Posted on 04/28/2016 4:08:17 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
On April 19, NBC News reported the Cruz campaign was bragging that its organizational wizardry would enable the Texan to pick up a lot of Pennsylvania's 57 unbound delegates on April 26 — delegates that were elected at the congressional district level with no indication on the ballot of their presidential candidate preferences. Indeed, Cruz's Keystone power was supposedly why he was spending the evening of April 19 in that state rather than personally witnessing his drubbing in New York that night.
"He'll be in Philly for his watch party tonight," NBC's Hallie Jackson said. "That's indicative of where he and his campaign see this race going, to Pennsylvania, where they are looking to make a play for these unbound delegates. Even if they come in a distant third, a top campaign aide tells me, they will still, they believe, pick up more than half the delegates there."
"They're looking at more than 30," she reported.
Well, as it happened, Cruz did better than a "distant third" in Pennsylvania yesterday. He was a distant second to Donald Trump with about 22 percent of the vote to Donald Trump's 57 percent and John Kasich's 19 percent. As expected, Trump won all 17 of the statewide delegates. But at the congressional district level, Cruz did not win more than half the unbound delegates, and certainly didn't win "more than 30." According to another NBC report after the primary, Cruz won two. And the big winner was the organizationally inept — or so it was thought — Mr. Trump.
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Looks like the Trump ground game team gets up to speed rather quickly...ping.
Ted....Gotcha...said Mr. Trump
Trump is fast learner.
Haha. And the Cruz story was that he won CO because he had a great strategy. LOL.
Stupid. It’s never been Cruz’s game. It’s always been THE game. About time Trump started playing.
So Trump may pick up 10 more from PA?
This should be a lesson to those who sneer about Trump's supposed "lack of experience" on any number of things. What they are about to experience starting next January is a driven man with a vision and the skills to make things happen. Washington is going to be shaken up in ways it can't yet imagine.
Trump really didn’t have to do much with that. All he had to do, is put a volunteer at the entrance of each voting hall and hand out a list of his delegates. He was not really afforded this opportunity in Colorado with their overly complicated process.
“Trump and his organization are no strangers to detail. Compared to the permitting and logistical labyrinth needed to complete major construction projects on time and under budget, the logistical operation needed to round up a few dozen delegates is child’s play. You just need to get the right people to do the job. Manafort was clearly a well-timed hire in this regard.
This should be a lesson to those who sneer about Trump’s supposed “lack of experience” on any number of things. What they are about to experience starting next January is a driven man with a vision and the skills to make things happen. Washington is going to be shaken up in ways it can’t yet imagine. “
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Very well said - and I agree!
If Cruz won't quit NOW then Cruz will be the most hated individual of all time.
Cruz is not even an American.
Cruz was stupid to give away his ground game.
Trump won every county in all 5 states on Tuesday. If you look at the election maps, you’ll see that Trump carried every county in Alabama as well, and every county in NY. Trump only lost one county in SC, one in FL, and 3 in Georgia. This is almost unheard of.
Take a look at the election maps for wins by other candidates, dems as well as republicans. Cruz won WI by taking the population centers, and the counties around them, but Trump won the majority of the counties. Hillary won big in NY by taking NY City, Rochester, Syracuse and Buffalo, Sanders won everything else.
To win every county in several states, and lose only one or two in several others, must indicate that Trump has a much more highly developed “ground game” than anyone knows about, results like that aren’t by luck or guess.
My guess is that Trump has a much more developed “ground game” than anyone knows about or gives him credit for.
Does that mean that the rules are stacked against Cruz now - or that now Trump is cheating?
.... wait ....
Trump did not want to win states that delegates were selected not elected. If he had participated to any degree he could not have legitimately brought the issue forward and insist on solving the problem He chose to step away from the table Now the negotiations begin
“Hillary won big in NY by taking NY City, Rochester, Syracuse and Buffalo, Sanders won everything else.”
Exactly how Chuck Scummer beat D’Amato the first time.
At my polling place in a small town not far from Pittsburgh, PA there was no one standing outside the poll for ANY candidate, which was unusual. However, I DID see people walking in with a postcard in hand that let them know which delegates were for Trump or Cruz. There was a list of about 20 delegates to choose from and about a half dozen were supporting Trump. Only two, a husband and wife team, were supporting Cruz. Voting was heavier than usual and many more first time voters than usual in a primary.
Trump yard signs outnumber Cruz, Hillary or Bernie signs about 10 to one within a half hour drive of where I live.
I wouldn’t give the credit to Trump’s new organizational skills, I give credit to his message and his supporters.
The Manafort effect was noticeable in Pennsylvania. Trump crushed Cruz there. If you count those unbound delegates Trump is over 1000!
Probably like the way Trump talks about the military divulging information on troop movements and such. Why do you tell the enemy what you’re doing? Cruz braggd so much about his dominant ground game that he essentially taunted Trump to beat him at his own game.
With your kind permission, I prefer, “....with their overly rigged processed.”
My beef with the meme, “...it’s no secret. The rules have been public for all to see.”
Yes, they’re public; but good old salt of the earth, meat and potatoes folks, who TRUST their party aparatchiks, never dreamed they were this devious and underhanded.
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