Posted on 03/14/2016 1:15:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is holding five rallies across Illinois on Monday in the lead-up to its Super Tuesday vote tomorrow. Although the latest polls show Trump with a lead in Illinois, the Cruz rallies highlight the superior ground effort of his campaign. Donald Trump currently has around 36 percent support in Illinois. Cruz is around 25 percent and Ohio Gov. John Kasich is at 19 percent. While Trump may win the overall vote in Illinois, it is possible he ends up with fewer delegates than Cruz, or even Kasich.
In Illinois, the winner of the statewide vote receives 15 of the state's delegates. Another 54 delegates are awarded through votes in the state's 18 congressional districts.
In each district, voters vote for a candidate and then must vote for up to three individuals to serve as delegates, each of whom are affiliated with one of the candidates....
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My father passed-away in 2002, so I don’t need you to tell me what to do.
Are you not smart enough to see that Cruz never intended to serve 6 years in the senate seat for which he took the oath?Right after the oath he started running for president on my dime. What a useless person. You would not hire a janitor or waitress that behaved like that. If you did people would laugh at you and say you were really out of touch.
Maybe he knows he can’t win in someone’s home state so it’s best to fight where you can win vice fight a losing battle.
Cruz and Kasich win downstate Illinois
Hoping too that tomorrow ends the race for the awful Rubio and Kasich.
I think the majority of GOP voters after that will not pull the switch for the unhinged NY liberal Trump. Even then, however, Cruz may not be able to go into the convention with the most delegates. Interesting times.
Well Trump doesn't have that attitude and he will likely beat Rubio in Florida and might well beat Kasich in Ohio. Meanwhile, Cruz ends up with zippo because he gave up early and didn't even try. And we want this man as our president?
Yes I want someone that is strategic and can map out a winning strategy (if he wins in the end). If he loses then no I guess we don’t want him as the next President.
Yeah it’s going to be interesting. 1237 is what is needed to seal the deal. Short of that who gets it? GOPe wants Kasich.
Cruz and Trump could pair up and deny them that. However, they may try to pick votes from Kasich Rubio and Carson to hit the magic number.
I wonder if Cruz is ahead by 20 delegates will those Trump supporters that say the #1 in delegates should win will say the same thing if that’s the case?
Personally if you don’t get 1237 all bets are off and the top 2 need to either come together and unite to seal the deal or they will be trying to get the other delegates to vote for them by promising VP and cabinet level positions to the 3rd, 4th, 5th place finishers. Interesting times indeed.
“I was OK with Cruz until I learned all about his lies,etc.”
What specifically were the lies?
Did he not do EVERYTHING he said he would do when he ran for Senate?
Are you blinded by the effervescence of Trump that you don’t see all the lying smears he’s perpetrated on every candidate in the race? You think that’s the mark of a wonderful, ethical, honest person?
Do you really believe he’s telling you the truth about the issues? Which time? He changes his mind every single day.
He’s for the repeal of Obamacare, but he’s going to keep the mandate? What exactly does that mean?
He’s pro-life, but he thinks Planned Parenthood is wonderful. But he won’t fund Planned Parenthood. Do you believe that?
“I am supporting trump because anyone you support won’t do crap and trump will.”
Now I understand. You support Trump because he will crap on us.
Yes. That’s exactly what I’m afraid of!
Cruz has a proven record of fighting the good fight against members of his own party. Donnie has been lining the pockets of the liberal establishment politicians for 40 years.
Who do you think is really trustworthy?
I listen when I’m in the car.
That’s because Rubio is a real Puerto Rican, whereas Ted is a actually a Canadian... up until 18-20 months ago...
“I wonder if Cruz is ahead by 20 delegates will those Trump supporters that say the #1 in delegates should win will say the same thing if that’s the case?”
The answer is no. Trump’s argument is only based on the fact he believes he will have the most.
“Personally if you don’t get 1237 all bets are off and the top 2 need to either come together and unite to seal the deal or they will be trying to get the other delegates to vote for them by promising VP and cabinet level positions to the 3rd, 4th, 5th place finishers.”
I agree. I think if Cruz and Rubio team up now, there may be some chance he could still get the 1237 votes in regulations. That would be the only chance he has to do it without a contested convention.
Trump should not get the nomination based on the premise he has the most delegates, because it doesn’t account for the other delegates that could go to Cruz from the other candidates, and he doesn’t have 50% of the vote. He would not be any more legitimate than Cruz would in that scenario, unless he somehow slaughters him for the rest of the campaign.
Ted Cruze is like a prize fighter who is getting his ass kicked the entirely fight but still wants to go the distance because he thinks the judges are crooked and he’ll win the decision.
You are so smitten like a teenage boy in love with the town tart that will say anything lies,and half truth to get her way. He is so smitten that no bad things he hears about her stick in his mind. When he finally realizes what a really bad user she is,it will be too late,his heart is broken and he very crushed. Oh well,we tried to warn you,forest/trees.
Wow. I think you just described yourself to a tee.
Is it just a crush, or is it true love?
Still waiting for all those wonderful conservative positions you think Donnie stands for.
Still waiting for all those wonderful conservative positions you think Donnie stands for.
the entire dynamic this primary season doesn’t split along conservative/liberal as in most cycles; people are looking for a change, a shakeup, the bigger the better; they’re looking for an end to standard boilerplate, an end to Washington nannyism, to political correctness...Trump provides that in spades...
in most election cycles Trump would be an afterthought, an also ran but with illegal immigration so visible, and the country veering to socialism, it is not just any other cycle...
However, it will all probably come to nothing...neither Trump nor Cruz will likely win in the general election...
(and funny, isnt it, that Trump folks crow about his big leads in every poll up until someone points out that he doesn't live up to those polls in the actual voting...)
but at the moment, Trump is up in IL by 8.4 (a jump up of 1.9), FL by 18.8 (up 0,5), MO is even (down 7), NC by 3.5 (drop of 8.8), and losing OH by 11.2 (drop of 7.8)... half of the states are close to being correct, and half are significant drops. For those who care about beating Hillary, this should be a trend to keep an eye on. (an average drop tonight of 4.1 % at the moment)
But of course, Trump folks prefer to simply insult me than to face anything that doesn't flatter Trump.
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