Posted on 04/22/2016 11:34:11 AM PDT by GilGil
The scale of Donald Trump’s victory in New York turned him from frontrunner into presumptive Republican nominee.
Trump is correct in asserting that a manipulated nomination defying the popular vote would be anathema to the Republican base. It would make Cleveland and the fall campaign chaotic and unmanageable.
Second, Trump is probably going to win the nomination on the first ballot.
Take a clear-eyed look at the numbers. After New York, Trump has 845 delegates. Cruz has 559, and Kasich has 147.
So Trump is 139 delegates ahead of the other two combined.
He is almost 300 delegates ahead of Cruz, his closest rival.
Every analysis of the next few weeks indicates Trump’s margin will widen and he will move steadily closer to 1237. Already, he is only 392 short before any undecided delegates, Rubio delegates, and the like are counted.
These are the numbers of a presumptive nominee, not a front runner. If this were any candidate but Donald Trump, the media would be saying his rivals’ efforts were hopeless and the establishment would be pressuring them to exit the race.
It is time for the GOP establishment to work with this new reality rather than wage war against it.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Hey Mister Know-it-all
Only registered republicans could vote, no independents or others could vote for him in the primary. Get a clue....
“Club for Growth is also revving up the engines for Indiana”
Club for Growth is the cheap labor express. They are backing Ted Cruz. That says it all about Ted.
Exactamundo.
The more the GOPe and Ted Cruz fight against Trump the worse our chances become. That's why the party usually quickly unites behind the frontrunner. That they're spitefully refusing to back Trump shows they care more about something else than they do about winning.
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