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Ted Cruz Declares Wisconsin ‘A Turning Point’ In The GOP Campaign
Washington Post ^ | April 5, 2016 | Sean Sullivan and Philip Rucker

Posted on 04/05/2016 8:35:28 PM PDT by Steelfish

Ted Cruz Declares Wisconsin ‘A Turning Point’ In The GOP Campaign

By Sean Sullivan and Philip Rucker April 5

MILWAUKEE — Ted Cruz rolled to a landslide victory Tuesday in Wisconsin’s hotly contested Republican presidential primary, capitalizing on a difficult stretch for Donald Trump to cut into the front-runner’s overall delegate lead and deliver a psychological blow to the billionaire mogul.

Though the senator from Texas is reviled by many party leaders for his explosive and polarizing brand of politics, Cruz won over establishment Republicans as well as grass-roots conservative activists across this state who had come together in an urgent push to stop Trump. Late returns showed him leading Trump by a wide margin.

Cruz hopes his Wisconsin win transforms the trajectory of the race. Wisconsin adds a important Midwestern bellwether to the basket of mostly Southern or rural states he has won to date, giving the Texan evidence that he can appeal beyond ultra-conservative and religious voters.

Savoring his biggest night since winning the kickoff Iowa caucuses in February, Cruz declared before cheering supporters here in Milwaukee: “Tonight is a turning point. It is a rallying cry. It is a call from the hardworking men and women of Wisconsin to the people of America: We have a choice — a real choice.”

Trump remains in a favorable position nationally, but Cruz now has fresh momentum heading into future contests and Tuesday’s results increase the possibility that the nomination battle spills onto the floor of the party’s July convention in Cleveland

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: cruz; fishrot; lol; wisconsin
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To: Steelfish

Propaganda.

Cruz is a distant second.


81 posted on 04/05/2016 9:11:56 PM PDT by Ray76 (Judge Roy Moore for Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States)
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To: proust

Lol. He’ll always have Utah and Wisconsin to brag to his grandchildren.


82 posted on 04/05/2016 9:12:01 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: editor-surveyor

That is good news. She is the enemy, she truly is.


83 posted on 04/05/2016 9:12:22 PM PDT by Husker8877
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To: Steelfish

That’s right, Ted, it’s a turning point. We’re turning to New York, where your GOP machine will die.


84 posted on 04/05/2016 9:13:18 PM PDT by Southnsoul
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To: napscoordinator

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Trump can’t beat Cruz in NY.

His NYC values are a stench to the rest of the state.
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85 posted on 04/05/2016 9:13:45 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: napscoordinator
Cruz is still very behind in delegates. He didn’t finish above 50 percent in Wisconsin so he shares the delegates.

Yet another Trump blowhard that has no clue. Wisconsin is not a 50%+ takes all state. Winner gets 18 delegates and the winner of each congressional district gets 3 delegates. It looks like a 36-6 Cruz split of Wisconsin's 42 delegates.

86 posted on 04/05/2016 9:14:29 PM PDT by Sideshow Bob (#nevertrump)
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To: napscoordinator

Utah. Isn’t that were Glen Beck called Cruz the fulfillment of prophecy? And Cruz, the blasphemer, reveled in it.


87 posted on 04/05/2016 9:14:52 PM PDT by Ray76 (Judge Roy Moore for Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States)
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To: Steelfish

GO, TED, GO!!


88 posted on 04/05/2016 9:14:53 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson (I choose Cruz!)
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To: teletech

I really don’t give a shit, I will vote for whoever has a chance to defeat her. I’ve studied the Clintins almost 25 years, and they are in my opinion otherworldly evil. So whomever takes the most fevered fight to her and is nominated to go up against her—that’s where my vote will go.


89 posted on 04/05/2016 9:15:45 PM PDT by Husker8877
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To: Husker8877

DUH. I might have checked my spelling after almost 25 years of studying the C L I N T O N S (not Clintins lol)!


90 posted on 04/05/2016 9:17:47 PM PDT by Husker8877
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To: editor-surveyor

He’s done. He’s won his last state. No way he wins New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, deleware, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Washington, Oregon, or California. Cruz is done. It’s over. He’s has given his last sermon.


91 posted on 04/05/2016 9:18:35 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: napscoordinator
He didn’t finish above 50 percent in Wisconsin so he shares the delegates.

Wisconsin is winner take all by congressional district and statewide. Winning over 50% doesn't change that. If Trump wins a CD, he will get three delegates. Right now it looks like he might win 2 CDs. So if things remain the way they are, Cruz should get 36 delegates and Trump 6 delegates.

Yeah and Cruz got 17 percent in Florida and Ohio.

That really is irrelevant to the general election - he lost in a GOP primary to other GOP candidates. That says nothing about how he would do against Hillary in the general in those states, just as the fact that Trump won the Florida primary doesn't say anything about how he would do against Hillary in Florida in the general.

92 posted on 04/05/2016 9:19:22 PM PDT by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: DoughtyOne

Unless and until Trump gets to 1237, Cruz can get to 1237, whether before or at the convention. There are lots of other non-Trump and unbound delegates that Cruz can pick up.


93 posted on 04/05/2016 9:20:34 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson (I choose Cruz!)
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To: Steelfish
And those future primaries are in the North East, where Trump is the overwhelming favorite.

See you Cruz guys in NY!

94 posted on 04/05/2016 9:22:16 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: Husker8877; teletech

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teletech is probably not even old enough to vote.

Just look at his posts.


95 posted on 04/05/2016 9:22:20 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor

Bookmarked.


96 posted on 04/05/2016 9:22:22 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: editor-surveyor

“...a great guy, and strong leader like Cruz.”

Strong with this one, the Kool-Aid is.


97 posted on 04/05/2016 9:24:01 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: kik5150
Where are the next primaries going to be held?

If Cruz is really so good, lets see him take some of those States.

98 posted on 04/05/2016 9:24:20 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: napscoordinator

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Cruz has killed the trump monster.
(with the help of the monster’s mouth)

Trump is done.


99 posted on 04/05/2016 9:25:15 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor
Please don't use 'strong leader' and 'Cruz' in the same sentence!

I have not seen any evidence of strong leadership!

Frankly, I think he is cracking under the strain!

100 posted on 04/05/2016 9:25:54 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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