Posted on 04/06/2016 7:59:04 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
It’s not the will to win that matters. ... It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.
— Paul “Bear” Bryant
HOUSTON -- People here at Ted Cruz’s campaign headquarters are meticulously preparing to win a contested convention, if there is one. Because Donald Trump is a low-energy fellow, Cruz will be positioned to trounce him in Cleveland, where Trump’s slide toward earned oblivion would accelerate during a second ballot.
Wisconsin has propelled Trump, a virtuoso of contempt, toward joining those he most despises: “losers.” In the 1992 general election, Ross Perot, a Trump precursor, won 21.5 percent of Wisconsin’s vote, above the 18.9 percent he won nationally. Wisconsin’s populist tradition is persistent and indiscriminate enough to encompass Robert La Follette and Joseph McCarthy. And evangelical Christians are less important in Wisconsin than in contiguous Iowa. Nevertheless, temperate Wisconsin rejected Trump, partly for the reason that one of his weakest performances so far was in the reddest state, Utah, where conservative Mormons flinched from his luridness. His act — ignorance slathered with a congealed gravy of arrogance — has become stale.
If, as seemed probable a month ago, Trump had won Wisconsin, he would have been well-positioned to win a first-ballot convention victory. Now he is up against things to which he is averse: facts. For months Cruz’s operation has been courting all convention delegates, including Trump’s. Cruz aims to make a third ballot decisive, or unnecessary...
(Excerpt) Read more at richmond.com ...
UH, I think you are forgetting the 55 delegates of Colorado and Wyoming Stage 3. These are not winner-take-all, but all will be taken nonetheless ---by Cruz. Colorado this week, Wyoming next. Cruz already took 6 in Colorado, will get 3 more tomorrow, 12 more Friday and 16 more on Saturday. Trump: 0,0,0 and 0 again. so before NY, you will have 4 Cruz wins in a row, North Dakota, WS, CO and WY.
Well, over the years I’ve seen more than one FReeper admit to being atheist or agnostic. You haven’t?
No he won't, oh my gosh. You are dreaming. But we will see.
Typical Cruz supporter. You lost the argument so resort to pathetic childish insults.
Your establishment candidate should know that his party leader said the number could be changed at will. The GOPe will stop at nothing to get the candidate they can control.
Trump has never, never been able to beat Cruz in a 2 man race. Trump was able to get a lead only when the field was crowded.
He also beat Cruz by 23 points in AZ!!!!
Sorry CottonBall, Reince Priebus said the rules committee could change the rule about potential nominees had to have the majority of delegates in EIGHT states to be considered for nomination.
Nobody, with the exception of some deranged Trumpsters, wants to change the requirement for the nominee to be elected with a simple majority.
Donald is probably not confused about the definition of "majority," but he 's hoping his supporters are.
IN 160 years, it's always been a majority, but now, for the first time in history, we have a "front-runner" who is so weak, so feeble, that he wants to change the rules to subvert the wishes of the majority. Amazing.
George Will is to Smithers as Ted Cruz is to Mr. Burns.
Rules changes have to be accepted and ratified by a majority of the whole convention. The Committee can pass a rule change, force a vote, but they can't dictate the result.
It’s worth noting that the alternative to a majority has never been a plurality. Dems until the 1930s had a two-thirds rule.
Excuse me but what planet are you on that Cruz-has had the majority of voters!!! You folks are smoking some really good stuff maybe that is why Cruz is so popular in CO. !!!!!
May I be the first: FUGW
It’s official. Will and the rest of the GOPee really REALLY want to loose, so they can sit behind the lines and throw poo for the rest of their careers.
Poo slinging monkeys - no more, no less.
Yes, I know. Hopefully, they’ll KEEP the 8 state rule and (to help prevent shenanigans) expand it to ALL ROUNDS OF VOTING.
No, it's the number that makes a majority vote.
"It should be the one with the most votes."
Absolutely not. Without a majority the one with the most votes is just the one with the largest minority. Minority does not rule, for good reason.
An election is supposed to be about ideas and policies, not just personalities. In a multi-candidate election you can have multiple candidates with similar politics, and they are going to split their voters between them.
If it were just the largest number then someone representing ideas accepted by a minority of the party could win the nomination. As it is, the delegates can agree to settle on a candidate who represents the views of the party and combine their vote, and not hand it to a minority.
That's why in this scenario, a political party's nomination, it's not only acceptable to run it this way, it's necessary.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.