Posted on 03/15/2016 10:25:48 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Cruz himself won’t make it to the floor either if he can’t win outright majorities of delegates in at least 8 states/territories.
The arrogance of this guy just turns my stomach. First he, himself, admits he is in the wrong party and would be more comfortable as a Democrat. Perhaps this is why he feels he can just waltz in (after doing nothing but talk), be handed the scepter and nomination with no hard work and effort put forth. The men who worked their butts off are denied why? So this goody two shoes is crowned. Not likely, but one never knows. And what does the MFM do? They embrace him. Where would he go in attempting to go up? For him there is definitely a ceiling and he’s reached that point. The party has not done the base any favors and the harm far outweighs the good that its done. The business of manipulating the numbers has never been more clearly seen than today. Not only our ‘party’ but the other party as well. Time has come to eliminate the party and begin a more honest journey on the road to the WH It’s no wonder the Republicans want to keep common core. Those taught using that system are taught nothing and remain at a disadvantage thru life
See my:
2016-0316 Primary Election Numbers and Analysis
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3410028/posts
Look at the GOP Analysis Section for my recommendation to avoid any Kasich or other GOPe effort to broker the convention.
Not without making Barack Obama illegitimate.
Governor John Kasich needs to be back in Ohio demanding the return of that North Korean student who is a resident of Wyoming, Ohio.
Anyone stupid enough to go to North Korea deserves what they get.
“They have been planning to throw this to an open convention and nominate Jeb for months. The only way to avoid this is for Trump or Cruz to get 1237 so that they can lock it up on the first ballot.”
I think there is another way if Cruz would agree to the VP slot. Together they will have plenty of delegates.
BS.
I live here. I have been following elections for two decades. Everybody who lives here knows it was fraud. There are people up in Cleveland talking about the fraud.
I called this the Monday night.
I also suspect they tried to steal Missouri and couldn’t pull it off.
He needs to go away.
Kasich “the spoiler” beat Trump by just 11 points in Ohio..his ONLY win... ...He’s dreaming of playing king maker at convention and wants to see the party duke it out on his home turf in Cleveland. He looks to “win” something out of this and likely will walk away unscathed eventually.
Kasich’s campaign named Stu Spencer and Charlie Black — two veterans of the last contested convention, the 1976 fight between President Gerald Ford and an insurgent Ronald Reagan — to his national strategy team.
Kasich isn’t going to step down by any means...even if he knows he won’t win he’s going to play in this match if for no other reason then being the spoiler to Cruz and Trump til convention.
I have a hunch that could happen. Let's see if there's a softening in attacks within the next few days, as that would be a signal.
I'm no longer a Cruz fan, but as a VP nominee, the party and the base would have a compromise with Trump. Politically speaking, if the citizen question is satisfactorily clarified, if would seem logical.
Kasich will have the elites behind him for a time at convention....just to throw off Cruz or Trump...same with Bohners nominating Ryan.....they’re trying to muddy the waters.
“I don’t see the “Anybody but Trump” crowd going to Cruz, or vice versa.”
The “Anybody but Trump” crowd is simply the GOPe. I don’t believe there is such a crowd in the electorate.
(c) Ayahuasca
“Besides, if Cruz is the VP on the Trump ticket, the left/communists will remove the Trump/Cruz ticket on constitutional ground - that Cruz is not eligible to be VP!”
Nope, Trump would just have to pick another as VP. Same as would happen if the VP candidate were to die between the nomination and the election.
I thought that the rules have already been changed, freeing the delegates on the first ballot. They did that in 2012 to make sure that the Libertarians were shut out.
I wonder whose coat he was wearing in the pic.
I thought that the rules were already changed, freeing the delegates on the first ballot. It was done in 2012 to shut out the Libertarians.
I think that is the reason that the Libertarians latched onto Trump. They tried destroying the Conservatives and working with McConnell through Rand Paul. That didn’t work out, so now they are out to defeat the Establishment, too.
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