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It's getting harder to believe Trump can be beaten
CNN ^ | Tim Stanley

Posted on 03/08/2016 10:57:50 PM PST by RoosterRedux

Donald Trump won some outstanding victories on Tuesday night, solidifying his lead. He saw off two competitors while humiliating a third. From Nevada to Michigan and from Massachusetts to Mississippi, The Donald is the only candidate with a national following that translates into victories that are as consistent as they are deep. He is on track to be nominee.

The evolving narrative of "Trump can be beaten" is getting a little tired.

First, we were told that he'd lose when the field narrowed. Then that Marco Rubio could defeat him with sarcasm. Next that his delegate totals could be chipped away by a coalition of anti-Trump forces working in separate states.

Strange alliances were formed. Lindsey Graham, who once joked that a jury of senators wouldn't convict a man for killing Ted Cruz, announced that "Ted and I are in the same party, Donald Trump is an interloper."

The GOP is thus fighting to win its own primary. But while the prospect of a brokered convention remains a real one, Tuesday made it look less likely.

Cruz, for instance, entered Mississippi enjoying the governor's endorsement and signs of a late surge in the Louisiana primary next door, but the bounce failed to materialize. Exit polls suggest that eight out of 10 voters described themselves as evangelical or born again.

Cruz won those who said religion determined their vote; Trump won those who put other factors first. Cruz swept those described as "very conservative"; Trump did better among the less ideological. Cruz has won the most contests against The Donald, but usually only in caucuses and with the support of a narrow band of philosophical fellow travelers.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cruz; trump
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1 posted on 03/08/2016 10:57:50 PM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

When all is said and done, Cruz will walk away with more delegates than Trump today.


2 posted on 03/08/2016 11:01:07 PM PST by kik5150 (Cruz argued 9 times before Supreme Court judges. Trump argues with beauty pageant judges.)
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To: RoosterRedux
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Should be some interesting spin from all these nitwits about his wins on Tuesday.

3 posted on 03/08/2016 11:02:06 PM PST by rineaux
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To: rineaux

Of course he won’t be beaten! Trump / Carson 2016!


4 posted on 03/08/2016 11:03:36 PM PST by Mr Apple ( COULTER on Hillary defending child rapist Thomas Taylor www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdkTqkLbL_4)
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To: kik5150
When all is said and done, Cruz will walk away with more delegates than Trump today.

Perhaps...in a parallel dimension.

5 posted on 03/08/2016 11:03:56 PM PST by RoosterRedux (When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction. - Mark Twain)
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To: hoosiermama; onyx; Jane Long; V K Lee; conservativejoy; RitaOK; Black Agnes; nopardons; ...

Ping


6 posted on 03/08/2016 11:04:22 PM PST by RoosterRedux (When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction. - Mark Twain)
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To: rineaux

Aw maaan...I’m on the floor! Hysterical


7 posted on 03/08/2016 11:04:35 PM PST by magna carta
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To: kik5150
Once again-

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8 posted on 03/08/2016 11:05:44 PM PST by rineaux
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To: RoosterRedux
What is hard is to fathom is people have fallen for this charlatan.
9 posted on 03/08/2016 11:06:51 PM PST by svcw (An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man is a subject)
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To: Mr Apple

Fantastic satire, thanks for the laugh


10 posted on 03/08/2016 11:07:36 PM PST by svcw (An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man is a subject)
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To: kik5150
When all is said and done, Cruz will walk away with more delegates than Trump today.

Trump is already up 15 delegates on Cruz, and is winning Hawaii - a proportional state, by my research - handily with 27% of the vote in.

11 posted on 03/08/2016 11:08:41 PM PST by Yossarian
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To: rineaux

That picture of Beck in there is the best, so funny.


12 posted on 03/08/2016 11:08:46 PM PST by toddausauras (Trump 2016)
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To: RoosterRedux

In head to head polling Cruz AND Hillary beat Trump.
As long as the others split the mostly conserrvative anti-Trump vote Duh Donald will win with a minority and it’s hello President Hillary.


13 posted on 03/08/2016 11:09:10 PM PST by Happy Rain (CRUZ 2016 "Closest thing we have to Reagan." Rush Limbaugh)
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To: kik5150

Cruz can only win the nomination if Rubio (and probably Kasich) drop out and let him compete one-on-one on March 15th. If Trump wins most of the March 15th states like this again, because they are almost all winner-take-all, the delegates Cruz needs ti catch up will be insurmountable. He could still get Trump into a contested convention, but not win outright.


14 posted on 03/08/2016 11:09:38 PM PST by JediJones (TRUMP 6/18/2012 on Fox News: "We have to show some compassion. We just can't throw everybody out.")
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To: kik5150

it’s fun to post your wishful thinking, isn’t it?


15 posted on 03/08/2016 11:11:13 PM PST by RC one
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To: Yossarian
Trump is already up 15 delegates on Cruz

Really? How many delegates did Trump get in ID?
16 posted on 03/08/2016 11:13:29 PM PST by kik5150 (Cruz argued 9 times before Supreme Court judges. Trump argues with beauty pageant judges.)
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To: kik5150

Oh you betcha.


17 posted on 03/08/2016 11:13:42 PM PST by moehoward
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To: rineaux; magna carta

Many of those individuals, companies, and organizations are also against fellow AMERICAN citizens. They should be ashamed.

18 posted on 03/08/2016 11:15:34 PM PST by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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To: rineaux

Yep. Was never a fair fight. They needed 10 times that to even have a chance.


19 posted on 03/08/2016 11:15:43 PM PST by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: svcw

Trump confirms the axiom that it is much easier to dupe somebody than to convince them they have been duped.
Who knew there was as efficacious a liar as Trump and that anger would make so many people stupid as well?
Hope folks calm down and think straight before Trump gives us President Hillary.


20 posted on 03/08/2016 11:16:05 PM PST by Happy Rain (CRUZ 2016 "Closest thing we have to Reagan." Rush Limbaugh)
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