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Trump Losing Delegates in State After State Through Incompetence
Patterico's Pontifications ^ | April 11, 2016 | Patterico

Posted on 04/11/2016 4:32:32 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Tsk, tsk.

Donald Trump’s effort to reset his campaign following defeat in Wisconsin showed no signs of paying off this weekend, as a series of technical failures by his campaign set his hopes back even further.

From Thursday to Saturday, Trump suffered setbacks in Colorado, Iowa, Michigan, South Carolina and Indiana that raise new doubts about his campaign’s preparedness for the long slog of delegate hunting as the GOP race approaches a possible contested convention. He lost the battle on two fronts. Cruz picked up 28 pledged delegates in Colorado. In the other states, rival campaigns were able to place dozens of their own loyalists in delegate spots pledged to Trump on the first ballot. This will matter if Trump fails to win a majority of delegates on the first ballot in Cleveland, as his delegates defect once party rules allow them to choose the candidate they want to nominate.

Trump’s campaign mounted a haphazard campaign for delegates in Colorado, where hundreds ran to be at large representatives in Cleveland at the state convention in Colorado Springs. The frontrunner’s advisers repeatedly instructed supporters to vote for the wrong candidates—distributing the incorrect delegate numbers to supporters. Cruz, who traveled to address the convention, swept the state’s 34 delegates on the back of a disciplined organizing effort, that included text message and video displays advertising his preferred slate.

This is a very distressing development, and I think my sentiments can best be summed up in video form.

(VIDEO-AT-LINK)


TOPICS: Campaign News; Parties; State and Local
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To: AndyJackson

You got that right.


101 posted on 04/11/2016 9:44:44 PM PDT by kabar
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The Elite never sleep. Would you if the important things in life to you were on the line: Sex, Wealth, Power?


102 posted on 04/11/2016 10:15:01 PM PDT by gg188 (Ted Cruz, R - Goldman Sachs)
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To: Rashputin

I believe that’s what he said.


103 posted on 04/12/2016 6:27:36 AM PDT by COUNTrecount (Race Baiting...... "It's What's For Breakfast")
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To: jimpick
So, tell me why the Colorado GOP decided the very last minute (August, 2015) to change the primary vote? They wanted to stop the Trump Train. That's why.
104 posted on 04/12/2016 7:13:24 PM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEAL out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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