Posted on 04/09/2016 5:25:33 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Ted Cruz's delegate-hunting operation is running rings around Donald Trump's team, and he's making gains because of it.
In North Dakota last weekend and Colorado this weekend, Cruz's team is out-hustling and outmanuevering Donald Trump, probably picking up a majority of unbound and "uncommitted" delegates in both states.
While Donald Trump still holds the delegate lead in the GOP presidential primary race, his Achilles heel has been a perceived weakness in his ground game. Seeking to capitalize on this, Cruz has outmaneuvered Trump lately in the behind-the-scenes battle for delegates in places that don't assign them through traditional primaries or caucuses.
Enter states like North Dakota, and now Colorado.
Both eschewed traditional primary elections and instead held conventions -- where delegates not necessarily bound to any candidate are selected. Cruz saw this as an opportunity anyway to get allies elected to the slate, banking on their support in the event of an open convention.
The candidate, after picking up more likely delegate allies than Trump in last weekend's North Dakota convention, has been on a roll in Colorado.
Thirty-four delegates are at stake in the convention process, and the Cruz campaign told Fox News on Friday afternoon it has picked up 15 delegates so far in a series of local GOP meetings. The process culminates Saturday at the state convention where a final 13 delegates will be selected.
In Colorado, delegates can pledge themselves to a candidate or run unbound. Those who do pledge only do so for the first round of voting at the convention in Cleveland. The Cruz campaign says the pro-Cruz delegates selected so far are a mix of pledged and unbound but say they will back Cruz in Cleveland.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
"@vivhall3: @realDonaldTrump here your delegate replaced at CO GOP convention. https://t.co/NxYhzdcMS0" Very sad!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 10, 2016
Never before has a loser nominee gone after delegates. NEVER.
Just know Trump will expose Cruz's corruption and it will continue to turn people off from Cruz.
Example conversation in AZ or MO
Looking forward to watching the convention and our state voting for Trump, because duh, he won. Then they are informed, well Lawyer Ted Cruz didn't like the outcome of the popular vote which favored Trump, so instead he put his people in as delegates, even to the point of ignoring rules and having a private vote as an example in Missouri and they actually played a game and LIED in order for Trump to not have delegate representation.
wow that was something.
Larry Wayne Lindsey Well, I am certainly not going Democrat! The GOP here in Colorado rigged the election and stacked the state convention with Cruz delegates.
2 · 9 minutes ago
Sandra Kerron
Sandra Kerron Larry the same thing happened in Wisconsin. Your not alone.
5 minutes ago
https://www.facebook.com/larry.lindseyphd/videos/10206020703413100/
Cruz is for open borders and globalist trade deals ..why is Cruz now parroting Trump ?...which Cruz do we believe ?
Trump has flip flopped on a helluva lot more issues than Cruz.
Glad you mentioned that; that is true, he did work for Reagan 36 years ago but since then, and prior with Ford, he's teamed up with phony conservatives. I try not to mention Reagan along with these other folks.
Any association with a Bush is an instant disqualification if Trumpers are talking about Cruz. Why the double standard? His history makes Manafort a GOPe insider. Donnie is anti-establishment. So what gives?
Happens. Ford went after Regan’s delegates. Regan was ready for it the second time around. Based upon statistical analysis by Dr. Wang I just read about on another thread, Trump has about a 66% probability of 1279 first round delegate votes. This assumes Cruz continues to over perform his polling at his normal rate. So it looks good for Donald. Still looking forward to the convention. Go Cruz.
Well Cruz is bending over for his GOPe masters ...now what ..we should all support that ? No thanks ...
No, they won a majority of the delegates going into the convention. If Mr. Trump does that then he too will be the nominee. If he does not then he will not be compared to Romney, McCain, Bush, Dole or Bush who did win the majority.
The “game” being played is one which has rules. If you don’t like the result you can try to change the rules at the convention.
Why do you believe that to be true? It’s not.
The frustrating thing with the Internet is you can say anything. It doesn’t have to be true.
The great thing about the Internet it that you can find the truth. There is no truth in these comments.
What are you referring to ?
“Cruz is for open borders and globalist trade deals” per the comment at 106.
By the way I’m listening to Bill Deal and the Rhondels...good song...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzK1WwAiV9A
Takes me back to the “good ol’ days”
The best part of that was the part about them panicking. ;-)
Ted is taking the process seriously, using his time efficiently, and proactively making contact with the delegates. He is new at this, but probably getting advised by Neil Bush.>>>> don’t know about neil but Trump if he is what he says he is need to win. this is where it starts. let him win until i say no more winning.
No you creepy liberal Democrat worshipping pedophile enabler. that is what I believe Obama would do to stay in office.
Stop trying to turn my mistrust of your Kenyan messiah into a sign that I lignin up with the two of you.
No the best part is that he brought in a GOPe Establishment guy. The one who worked for John McCain, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, and Bob Dole.
Now who is the “establishment” candidate?
I know, I’m being silly. But I’m trying also trying to make a point. Mr. Cruz is no more establishment than is Mr. Trump. We have an opportunity to change things. Either one is okay with me. I trust you agree.
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