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ANALYSIS: Donald Trump Grows Weaker, Setting Up Further Republican Chaos
ABC News ^ | April 05, 2016 | Rick Klein

Posted on 04/06/2016 10:15:33 AM PDT by Steelfish

ANALYSIS: Donald Trump Grows Weaker, Setting Up Further Republican Chaos

By Rick Klein Apr 5, 2016

Wisconsin will go down as the state that turned the tide –- or that turns the minds of anxious Republicans to what might have been.

Donald Trump’s loss proves a point the anti-Trump forces have been making with varying intensity for months. He was blown out, losing broadly and decisively in a big battleground state, in a winnowed field and in a primary that was open to independents as well as GOP regulars.

“Tonight is a turning point. It is a rallying cry,” Ted Cruz said in declaring victory, in words that his erstwhile enemies in the Republican establishment would gladly endorse at this point in the race.

Trump’s support is stalling among Republican voters, and his failure to close out his rivals speaks to his potential weakness in a general election. Tuesday’s results show the GOP frontrunner can be beaten soundly in places where the case against Trump is prosecuted in a sustained way -– and perhaps helped along when Trump himself plays into those arguments with his own behavior.

With a Trump ceiling coming in to focus, his path to a majority of convention delegates has never been narrower. Strikingly, more than a third of Republicans in Wisconsin exit polls say they’d be scared under a Trump presidency, with another two in 10 saying they’d be concerned. Trump was uncharacteristically silent Tuesday night, as if he had nothing good to say. Cruz is by far the biggest beneficiary of the anti-Trump sentiments. Wisconsin delivered the kind of cross-demographic victory that, to date, only Trump has managed in an electorally significant state.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1stcanadiansenator; 2016gopprimary; fishrot; globalistcruz; noteligiblecruz; openboarderscruz
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To: Jay Thomas
Is Wisconsin considered a swing state?

Yes, but not a swinger state, so you probably won't see Roger Stone there.

141 posted on 04/06/2016 1:19:32 PM PDT by JediJones (The younger presidential candidate has won the popular vote since '92. Vote younger. Vote Cruz. Win.)
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To: TexasCajun

It’s not stealing if you are ahead. The Delegates should have the good sense to Nominate the more successful vote earner.


142 posted on 04/06/2016 1:19:56 PM PDT by The Toll
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To: TexasCajun
Cruz is playing games in Louisiana and elsewhere.

Cruz can't win the nomination outright and that will be made very clear by next week.

So, his goal has been to prepare for a convention fight, and stop Trump from winning outright, discounting the voters who voted for him.

143 posted on 04/06/2016 1:21:09 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: TexasCajun; fortheDeclaration
Will not Trump be trying to steal Cruz delegates if no winner on the 1st Convention ballot?

It's not stealing if Trump does it. They were rightfully his in the first place because Trump is the anointed one. And we should amend the Constitution so the electoral college doesn't require a majority anymore to further legitimize Trump's candidacy.

144 posted on 04/06/2016 1:22:39 PM PDT by JediJones (The younger presidential candidate has won the popular vote since '92. Vote younger. Vote Cruz. Win.)
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To: fortheDeclaration

Trump got 32.5% of the vote in South Carolina and 100% of the 50 delegates. So which voters is it that were discounted by this process again?


145 posted on 04/06/2016 1:23:43 PM PDT by JediJones (The younger presidential candidate has won the popular vote since '92. Vote younger. Vote Cruz. Win.)
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To: JediJones
Ted Cruz: Trump ‘Gets Very Angry When The Voters Reject Him’

And so do his supporters.

146 posted on 04/06/2016 1:25:03 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: JediJones
Where did Trump steal any delegates?

After next week, when Trump wins NY and Cruz has no shot at the nomination outright, we will see what Cruz's real goal is.

147 posted on 04/06/2016 1:28:06 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: JediJones

How about all the one’s that voted against Cruz?


148 posted on 04/06/2016 1:28:47 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: Steelfish

I guess everyone is a graduate of New Math. There is no way in hell that SCruz will reach 1237. And if you think the GOPe is going to allow SCruz to win on the floor, well, OK. Psssst, I have a bridge for you!


