Posted on 04/21/2016 6:01:16 PM PDT by MaxistheBest
Big news from American Commitment President Phil Kerpen, who’s been hard at work trying to figure out which way Pennsylvania’s delegate candidates are leaning. Why is that important? It’s not just that Pennsylvania will send 71, a large haul, to the convention. It’s the fact that the state has a “loophole primary” where most of those 71 are unbound on the first ballot. Seventeen delegates will be awarded to the winner of the primary next week but the remaining 54 will be determined by elections held the same day — and to make things extra confusing, the ballot won’t show which presidential candidate each would-be delegate is supporting for nominee. If you’re looking to vote for delegates who back Trump, you’d better have done your homework before you go into the booth. ------------------------
How did Team Cruz fall down on the job here? Kerpen points to the fact that delegates had to announce their candidacy months ago, before February 16th, in order to land on next week’s ballot and Cruz’s operation may simply not have been planning for a delegate battle at the time. Remember, Cruz’s strategy initially was to beat Trump across the evangelical south and then settle into a long war with Marco Rubio, who looked to be the emerging establishment champion.
(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...
There are more candidates who support Trump (34) than there are who support Cruz. On top of that, 58 candidates say they’ll support whoever wins the popular vote in their district — which is likely to be Trump in most cases — and another five say they’ll support the statewide winner, which is also almost certain to be Trump. (There are 27 who are uncommitted.) That is to say, out of 125 candidates who’ve said how they plan to vote, nearly 80 percent of them are potential Trumpers, and unlike in previous state elections, Trump’s getting some help from local pols in Pennsylvania in organizing.
There goes the “ground game” king......
Oh well
Too bad Ted Cruz can’t run a lemonade stand. He’ll have plenty of time on his hands to learn very soon.
I’m also getting phone calls and mail from uncommitted delegates who want me to vote for them.
No way. They’re either moles or wanting a bribe.
AzzPundit at HotAir must be about ready to go the hot bath and razorblades route after he wrote this.
This is good news
But...but I’ve been assured Cruz will win on the second ballot! How can this be true? I’m so upset! /s
OOPS maybe they meant the “ground hog game” king.
king of the ground hogs...
Ted has a real habit of sticking his foot in his mouth. That lemonade stand was on a par with NY values.
Much will become pretty irrelevant as Trump continues to amass win after win next week (just look at the impact NY has had on his momentum) and as his new team works multiple angles, including the Rubio cache of delegates and the Kasich option. The train is not only rolling, but accelerating!
And the #Cruxsexscandal has NOT gone away, and more revelations will be forthcoming that will expose Cruz’s hypocrisy. And there is some very intriguing evidence circulating about his birth status, which will explode once it is confirmed.
Teddy, you can’t be president no matter what your crazy daddy promised! Especially not when you’ve been a terrible Senator a liar.
“On top of that, 58 candidates say they’ll support whoever wins the popular vote in their district”
As it should be. The whole country will be watching.
“I’m also getting phone calls and mail from uncommitted delegates who want me to vote for them.
No way. They’re either moles or wanting a bribe.”
Good for you. Go by Trump’s official list.
Trump is right, the corrupt system IS rigged. Wouldn’t it be nice to have an honest election for a change?
Those... those MONSTERS!!! ;)
“AzzPundit at HotAir must be about ready to go the hot bath and razorblades route after he wrote this.”
Hahahaha. You are right. He probably needs to be put on suicide watch.
Ted is King of the non voter States.
... and then promptly left alone for the evening. ;)
“As it should be. The whole country will be watching.”
Now we know why Trump has been calling the system rigged. It’s good politics; he’s preparing the battlefield.
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