Posted on 04/05/2016 6:59:31 PM PDT by writer33
On Saturday, over at The Gateway Pundit, Joe Hoft put together a delegate math piece purporting to show that Cruz will be out of the running for 1237 delegates by the end of April. Hoft got that right, but his math used to get there is significantly off. What Hoft also fails to mention is that Trump will be effectively unable to reach 1237 delegates at the end of May.
Using Hofts report, the Trump campaign began to echo the elimination narrative. It also realized Trumps own path to 1237 has significantly narrowed. When Trump fails to get to 1237, Cruz has already proven he has a superior second ballot strategy.
I guess the real answer lies in what the convention rules will say. The rules group of 100
meets one week before the convention to develope the rules for the 2016 convention. One of the
first actions of the convention will be to adopt, revise, etc the 2016 rules. Rule 40 was
adopted in the 2012 convention and states the 8 state win rule. Question is will the convention
keep that rule or throw it out. If thrown out then a brokered convention could happen. If kept
in place then the only candidates must meet the number of state wins which is currently 8 under
the 2012 rules.
So who know at this time what the delegates want and what the GOP power brokers want.
Being INFORMED is what it's all about.
Just making sure everyone is informed.. or should I be like the MSM and hide news items from those that should know?
Could be.. but it's the Gateway Pundit website that laying down the gaunlet not the "clown."
In this case the "clown" is simply the messenger and could possibly be correct for once.
Time will tell.
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A good read for you.
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