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Donald Trump Inches out Ted Cruz in Missouri
Breitbart ^ | March 15, 2016 | Alex Swoyer

Posted on 03/16/2016 5:28:13 AM PDT by monkapotamus

It appears that GOP frontrunner Donald Trump slightly edged out Sen. Ted Cruz in Missouri on Tuesday night. Trump took 40.7 percent of the votes in the Show Me State with 100 percent of the votes tallied.

Sen. Ted Cruz is close behind at 40.6 percent–down by approximately 1,700 votes. With this small a margin, Cruz could potentially ask for a recount. However, since Missouri is not a winner-take-all primary, the recount fight may not yield many new delegates even if he is ultimately declared the state’s winner...

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: cruz; missouri; trump
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1 posted on 03/16/2016 5:28:13 AM PDT by monkapotamus
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To: monkapotamus

Hey Breitbart—How’s the lawsuit against Corey Lewandowski going for you?


2 posted on 03/16/2016 5:30:07 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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To: monkapotamus

No one will ask for a recount. If it was winner take all, I could see Cruz asking for one but for bragging rights and to flip a few delegates in a proportional contest just seems a tad too excessive.


3 posted on 03/16/2016 5:31:00 AM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: monkapotamus
A recount would make Cruz appear trivial. Now he can claim a statistical tie....and that's his best result! Besides that, it would just have people saying "Cruz is always doing whatever it takes to win, just like in Iowa".

It looks like another tactical error by Cruz. Instead of doing his backdoor thing with Kasich (in an OH ad he told those against Trump to vote for Kasich), he should focused like a laser on Missouri.

4 posted on 03/16/2016 5:33:30 AM PDT by grania
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To: monkapotamus

Good, that’s what Cruz gets for abandoning the First Amendment.


5 posted on 03/16/2016 5:34:17 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: Balding_Eagle

Please explain how you came to the conclusion that Cruz abandoned the first amendment.


6 posted on 03/16/2016 5:35:47 AM PDT by taxcontrol ( The GOPe treats the conservative base like slaves by taking their votes and refuses to pay)
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To: monkapotamus

Are there chad danglers in the GOP?


7 posted on 03/16/2016 5:36:50 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: monkapotamus

I think we will begin seeing what there are hints of now...the decline of Cruz’s candidacy. For all the hype Cruz spoke last night...like he won...he lost every single race. He has won a small percentage of the total...he has been truly Trumped in terms of total votes and delegates.


8 posted on 03/16/2016 5:39:12 AM PDT by Wpin ("I Have Sworn Upon the Altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny...")
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To: Arm_Bears

Breitbart has already been abused by the two journalists who resigned because Breitbart didn’t go all-in on a disputed account of what happened. On that standard there is nothing they could do which won’t get them trashed by someone, kind of a no-win situation.


9 posted on 03/16/2016 5:39:39 AM PDT by BlackAdderess (Brexit, Grexit... USexit???)
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To: Arm_Bears

Breitbart is not suing him. They gave both Fields and Benny the opportunity to resign rather than be fired because it was shown they were liars. Two others also were shown the door.


10 posted on 03/16/2016 5:41:32 AM PDT by mazda77
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To: goldstategop

It would get him closer to the 8 state requirement for standing at the convention, if he has 7 states it will get him over that particular line.


11 posted on 03/16/2016 5:42:57 AM PDT by BlackAdderess (Brexit, Grexit... USexit???)
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To: taxcontrol

By blaming the victims for the actions of their attackers.


12 posted on 03/16/2016 5:48:47 AM PDT by Mechanicos
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To: BlackAdderess

Didn’t I see somewhere that the eight states must be won by a majority vote? That would mean he has to win eight states by 50.1 %?????????????????????? Please correct me if I’m wrong.


13 posted on 03/16/2016 5:50:46 AM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: Mechanicos

Really, what did Sen Cruz say? The only thing that I read was that Sen Cruz simply stated the truth.

To quote from the NY Times: Mr. Cruz began by saying that the “protesters who took violence into their own hands” were responsible for the episode.

“But in any campaign, responsibility starts at the top,” Mr. Cruz continued. “And when you have a campaign that disrespects the voters, when you have a campaign that affirmatively encourages violence, when you have a campaign that is facing allegations of physical violence against members of the press, you create an environment that only encourages this sort of nasty discourse.”


14 posted on 03/16/2016 5:53:31 AM PDT by taxcontrol ( The GOPe treats the conservative base like slaves by taking their votes and refuses to pay)
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To: BlackAdderess

“Breitbart has already been abused by the two journalists who resigned because Breitbart didn’t go all-in on a disputed account of what happened. On that standard there is nothing they could do which won’t get them trashed by someone, kind of a no-win situation.”

I think that is a good analysis of the position that Breitbart found itself in, BA. Hard to say what really happened and who was really telling the truth in that situation.


15 posted on 03/16/2016 5:53:42 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: Mollypitcher1

Majority *delegates*, not majority vote.


16 posted on 03/16/2016 5:54:06 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: monkapotamus

I mean it’s a TIE after all isn’t it? Everything is a tie to Ted.

Trump wins 4
Kaisick 1
Ted ZERO


17 posted on 03/16/2016 5:54:49 AM PDT by faucetman ( Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: taxcontrol

You do not want to ask that question. And whatever you do, don’t say that Cruz correctly placed blame for the violence on the protesters. And then don’t point out that DT blamed the victims for inciting the attack on a Texas ‘draw the prophet’ cartoon contest...Just don’t go there, you will be in for a beating...

I learned that lesson yesterday...


18 posted on 03/16/2016 5:55:13 AM PDT by LearnsFromMistakes (The trump real estate school failed. But the FlavorAid stand is doing a great business.)
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To: Mollypitcher1

Rule 40 requires 8 states with a majority win of delegates, not of the primary vote by voters.


19 posted on 03/16/2016 5:56:29 AM PDT by bajabaja (Too ugly to be scanned at the airports.)
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To: taxcontrol

The accusers of Cruz are like Democrats. It is merely the seriousness of the charges that matter.

Anyone who listened to what Cruz said about the Chicago protestors could not reasonably conclude he undermined the first amendment. It is just ridiculous.

They emote rather than think.


20 posted on 03/16/2016 5:56:46 AM PDT by unlearner (RIP America, 7/4/1776 - 6/26/2015, "Only God can judge us now." - Claus Von Stauffenberg / Valkyrie)
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