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Is Cruz already too late to stop Trump?
Politico ^ | March 20, 2016 | Shane Goldmacher |

Posted on 03/20/2016 11:00:29 AM PDT by Innovative

Arizona's primary is Tuesday, but more than half the ballots have already been cast — including for candidates who've left the race.

By the time Ted Cruz arrived Friday at the tiny border town of Douglas for his first Arizona event of 2016, he was already too late for the hundreds of thousands of Republicans who had already voted.

Election day is still two days away in Arizona but well more than half of Republicans expected to vote in the state’s Tuesday primary have already cast their ballots — complicating Cruz's attempts overtake Donald Trump as both make a late push for the state’s lucrative, winner-take-all prize of 58 delegates.

“A candidate cannot win Arizona if they don’t do well in early balloting,” said Nathan Sproul, an Arizona Republican strategist who had served as co-chair for Marco Rubio’s campaign in the state.

Arizona has among the most robust early-voting programs in the country. In Maricopa, the state’s largest county, early voters in 2016 comprise already nearly 90 percent of the county’s total GOP turnout four years ago.

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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: cruz; elections; gopprimary; trump
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To: Sun

Cruz, the latest tool of the GOPe. Cruz would seem,his soul to the devil to be President. Oops he already sold his soul to MConnell for TPA, to run for President and the Corker bill.


141 posted on 03/20/2016 2:07:38 PM PDT by georgiarat (Obama, providing incompetence since Day One!)
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To: Sun

God is answering your prayers Trump! Thank you God for answering my prayers. I even prayed at Palm Sunday mass this morning. I am glag you are praying for a strong leader too. Nobody stronger them trump. God’s been good to us this primary.


142 posted on 03/20/2016 2:08:14 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: napscoordinator
Cruz’s whole campaign boils down to bashing trump.

That tactic sounds sort of familiar. I know I've heard of it somewhere before.

143 posted on 03/20/2016 2:20:10 PM PDT by Starstruck (I'm usually sarcastic. Deal with it.)
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To: Starstruck

You’ll stand in line for hours to re-elect President trump in 2020.


144 posted on 03/20/2016 2:21:00 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: Psalm 144
No one likes or trusts him. He will be on a tight per diem allowance, and have to sit up and beg for treats.

Bullshit. If no one liked or trusted him he wouldn't be getting any votes.

145 posted on 03/20/2016 2:21:39 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: tacticalogic

“Bullshit. If no one liked or trusted him he wouldn’t be getting any votes.”

Oh, there is always a fringe group. Regardless, his allowance will still be kept under tight control by his superiors.


146 posted on 03/20/2016 2:31:50 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (That giant flushing sound is the New Whirled Order, going down the tubes.)
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To: StAnDeliver

I hadn’t thought about that, but now that you point it out...


147 posted on 03/20/2016 2:33:01 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (That giant flushing sound is the New Whirled Order, going down the tubes.)
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To: Balding_Eagle
You’ll stand in line for hours to re-elect President trump in 2020.

I was in the Army 50 years ago. There were lines everywhere we went. I will no longer stand hours in line for anything.

148 posted on 03/20/2016 2:34:49 PM PDT by Starstruck (I'm usually sarcastic. Deal with it.)
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To: Psalm 144
Oh, there is always a fringe group.

They're the ones reading James Madison instead of Saul Alinsky.

149 posted on 03/20/2016 2:37:31 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: Starstruck

OK, I’ll give you that, but you’ll still mentally support his re-election, even if you stay home.


150 posted on 03/20/2016 2:55:58 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: Rational Thought

Guess what - If Trump is the nominee, up to 40% of the GOP would stay home or vote 3rd party - so I guess Trump has managed to screw the country either way.


151 posted on 03/20/2016 3:02:38 PM PDT by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: Rational Thought

“This is the little nugget in all the crap polls of X vs. Clinton. If Trump supporters are disenfranchised by the convention, it won’t matter if the nominee is Cruz or Romney. The Republican nominee would be lucky to draw 40% in the general, meaning a huge win by Clinton, which I’m sure the Establishment is well aware of.”

EXACTLY!


152 posted on 03/20/2016 3:07:10 PM PDT by profit_guy
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To: bray
Exactly.

He fasted on over to every fast food joint he could find.

153 posted on 03/20/2016 3:29:54 PM PDT by rineaux (It's not a lie, it's Ted Truth.)
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To: Psalm 144
"garden gnome"

Exactly what best describes beck.

154 posted on 03/20/2016 3:31:04 PM PDT by rineaux (It's not a lie, it's Ted Truth.)
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To: WENDLE
Has Ted or his pops said anything about the strange claims Beck has been making?

If Trump had a supporter that made comments like this, they would be crucifying him on top of all the other BS they've been crucifying Trump and supporters for.

Ted certainly has gotten a lot of passes.

155 posted on 03/20/2016 3:34:07 PM PDT by rineaux (It's not a lie, it's Ted Truth.)
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To: Mad Dawgg

+1


156 posted on 03/20/2016 3:47:17 PM PDT by chasio649 (Southerner, low info and inbred...miss anything?)
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To: TornadoAlley3
Cruz/s small donors say they are being bombarded w/ solicitations; as many as 10 emails a day. They are callously told.....don't bother to volunteer, just send money. The FEC is also on his back---b/c small donors have already give in excess of the limit.

HERE/S CRUZ/S BIG BUCK DONORS--the Washington Cartel he swears he/s running against.


157 posted on 03/20/2016 3:52:23 PM PDT by Liz (SAFE PLACE? A liberal's mind. Nothing's there. Nothing can penetrate it.)
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To: Liz
When score is 90 to 10 at start of 4th quarter fans leave. They certainly do not give money to the losing team if told doing so will help team win.
158 posted on 03/20/2016 4:04:39 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: TornadoAlley3

——They certainly do not give money to the losing team——

now that is a great thought

the losses thus begin to compound


159 posted on 03/20/2016 4:07:57 PM PDT by Thibodeaux (leading from behind is following)
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To: tacticalogic

“They’re the ones reading James Madison instead of Saul Alinsky.”

No, they are the ones thinking that Seven Mountains Mandate Dominionism can be reconciled with the Constitution. And now, apparently, the “White Horse Prophecy”.

Heaven’s Gate material here.


160 posted on 03/20/2016 4:08:19 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (That giant flushing sound is the New Whirled Order, going down the tubes.)
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