Posted on 04/06/2016 2:50:23 PM PDT by Kaslin
On Tuesday night, Senator Ted Cruz, R-TX, won a sweeping victory over 2016 Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump in Wisconsin. Cruz won virtually every demographic, nearly 50 percent of the vote and the vast bulk of the delegates. It's becoming increasingly clear that Trump could fail to reach the necessary 1,237 delegates in order to win the nomination outright on the first ballot at the convention. If so, there's no way he wins the nomination at all.
That's because Trump has made himself radioactive.
If Trump had disappeared from the American political scene after his big win in Arizona, he'd have wrapped up the nomination by now. Instead, he defended his lying campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, after Lewandowski was charged with battery for allegedly grabbing, yanking and bruising a reporter; tweeted nastily about Heidi Cruz's looks; repeatedly suggested that Cruz had violated federal law without evidence; trotted out surrogates to slander anti-Trump women as Cruz's adulteresses; flipped his abortion position four times in less than three days; found himself on the short end of the interview stick with a Wisconsin radio host; labeled health care, housing and education as key functions of the federal government; accused the Republican National Committee and state delegations of attempting to "steal" the nomination from him by engaging in traditional delegate politics; and stated that he would likely select Supreme Court justices who would investigate Hillary Clinton's email server, for starters.
The more Trump talks, the worse he sounds.
Now, Trump's supporters keep saying he's just learning the ropes. After all, he's never run for political office before, so a few hiccups are to be expected. But Trump continues to demonstrate a complete inability to learn. After losing Wisconsin, did Trump turn down his "Spinal Tap" speakers from volume 11 to 8? Of course not. He turned the volume up to 12 with a campaign statement that bragged that Trump's 13-point blowout at Cruz's hands was actually a big win in which he "withstood the onslaught of the establishment yet again." The statement also stated openly, and without evidence, that Cruz had illegally coordinated with his super PACs, and slammed Cruz as being "worse than a puppet -- he is a Trojan horse, being used by the party bosses attempting to steal the nomination from Mr. Trump."
Trump's campaign is flailing because it's not a campaign; it's a self-produced vanity reality TV special. Trump didn't bother to learn the delegate rules because he couldn't be bothered to do so. He doesn't bother to learn the ins and outs of his own policies because, hey, why bother when people flock to you for shouting slogans about building walls? Last month, he fired his data team manager and elevated the second in command. But the second in command apparently doesn't know politics, or even how to access the data itself.
But don't worry: Trump has a very good brain and hires all the best people.
By the time of the Republican National Convention, Trump will be 70-years-old. Sadly, he has significantly less self-control than my 2-year-old daughter. He's spent his entire life being handed things: money, fame, female companionship. Now he can't understand why he's not being handed the nomination. So, like Veruca Salt in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," he'll scream.
It won't work. Trump joked months ago that his strategy was to "keep whining and whining until I win." But now he's beginning to lose. And the whining won't stop anytime soon.
“Just read Ann Coulter’s column today. A devastating attack on Cruz and Cruz-Bots.”
If that is the source you are using, it explains your Kool Aid mentality.
Actually Cruz went down a percentage point needed and Trump went up one, but that makes little difference in the long run, just keeping the facts straight. :)
“Holy smoley Ann Coulter destroys the cruz-bots.”
Brought to you by the same giraffe neck that supported Mitt and Christie. Wake up!
His staff is in total disarray... lots of infighting and power grabbing.
Corey was defended for show. Trump is already downsizing him.
Trump’s got some Russian mob dude now.
“Lewandowski was charged with battery...”
Shapiro is smart enough to see the red herring in his statement. Battery? The video shows a rude reporter getting brushed aside.
Bump
Bump
Sorry Ben, Cruz is done in 13 days ...
“Who cares what Coulter says anymore? I lost interest after she went gaga for Romney last time.
So she can never write anything of value again, because once she wrote something you didn’t like...
smh..”
No, you’re mis-characterizing my comment. I didn’t lose interest in her because “she wrote something” I didn’t like. It was her ill advised support of Romney that did it for me.
“I thought Trump would disappear for a while but, of course, rallies don’t involve any pesky questions.”
Yes, very true. I must admit it gets tiring to respond to Trumpite threads. Keep up the good work altura.
“Sorry Ben, Cruz is done in 13 days ...”
I certainly hope you are not holding your breath.
Gotta wonder if Ted answered every debate question at Princeton by saying “I’m glad you asked that question ...let me be clear, Donald Trump is a poopy-head.”
Just read it and weep. Or write an article better than Ann’s, Cruz-Bot. I’ll wait.
Before Wisconsin there were 867 delegates remaining. To reach 1237 delegates Trump required 56% of the remaining delegates. To reach 1237 delegates Cruz required 88% of the remaining delegates. After Wisconsin there are 825 delegates remaining. To reach 1237 delegates Trump requires 58% of the remaining delegates. To reach 1237 delegates Cruz requires 89% of the remaining delegates.
Cruz has fallen further behind.
If Cruz has 11 more Wisconsins he's out. Trump on the other hand would need 80% of remaining delegates, which is less than Cruz needs now.
Exactly
Mathematically ELIMINATED on April 19th. Deal with it ...
Well, actually Ted and his supporters whine most when he wins.
There won’t be any whining on the 19th, when Ted is numerically eliminated.
Yea Ted. Ted will need over 100% of the remaining delegates after the 19th.
Go Ted. You can do it!
I could not have said it any better, but the Trumpists are to blind to see it.
“Mathematically ELIMINATED on April 19th. Deal with it ..”
I know it’s a hard concept for Trump people to grasp, but Cruz will NOT be mathematically eliminated on the 19th. Only when Trump has 1237 delegates will Cruz be eliminated, as Trump must have to have a majority to be the nominee. If Trump does not have a majority, there will be additional ballot votes. Geez, this is so simple, but apparently hard to grasp.
You hit the nail square on the head and I could not have said it any better
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