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Conventional Wisdom: Is Cruz stealing delegates from Trump?
The Weekly Standard ^ | The April 25, 2016 Issue | Jay Cost

Posted on 04/15/2016 2:18:44 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: Parmenio
Trump is LEADING the final remaining two candidates in actual votes.

Want to try again?

21 posted on 04/15/2016 2:59:10 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: Parmenio
The majority is when one guy has more votes then the other, not matter what the % is.

You guys really like these word games don't you?

22 posted on 04/15/2016 3:00:30 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: Kenny
What personal take? I encouraged someone who was a known Trump person to be a part of the convention when he knew nothing. I was being a nice person. I thought he would benefit from a little encouragement to get involved and you accuse me of misrepresenting my "personal take"?

You do not know me and yet you are quick to accuse me of being disingenuous. I would even encourage you to get involved even though I now know how smarmy you are.

23 posted on 04/15/2016 3:00:55 PM PDT by Slyfox (When someone tells it like it is, is it the truth?)
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To: Savage Rider

When the State Party Leaders issue a resolution to deny Trump and win then brag they did it, its a corrupt political system. Stop blowing Smoke up our asses blaming Trump for not wasting his own resources on a rigged corrupt system he was not allowed to win no matter what.

There are thousands in Colorado protesting right now and nobody is buying the BS rules argument of the GOPe.

https://www.periscope.tv/w/1yoKMmveYMdKQ


24 posted on 04/15/2016 3:04:28 PM PDT by Mechanicos (Trump is for America First. Cruz is for America Last. It's that simple.)
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To: Savage Rider
The keeper of the spirit of the primaries is the tacit agreement among the candidates to acknowledge the winner of the majority of delegates.

That is the second time today I heard a Cruz supporter call Trump voters 'uninformed'.

It goes along with the elitist haughtiness of Cruz's campaign and why he won't win.

25 posted on 04/15/2016 3:04:47 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: fortheDeclaration

It sounds like you don’t understand the difference between the words “majority” and “plurality”. You need a majority of delegates to win the Republican nomination, not a plurality of primary votes.


26 posted on 04/15/2016 3:13:58 PM PDT by Parmenio
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To: fortheDeclaration

What would you call it when a Trump delegate wins at the precinct level, skips the county level voting and shows up at the state convention thinking he should be given state delegate credentials? I didn’t say he was stupid, or a liar or a cheat; he was just uninformed about what he needed to do to reach the state level. Being informed is not the same as being haughty. Thank god not every lofo voter gets to be a state delegate.


27 posted on 04/15/2016 3:14:54 PM PDT by Savage Rider
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To: Kenny
They cancelled the Colorado election to keep control end of story.

Dammit!!! Get your facts straight, Kenny. There never was a Colorado "election" scheduled. They cancelled a "straw vote" to be taken at the state convention.

Jeez!

28 posted on 04/15/2016 3:15:26 PM PDT by okie01 (The of the Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: fortheDeclaration

“The majority is when one guy has more votes then the other, not matter what the % is.”

Words have meaning. If they don’t, then meaningful communication is impossible. Look up the word “majority” in the dictionary.


29 posted on 04/15/2016 3:16:25 PM PDT by Parmenio
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To: Kenny

LOL
Just when did they “cancel” the election? Was it 1910?


30 posted on 04/15/2016 3:16:51 PM PDT by X-spurt (William of Ockham endorses Ted Cruz. 'the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected')
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To: Mechanicos

If you are going to deliberately misstate what happened in Colorado, I can’t help you understand. And let me make it clear that I don’t want to get anywhere near your rump to blow smoke, thank you.


31 posted on 04/15/2016 3:18:36 PM PDT by Savage Rider
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To: Savage Rider

I agree that “not everything in life is handed to us”. But I think that a political party has an obligation to inform party members what Republican Party events there are. It isn’t handing us anything to tell me what opportunities there are to get involved; it’s making us feel welcome.


32 posted on 04/15/2016 3:19:52 PM PDT by grania
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To: Parmenio

. Majority, plurality, in the context of an election, poll, or other voting situation resulting in a statistically based statement, both denote an amount or number larger than some other. In situations in which only two candidates, options, or positions are concerned, the terms are interchangeable, though majority is by far the more commonly used:

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/majority?s=t


33 posted on 04/15/2016 3:20:47 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: CA Conservative
Honestly, I think many Trump supporters are getting to be worse than the BLM and SJW crowds...

And their leader is sometimes worse than a nation-wide community organizer...

34 posted on 04/15/2016 3:20:55 PM PDT by okie01 (The of the Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: Parmenio

Like I said, you guys like to play word games, just like Cruz does.


35 posted on 04/15/2016 3:21:30 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: Savage Rider

Like I said stop blowing smoke up our asses. What happened was wrong on many levels. No different then a communist regime where the Party officials pick not the people.

But hey, its killing Cruz in the polls and taking down the GOPe pushing the bogus rules argument. Too many people there told of what really happened and the thousands at the protest and watching it online are not buying the official damage control line.


36 posted on 04/15/2016 3:22:40 PM PDT by Mechanicos (Trump is for America First. Cruz is for America Last. It's that simple.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

IMO, you can’t ascribe blame for the shenanigans of the state parties and delegates to either candidate.


37 posted on 04/15/2016 3:23:43 PM PDT by IamConservative (There is no greater threat to our freedoms than Bipartisanship.)
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To: grania

Let me encourage everyone to contact your county Republican party and offer to be a poll watcher. It takes a few hours of training and a full day on election day in November. You will be placed in a Democrat precinct where voting irregularities are common. It will really open your eyes about how some precinct elections are handled. It is also a good start to get involved with the local Republican process and people.


38 posted on 04/15/2016 3:25:06 PM PDT by Savage Rider
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To: Parmenio
Yes, in the context of winning the delegates, a majority number is needed to avoid a convention fight.

Cruz has no chance of getting that number and should drop out, as should Kasich.

When a candidate recognizes that he cannot reach the number he doesn't plot to keep the frontrunner from getting it so he can fight it out in the convention.

What Cruz and Kasich are showing is their own lack of character and are ending their own future presidential hopes.

39 posted on 04/15/2016 3:25:29 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: Kenny

Methink they doth protest too much.


40 posted on 04/15/2016 3:25:57 PM PDT by gg188 (Ted Cruz, R - Goldman Sachs)
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