Posted on 04/08/2016 1:27:46 PM PDT by JSDude1
When a political party picks one candidate over another, the party signals to the broader electorate what it represents. If the Republican Party nominates Ted Cruz instead of Donald Trump, it will represent one of the greatest practical and moral victories in the Republican Party’s noble history.
Cruz’s enormous victory in Wisconsin this week makes it more probable than not that Donald Trump falls short of the required 1,237 delegates – 50 percent plus one of the 2,472 total delegates to the convention – to cinch the nomination on the first ballot. Combined with savvy delegate recruitment and a mounting string of endorsements, Cruz is setting himself up as the most likely nominee in a contested convention.
While many Trump supporters might decry this outcome under the stated rules of the party as the “establishment” countermanding the voters, this broad theme oversimplifies. Both Trump and Cruz exist outside the “establishment." The more interesting question is what statement the GOP makes by picking the particular candidate Cruz over the particular candidate Trump.
If Cruz wrests the nomination from Trump with a renewed message of unity and opportunity, the party as a whole should rejoice and celebrate. Indeed, there are four reasons the party should be dancing inside at the prospect, because Cruz defeating Trump represents:
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You got JRs number I’m sure
Call him
It’s quite alright here to support Trump
Maybe you were asleep
Dry snitch me a little firmer sissy
You do know Trump’s not his first choice?
I think you’ve got a looser standard on who escapes the RINO label than I do.
Really, it’s not that difficult to figure out.
Go back to the 1999 interview with Russert and work your way up to yesterday.
It will become clear as a bell for you.
Trump’s not any different than Romney with testosterone.
Goldman-Sachs hasn't given one dime to Ted Cruz's campaign. According to OpenSecrets anyway.
Well, if the GOPe steals it and gives it to Ryan/Romney, they will anger both the Trump and Cruz supporters. The loss will be even larger.
I find Cruz extremely flawed and a bible thumper which is off putting
Plus Cruz is pretend anti establishment at least to m
Cruz has not had to endure 5% of the heat in this primary a Trump has
Last nite he got a taste of it from O Butthead and it didn’t go well
He grandstands and pisses off his colleagues but he’s immersed in GOPe and always has been
Trump fights......right virtually against everyone but Laura Ingram and Pat Buchannon and Steve Bannon
I was a Cruz guy 3.5 years ago and even had stickers made then but he’s just faded.....blaming Chicago lefty goons on Trumps tone....that was a big one
You Cruz people are soon enough only going to be. Supporting Ted to stop Trump if you can
Cruz will lose any chance at 1237 after New York Values
I’m all in for Trump....warts and all
What chu gonna do when Ted is eliminated pre convention?
What will JR do
He kinda hinted last nite or this morning
Check his posts and get back to me
I want Trump to destroy the GOP as we know it and close our borders
He does that and everything will fall into place best it can at this point
That’s disingenuous exponentially
Trump proposes things Romney would never even whisper in the toliet
Go Ted, all the way back to Canada!
Oh ye of little faith. You obviously didn't look hard enough. Now spin away, lol
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres16/contrib.php?id=N00033085&cycle=2016&type=f&src=c
I want what’s best for this country, whether the Republican party is destroyed or not.
My goal is not to destroy the Republican party but to instill conservative values that have been missing for years. That’s the only thing that’s going to save this country.
Cruz can lead with his truly conservative principles, and the American public will follow him. The GOP will then have to comply, or they will be eliminated. There won’t be any other choice for them, because they will be exposed if they don’t do what they promised they would do when they got elected. They don’t do what they’re supposed to do, they will be voted out.
I don’t believe in blowing up the system just for the sake of blowing it up and hope things work out. That just an act of total desperation.
Trump doesn’t even know what his positions are on anything. I have no confidence where he even stands, let alone whether he will do the right things if he is President.
Furthermore, if Trump is the nominee, I think we are screwed. He has pissed so many people off, I don’t believe he can win enough of them back.
I would vote for him if he’s the nominee only because I care about this country too much to let Hitlery become President.
Do you care enough for this country to vote for Cruz if he’s the nominee? Or is it just about screwing the GOPe to you?
I don’t want to screw the GOPe although Amanda Carpenter does come to mind I’ll confess
I’ll reluctantly vote for Cruz but his lustre is dull
He was also for Obamacare before he was against it before he was for it again.
He was for partial birth abortion before he was against it before he was for abortion before he was against it again before he was against it before he was for it WITH EXCEPTIONS.
And those are only two issues that he has in common with Romney that make him a RINO.
If Cruz is more likable than Trump and he gets more votes than Trump then yay for Ted. I’ll be happy to support him in November.
If Ted gets the nomination despite Trump having more delegates and votes I will be displeased.
If Ted gets the nomination despite Trump having 1237+ delegates then our local GOP headquarters will be hosting a bonfire.
I agree Trump has an inconsistent past
In this campaign he has two times I really disagreed
Planned Parenthood non abortion funding
Walking back the punishment gotcha question from Mr Tingly
I will list Cruzs if you want but what’s the point really....it’s more about inconsistent hypocritical behavior and the fact the more I see the less I like him
And I used to really like him
When he said he advocate replacing Hamilton with Rosa Parks I moaned...I’m et tu Teddy......
Walker had the right answer I think....leave Al on the bill...he earned it
Cruz and Kasich will soon both be in just to try to stop Trump
Wonder what they expect
Straightforward mathematical path to elimination for Cruz v Trump
April 7, 2016 at 7:08:27 PM CDT · 72 of 447
Jim Robinson to montanajoe
In a sane world, if every candidate but one is mathematically eliminated (which is likely to happen by the end of this month) then the one left standing is the winner.
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Enough of this bullsh*t, clubbing each other over the head like baby seals. It’s time for Cruz and Trump supporters to unite and destroy the crony fascist GOPe.
By uniting, Cruz and Trump delegates can pass a resolution at the convention to disband the current rules committee and set up a new rules committee. That simple act completely destroys the GOPe, and there’s not squat that the fascist Rove and his traitors can do about it.
Which is why Cruz warned them against doing that.
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Even if he’s liked by more delegates than trump?
If the GOP pulls any stunts to overturn the will of the people then the GOP will end and I’ll be there to stick a fork in it when it’s done.
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