Posted on 05/02/2016 9:58:37 AM PDT by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
As Ted Cruz heads into the vital Indiana primary tomorrow, his presidential campaign is, by most accounts, losing momentum at a time it can least afford it. Over the weekend, he got bad news: Cruz’s poll numbers are down. A NYT's story revealed that his support is weakening among Republican delegates who Cruz believed were a lock. The governor of the key state of Indiana, which votes tomorrow, again showed himself unable to muster a ringing endorsement for the Texas senator.
Ted Cruz Thinks Everyone Is Out to Get Him
Cruz’s chief rival, frontrunner Donald Trump, has amassed a large lead in pledged delegates, and stands a good chance of locking up the nomination before the Republican Party’s national convention in July. Preventing Trump from doing that is now the only strategy remaining to Cruz. He is mathematically unable to win enough delegates in the remaining states to clinch the nomination himself, but he could still shoot for a contested convention by denying Trump the 1,237 majority.
Part of what that means is that Cruz needs to deny Trump delegates at every turn, particularly in states like Indiana, which will award 27 of its 57 delegates to the candidate who wins statewide and 27 more to the winners of nine separate Congressional Districts. Unfortunately for Cruz, a poll released over the weekend by NBC News and the WSJ showed Trump with a dominant 15-point lead....
Indiana’s Governor Just Endorsed Ted Cruz. And Donald Trump
Cruz succeeded in earning the endorsement of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence,...but the governor’s announcement on a radio program struck many as oddly backhanded. He spoke of his admiration for Trump, but said he had decided to vote for Cruz -- and he did it without really explaining why he preferred Cruz and, crucially, without urging voters to follow his lead. On Sunday, Pence published an op-ed in the Indianapolis Star that went a little further in explaining some of his thinking behind voting for Cruz, including his small government and social conservative positions. “My vote goes to Ted Cruz because he is a principled conservative who will work to protect our constitutional liberties, bring back better-paying jobs, and serve all Americans with the character and judgment needed to revive our national strength. However, Pence once again stopped short of encouraging others to vote for Cruz as well, saying, “I encourage every Hoosier to evaluate each of the candidates and exercise your right to vote in the May 3 Primary.”
Also on Sunday, The NYT reported that Cruz’s support among the committed Republicans who will serve as delegates at the convention...is weakening. According to the story by Jeremy W. Peters, the Texan is having an increasingly difficult time securing delegates in states where they have not yet been chosen, and in states where the process is complete, some delegates who originally supported him are starting to waver.
This is significant because at this point, Cruz’s only practical hope for the nomination is to deny Trump a first-ballot victory at the convention, and then count on many delegates who were pledged to Trump for one or two votes to flip to him on subsequent ballots. That shifting sentiment appears to be reflected in the Gallup tracking poll, which recently found that Cruz now has a net negative approval rating among Republicans, and that the ratio of approval to disapproval is getting worse.
It’s never over until the votes are counted, of course, but now, things are not looking good for the junior senator from Texas.
Really Tokyo... you like da cheatin’ ways?
The results in Pennsylvania have been very troubling for Cruz. He had dominated and bragged about the delegate grabs in Colorado and Wyoming.
Cruz had been able to completely control both contests with the help of party activists. In spite of all his wrangling and influence buying with the help of #NeverTrump PACs, Trump appears to have won at least 40 of Pennsylvania’s 54 unbound delegates.
According to Ash Khare, an unbound PA delegate, “There’s not going to be a second ballot!”
Khare was uncommitted to any candidate before the election. Kare said he has had enticing offers from the candidates, but said that he only ever intended to vote for the candidate who won in his district. In this case — Donald Trump.
He said that he could not deny the will of so many voters. “There is a revolution going on here,” said Ash Khare.
Go Trump!
LOL!!! Wow. sCruzballs really are delusional!
Maybe he’s just regurgitaTED.
He touch on REAL Poll Numbers on Trump but said no one knows.
Really Rush why is Cruz crashing
Even kids going up to Ted and calling him a lair
The “voting violation” notices the Cruz campaign sent out in Iowa were also disinformation.
Good chance the entire Colorado delegation will be unseated.
Four Colorado State senators are on Cruz’s Leadership Election Team.
All four voted to KILL the Colorado Primary Election March 2016.
Two of the four senators are Cruz delegates.
Collusion.
Rush just can’t get beyond the Cruz thing.
I think it’s hurting him a lot too.
Yes, Rush should let folks form their own opinions, but at some point some leadership is called for.
We’ve been beyond that point for some time now.
“De-delegated - The word of the day”....
That word in NOT “politically Correct”, I’m protesting.
Looks like Ted may be delegabandoned.
“:^)
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