Ted Cruz delivers stunning blow to Donald Trump with Wisconsin win

The Washington Times ^ | 4/5/2016 | Seth McLaughlin

[Liberty Tree Surgeon]

Sen. Ted Cruz was projected to win the Wisconsin primary Tuesday, delivering a stunning blow to GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump and resetting the race as it heads east later this month.

[ameribbean expat]

No. Because math means nothing to ideologues, for better or for worse. Cruz is a dead end.

[altura]

What fantasy would that be?

[xzins]

You don’t know what Cruz’s billionaires will say or do at all. Nor do you know what they represent. We’re not really sure we even know who they all are.

[DoughtyOne]

I will not vote for another GOPe/RNC troll.

If you think I had to get worked up to say that, you’re misreading me.

I’m not voting for Hillary either.

Both are a simple matter of fact.

I have voted for my last GOPe hack! Done!

[baltimorepoet]

So in that scenario, you don’t see Sanders getting 51% of the electoral votes?

Exactly which states that went for Obama are going to go for Trump (I) and a Republican (R)?

In my scenario, I think Trump will mostly pull enough votes so that Republicans lose Ohio, Florida, Virginia, and Colorado.

In fact, who knows, North Carolina and Indiana might flip back to Dem in 2016 also.

[Hawthorn]

>> Cruz, Kasich, all the conservative media, and everyone else took this pro-life convert [Trump] and made him realize that truth wasn’t the issue <<

Thanks! Got it!

In other words, Mr. Trump is so ill-informed, so lacking in core conviction and so subject to intimidation that he can be tricked into making a 180-degree reversal on his stated abortion policy within a few hours.

Poor little Mr. Trump. He cain’t hep it. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

[Ray76]

That Cruz supports the Constitution and that he has any plausible chance at 1237, for starters. Cruz is a fraud and not at all what he pretends to be.

[caww]

You can call them facts... but they really are all political election moves to garner votes from whatever audience they're playing to for votes. That's what individuals do running for Political office while they are on the trail.

[xzins]

Yep, he listened to Cruz and others and came out pro-abortion.

Do you realize that Cruz supports abortion for these moms?

[for-q-clinton]

What is nice is that since Trump has lost in several of the lest primaries/caucuses the Trump faction has quieted down on the forums so we can have a more intelligent conversation about things without all the name calling.

Please not this is not attacking all trump supporters, but we all know who I’m talking about ;-).

[Hawthorn]

>> Only to people who live on the Internet and fancy themselves Constitutional scholars is it still relevant <<

A totally unfair remark. Our latter-day heroine in the NBC world, Dr. Orly Taitz, does not “live on the Internet.” During the daytime, she practices dentistry, and at night she is immersed deeply in the dusty old French-language tomes of Monsieur Vattel, the master explainer of natural-born citizenship.

[Fundamentally Fair]

His initial answer was the correct answer...Then he got politically correct...

Interesting analysis.

How can we tell which answer he actually believes?

[editor-surveyor]

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OK, we bes Bruddahs! :o)
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[jjotto]

Closest states in ‘12 (under 5%): North Carolina, Florida, Ohio, Virginia, Colorado; (under 7%) Pennsylvania, Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, Wisconsin.

All could be up for grabs in a serious three-way race. Don’t make the mistake of thinking the mean-girls attitude on FR extends to the general electorate. Cruz states could easily go Trump if the alternatives were Ryan and Bernie.

[editor-surveyor]

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Polling will tell Cruz not to write off MY.

Republicans, by and large, do not want a buffoon like Trump.
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[mkjessup]

You would think Cruz not only won the Super Bowl, but was named MVP, when the reality is, Cruz won one contest last night, and the season has a long way to go. The fans scream, cheer, shriek and faint, but the reality is that the numbers paint a much different picture, Trump remains in the lead, and my tagline courtesy of our Esteemed Founder, tells the tale.

Here, some cold water to bring the Cruzers back to reality:

[editor-surveyor]

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Don, I’m sure that you have DoughtyOne’s number by now.

He has always been contrary to conservative views.
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[altura]

Yes. I agree.

This forum feels more like what it used to be.

We have argued on this thread and disagreed but there have been nothing like the vicious attacks that I am, unfortunately, so familiar with.

[Hawthorn]

>> it was a great loss for Chris Christie, Rooty Giuliani, Scott Brown, RINO Congressmen Chris Collins, Tom Reed and Lou Barletta <<

I don’t know anything about the last three gents. But I must disagree just tad with your take on Christie. I’d say his overwhelming loss was when “Mr. Trump” told poor little Chrissie to “get on the plane and go home.” Can’t be a bigger loser than he was on that day!

And next to Mr. Trump himself, maybe the biggest loser from the West Konsin vote might be the ARG polling group, whose latest survey was off by a “mere” 13 percentage points!

[Lakeshark]

You would think Cruz not only won the Super Bowl, but was named MVP

You mean to say he wasn't? My whole day is ruined.......

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