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Donald Trump Hires Paul Manafort to Lead Delegate Effort
The New York Times' First Draft ^ | March 28, 2016 | Alexander Burns and Maggie Haberman

Posted on 03/28/2016 4:19:56 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Donald J. Trump, girding for a long battle over presidential delegates and a potential floor fight at the Cleveland convention, has enlisted the veteran Republican strategist Paul J. Manafort to lead his delegate-corralling efforts, according to people briefed on Mr. Trump’s plans.

Mr. Trump confirmed the hire in a brief telephone interview. “Yes,” he said, “it is true.”

Mr. Manafort, 66, is among the few political hands in either party with direct experience managing nomination fights: As a young Republican operative, he helped manage the 1976 convention floor for Gerald Ford in his showdown with Ronald Reagan, the last time Republicans entered a convention with no candidate having clinched the nomination.

He performed a similar function for Mr. Reagan in 1980, and played leading roles in the 1988 and 1996 conventions, for George H. W. Bush and Bob Dole.

Mr. Manafort has drawn attention in recent years chiefly for his work as an international political consultant, most notably as a senior adviser to former President Viktor F. Yanukovych of Ukraine, who was driven from power in 2014.

The hire is a sign that Mr. Trump is intensifying his focus on delegate wrangling as his opponents mount a tenacious effort to deny him the 1,237 delegates he would need to secure the Republican nomination. Under those circumstances, Mr. Trump’s opponents hope they can wrest that prize away from him in a contested convention....

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1976; 1stcanadiansenator; antireagan; delegates; douchebag; elections; ford; reagan; tdsworkingovertime; trump
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To: sockmonkey

I read the Washington Post and Hot Air articles, and if anyone reads them, they will see that Trump authorized no SuperPACs and told the ones that started, to shut down. It looks as though he discussed using them before he announced his run and decided against having any.

Thanks for the links.


101 posted on 03/28/2016 7:56:14 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Half the truth is often a great lie. B. Franklin)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

He’s always been ecstatic about a ‘few’ delegates before.

But times change, don’t they?


102 posted on 03/28/2016 7:57:52 PM PDT by altura (Cruz for our country)
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To: ObamahatesPACoal

“Going into the convention, Ford had won more primary delegates than Reagan, as well as a plurality in popular vote. “

And after that, Reagan did about four years worth of radio spots outlining his policies during the Carter years. By 1980, everybody knew who he was and where he stood on the issues. It really was a stroke of genius. I still remember, “I’m Ronald Reagan, thanks for listening” at the end of each spot.


103 posted on 03/28/2016 8:41:37 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: Iowa David

——Do you not find it a bit curious that Sleazy Donald attacks Heidi
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any links or info on when he attacked Heidi Cruz?


104 posted on 03/28/2016 9:25:17 PM PDT by Bubba Gump Shrimp (if God wanted Cruz to be president, he'd have been born in America)
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To: altura

105 posted on 03/28/2016 9:27:47 PM PDT by Bubba Gump Shrimp (if God wanted Cruz to be president, he'd have been born in America)
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To: Bubba Gump Shrimp
When he said he would spill the beans on her, and retweeted a picture that was unflattering of Heidi and compared it to a nice picture of his wife.

Wives should be off limits.

I am sure these two tweets were not an attack, just looked that way to everyone but Trump supporters.

106 posted on 03/28/2016 9:29:16 PM PDT by Iowa David (Cruz 2016 - Before it's too late)
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To: Iowa David
Do you not find it a bit curious that Sleazy Donald attacks Heidi Cruz and only threatens to attack Hillary

What "attack" on Heidi?

107 posted on 03/28/2016 9:29:23 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: Iowa David

those are ATTACKS?

what would poor Ted do if he was POTUS and a real attack happened?

crawl behind all the women he surrounds himself with for cover?


108 posted on 03/28/2016 9:58:08 PM PDT by Bubba Gump Shrimp (if God wanted Cruz to be president, he'd have been born in America)
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To: altura

Here’s some pearls for you to clutch.


109 posted on 03/28/2016 9:58:15 PM PDT by Spirit of Liberty (Time to go Galt!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The Manaforts. Powerful family.

http://www.manafort.com/pdfs/news1.pdf


110 posted on 03/28/2016 10:12:45 PM PDT by Daffynition ("We have the fight of our lives coming up to save our nation!" ~ Jim Robinson)
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To: altura

It must be nice to just oversimplify, generalize and label your way to your mouth-breathing, navel-gazing, booger-eating comfort-zone. Now go outside and play like a good little twit, the adults have things to discuss.


111 posted on 03/28/2016 11:51:57 PM PDT by Gargantua ("...fee tine a maadyy..." ;^)
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To: altura

Somebody seems more than just a little bit threatened by “The Donald.” Your Freudian slip is showing...


112 posted on 03/28/2016 11:56:20 PM PDT by Gargantua ("...fee tine a maadyy..." ;^)
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To: Gargantua

Adults don’t constantly talk about boogers.

Six year olds do.


113 posted on 03/29/2016 12:08:17 AM PDT by altura (Cruz for our country)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Having handily disposed of Lyin Ted, Mr. Trump is now consolidating his wins, and organizing for more passenger room on the Trump Train.

Ted made a YUGE mistake. He hit on Trumps wife using Carly Fiorina. ( Who would vote for a face like that?)Carly and Ted made a try for revenge that Trump knew was coming eventually and then?

Kaboom.

Bye , bye Lyin Ted.


114 posted on 03/29/2016 5:16:33 AM PDT by Candor7 ( Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: altura

“Donald Trump, using his own short fingers, tweeted out a picture of Heidi (which was a carefully selected unflattering screen shot) next to a studio pose of the lovely Melania, fully clothed this time in a suprememly childish display of ‘my wife is prettier than your wife.’”

So? That’s considered an attack? Are you one of those snow flakes from Mizzou?


115 posted on 03/29/2016 6:24:29 AM PDT by austinaero
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To: altura

“You think he’d use his own money for you? Or for the country.”

What other candidate is going to use their own money for me?


116 posted on 03/29/2016 6:25:45 AM PDT by austinaero
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To: Bubba Gump Shrimp

“crawl behind all the women he surrounds himself with for cover?”

Like he did with Carly yesterday? Yeh, that’s some leadership right there.


117 posted on 03/29/2016 6:27:33 AM PDT by austinaero
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To: Durbin

And Manafort is also a guy who was a partner of the infamous Roger Stone in the political management team of Black, Manafort & Stone. I am acquainted with Manafort but had not iknown that he worked for Feckless Ford against Ronaldus Maximus in 1976. That says A LOT.


118 posted on 03/29/2016 7:40:34 PM PDT by BlackElk (Dean of Discipline Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Society: Rack 'em Danno!)
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To: TXSearcher

What was the HUD scandal involving Paul Manafort?


119 posted on 03/29/2016 7:42:31 PM PDT by BlackElk (Dean of Discipline Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Society: Rack 'em Danno!)
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To: altura

It was a retweet IIRC.


120 posted on 04/01/2016 12:05:00 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction. - Mark Twain)
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