Posted on 02/04/2016 10:03:19 AM PST by Calpublican
When a man’s logic rests on the decorum and magnanimity of Donald Trump, you probably want to stop following his trail of bread crumbs before total and complete madness sets in. For no sooner had Ted Cruz declared victory in the Iowa Caucuses than Charles Hurt took to these very pages on Tuesday and claimed Mr. Trump to be the real winner despite the fact he didn’t win. Because, you know, Donald is so nice and all.
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Si Se Puede! Hablar un junto y hablar ruidosamente!
(Yes We Can! Say it together and say it loudly!)
Ah, a Steve Deace article. Glad to see he had time to get off of his knees before Cruz to share his drivelish rhetoric....
He’s not even going to win the nomination. But you get an a for effort in propping your boy up.
Of course he can - everybody here knows that.
The question is, if he does, which 64 EVs that Romney lost will he win? And which states that Romney won will he lose?
RE: Si Se Puede! Hablar un junto y hablar ruidosamente!
BTW, I don’t think Cruz’s Spanish is that good at all.
Rubio’s and Jeb’s are great though.
uh, this isn’t the Rubio thread.
You must have made a wrong turn — taken a left instead of a right.
If any Cruz supporter can name me one state, just one, that Cruz can win that Romney didn’t I might take you seriously. Just one. I’m open to hearing it.
It’s kind of hard to win the nomination when you only win one state during the entire primary and even that one was by questionable means.
Going by the latest polls, here is how the next four weeks look for the nomination race:
Currently, it is 7-8, Cruz ahead in total delegates (all numbers here are Trump first, unless noted otherwise)
NH, FEB 9, 20 delegates, polling 33-11... likely result: 6 delegates to 3, Trump now ahead 13-11
SC, FEB 20, 50 delegates... polling 36-20, 18-10 delegates, Trump now up 31-21.
NV, FEB 23, 30 delegates... polling 33-20, 10-6 delegates, Trump now up 41-27.
Super Tuesday, March 1, twelve states:
TEXAS (155 delegates) 30-45, Cruz... 50-71, Trump's lead is wiped out. it's 91-98, Cruz!!!! Yay!!!
(ahem) but now for the other eleven states, LOL.
AL (47 delegates) polling 40-21 Trump... 19-10 in delegates
AK (25) 28-24... 7-6
GA (76) 38-29... 29-22
MA (39) 48-16... 19-6
OK (40) 35-25... 14-10
TN (55) 33-17... 18-9
VA (46) 28-19... 13-9
MN (38) polling at 23-21-18 Marco Cruz Trump... that's 7-8 in Trump-Cruz delegates
I cannot find a decently recent poll in VT (16 delegates), WY (26) and nothing from Arkansas (37 delegates) since hometown Huckabee left (he was leading, of course), so any old polling there would be useless. Let's call it about 37-31 of those 79 delegates.
The totals that these numbers predict for the morning of March 2?
Trump 254, Cruz 209
(Out of 728, equals 35 pct to 29 pct of delegates who have chosen officially. Of course they will likely have quite a few more each if more candidates drop out. We are now down to 9 from the original 18)
The hope remains for us Cruz folks that Ted was picked to lose Iowa by four points, and instead won by four points. This can easily be a tied game after March 1, or even better... but I thought you Trumpsters would like seeing this anyway. Keep it civil!!
(Corrected from my previous similar post... I left out Wyoming. Oops)
“The question is, if he does, which 64 EVs that Romney lost will he win? And which states that Romney won will he lose?”
Excellent questions. As much as I admire Cruz’s positions on most issues, I am skeptical that he can win the general election against Hillary or even Biden. I think he can beat Bernie.
And lose big time to Hillary and Bernie......great.
Note my Post 10... Cruz will take Texas, almost certainly. Even giving Trump every other state (14 of the first 16), it’s still close as of March 2.
“Yes We Can!”
The Cruz zombies are really like Obama after all. We always knew Obama and Cruz are the same in many things.
Is Texas proportional or WTA?
Kind of hard to answer that before anyone votes, isn’t it?
Which states has Cruz lost? I must have missed that.
How accurate was the polling for Iowa? Please take that into account...
Well written, thoughtful article.
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You should have posted a little more for the forum rather click bait.
I agree. Problem with Cruz is his openess with his religion. He has the new wave evangelicals, but, can he get the Reagan Democrats? NO, I doubt it. But Trump on the other hand, appears to already have a large following of those democrats and might, now I said might, win NY.
People forget how many states have turned purple since the last POTUS election.
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