149 posted on 04/06/2016 1:31:21 PM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: JediJones

“Do you think maybe Jeb and Graham are supporting Cruz over Trump because of Trump’s relentless insults and/or harassment of them? “

Harassment? What are you some college millennial? That is the most bizarre attempt at painting them as victims I’ve ever seen.

#2 they are “supporting him” so he can suck up delegates, so they can dump him at the convention.


150 posted on 04/06/2016 1:33:27 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: vette6387
And all Trump needs to put Cruz completely out of contention is 37 more delegates! Once that occurs, look for the GOPe to turn on Ted, since he’s outlived his usefulness.

There you go, thinking in simple terms again - if Cruz can't get a majority of delegates before the convention, then Trump will win the nomination, right? Wrong. All Cruz and Kasich need is about 250 delegates between the two of them to force an open convention. At that point, Cruz is by far the best positioned to win a contested convention.

151 posted on 04/06/2016 1:33:53 PM PDT by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: VanDeKoik

Giving out someone’s personal phone # on national TV is harassment.


152 posted on 04/06/2016 1:34:46 PM PDT by JediJones (The younger presidential candidate has won the popular vote since '92. Vote younger. Vote Cruz. Win.)
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To: fishtank

Yeah, is it Canada or the USA? Choices, choices, choices?


153 posted on 04/06/2016 1:36:46 PM PDT by jennings2004 ("What difference, at this point, does it make!"! Senator Cruz: Canadian from birth to May, 2014!)
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To: escapefromboston

Awfully boring, isn’t it?

But Trump cannot win.

He’s got only himself to blame. He coulda been a contendah.

Interesting that so many people in the exit polls said a Trump presidency is scary.

It is.

Even Trump does not know what he will say or think when he wakes up in the morning.

We have to wait for his tweet.

Fox News suggested a couple of weeks hiatus might be a good choice for Trump.

Once your momentum drops as precipitously as Trump’s has done in the last month, it is doubtful that it can be regained even if Trump were to pull back and act normal for a while.


154 posted on 04/06/2016 1:46:17 PM PDT by altura (Cruz for our country)
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To: fortheDeclaration

Cruz’ goal is what he said in his speech last night, to win 1237 delegates either before or at the convention. From what I heard last night, Kasich and Rubio might be able to release their delegates on the first ballot, so Cruz could lobby for those. There is also a hefty chunk of unbound delegates, mostly from 3 states, that Cruz would lobby for. So if Trump falls short of 1237 even by 1 delegate, Cruz could theoretically win on the first ballot by getting all the unbound delegates to vote for him.


155 posted on 04/06/2016 1:46:31 PM PDT by JediJones (The younger presidential candidate has won the popular vote since '92. Vote younger. Vote Cruz. Win.)
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To: austingirl

Go back and replay Teds losing tuesdays.


156 posted on 04/06/2016 1:46:44 PM PDT by QuigleyDU
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To: austingirl

The only thing that’s sad about Trump losing the nomination ... and it’s only a teeny bit sad ... is that we won’t get to see him debate Hillary.

Now, that would be entertainment.


157 posted on 04/06/2016 1:48:50 PM PDT by altura (Cruz for our country)
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To: RitaOK

Rita, sorry but this is not just one state.

It is a state that Trump thought he could win but lost decisively.

Were you at all upset about the way Trump acted after the loss?

If he were my candidate I would be in total cringe mode.

It is symbolic of Trump’s downfall.

That is not ‘little Teddy’ as you so cutely call him, it is Ted Cruz on his own beating Trump ... and it is Trump beating himself.

Don’t be mad at Cruz or me. Be mad at your own candidate who has shot himself in the foot so many times he can barely walk to the mirror to do his comb over.


158 posted on 04/06/2016 1:53:41 PM PDT by altura (Cruz for our country)
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To: Mozilla

In this link, it states California is proportional. I’ve also read it is winner take all. If it’s winner take all by congressional district, then it’s proportional. Correct?


159 posted on 04/06/2016 1:54:19 PM PDT by Solson (Cruz/Graham 2016! The Eunuch Party)
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To: Nickname

LOL.


160 posted on 04/06/2016 1:56:10 PM PDT by altura (Cruz for our country)
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