("Thank you very much, sdpatriot!! Smooch!" - from JR - send him a buck!!!!)
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To: Gator113

lol - perfect


312 posted on 04/20/2016 6:59:57 PM PDT by sdpatriot ("Thank you very much, sdpatriot!! Smooch!" - from JR - send him a buck!!!!)
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To: dartuser
eliminaTED ...

Lest I waste any mental any energy on a cogent argument which he now longer deserves. I will simple state Ted Cruz is now offically a D-Bag.

313 posted on 04/20/2016 7:18:06 PM PDT by datricker (Its morning again in America! Don't let the putznuggets steal your future. Vote Trump)
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To: SaveFerris

gag


314 posted on 04/20/2016 7:40:23 PM PDT by sdpatriot ("Thank you very much, sdpatriot!! Smooch!" - from JR - send him a buck!!!!)
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To: altura

Clearly, you failed to comprehend Jim Robinson’s post that it’s time to get behind Trump.


315 posted on 04/20/2016 7:51:29 PM PDT by M. Thatcher
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To: Hostage

What if Trump has 1237+?


Then he will win on first ballot.

Why is Cruz waiting?What proof do you have?

He is waiting until right before convention so it will be fresh. What proof? Cruz should naturally bug, harass and wheedle Trump for VP - his trademark behavior - but instead, and to my heretofore and angry expectations, finally laid out his NO UNITY position today.

Why do you have this info and no one else?


All my data points I’ve been ignoring in my hope for Trump/Cruz to crush Hillary/Castro whoever. Bill Clinton approached Trump to run...but Trump trademarked MAGA in ‘12 in anticipation of such.

How do you have this info?

I’ve always had it, the datapoints are everywhere. I just didn’t have proof until this AM.

Does it bother you that Cruz is in league with Mitt Romney, a known liar and every bit as dishonest and destructive as Hillary?

I think Mitt Romney ought to be burning in hell for willfully throwing ‘12 to Obama because they both colluded to destroy our healthcare system.

Do you think Senator Jeff Sessions is a dupe?


I think Sessions hung the moon, seriously. I listen for him to say more about Trump, in order to correct my bearings when necessary.

Do you think Sheriff Joe Arpaio is a fool?

No, I respect him as much as Clark. Wish either one were my Sheriff here


Do you think Paul Manafort who works without pay for Donald Trump and who was instrumental in obtaining victory for Ronald Reagan in 1980 and who said last week that Trump’s run for President is astonishingly similar to that of Ronald Reagan’s in 1980, that he is a liar?

I think Manafort is a powerful, internationalist guy who is skilled at attacking communists in order to open up markets at any cost.

will respond to rest in a sec, posting with fone.
Given that Trump will work with evil people and profit while doing so, how is that different from FDR, Truman or Churchill working with Stalin and then turning the tables on him? Would Trump make a deal with Clinton and then turn the tables? Would Trump betray his trust to millions and millions of vets and his father’s legacy to them and allow Hillary to skate scot-free?


316 posted on 04/20/2016 8:20:16 PM PDT by txhurl (There goes Unity.)
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To: Hostage

I wish to God Trump had plans to draw in our enemies and then destroy them on their trust. Don’t you think we Cruz people would be far happier partying the day away in the Trump rally threads? The answe boils down to: I trust Cruz, who made it clear today that Unity is out of the question, because Trump is Hillary’s Plan B, Bill having talked him into running. Now, will you entertain a few non-tabloid questions from me?


317 posted on 04/20/2016 8:29:18 PM PDT by txhurl (There goes Unity.)
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To: txhurl; Hostage
He [Cruz] is waiting until right before convention so it will be fresh [the strawberries].

txhurl will prove with geometrical logic that TRUMP had the spare key to the wardroom

318 posted on 04/20/2016 8:51:44 PM PDT by kiryandil (.)
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To: kiryandil

You know Cruz would immediately glom onto Unity if it benefitted him, yes? Opportunist that he is. Why does he destroy his apparent political future by destroying, incinerating any Unity hope? What’s in it for him to do that? Why does he REFUSE to play with Trump? Is he really so sick of the Constitution and politics that he commits suicide rather than press to be on a sure-fire winning ticket?


319 posted on 04/20/2016 9:22:37 PM PDT by txhurl (There goes Unity.)
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To: txhurl

Even though Cruz knows that his Wisconsin “victory” was Democrats crossing over to keep him in the race, he’s egotistical enough to think that it’s “God’s Plan”.


320 posted on 04/20/2016 9:36:28 PM PDT by kiryandil (.)
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