Posted on 04/09/2016 6:41:54 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
It looks like Ted is getting a taste of his own medicine. CNN reports from Lansing, Michigan;
Ted Cruz suffered a rare convention loss Saturday after delegates backing John Kasich and Donald Trump boxed him out of key positions in the Michigan delegation.
The Texas senators campaign ran eight delegates for eight committee spots and lost every one, alleging it was double-crossed by Kasich supporters.
The Michigan delegation picked one Trump supporter, Matt Hall, and one Kasich supporter, Judi Schwalbach, for the two seats on the powerful rules committee. The Cruz campaign lost votes for both seats.
The rules committee seats have become highly coveted prizes for their role in shaping a contested convention in Cleveland. After the delegates are selected in each state, they meet as a group and pick the members of four convention committees, the most important of which is the rules committee, which will ultimately decide who can be nominated president.
Michigan Cruz leader Saul Anuzis said they were double-crossed by Kasichs campaign. The Kasich delegates were supposed to vote with Cruz delegates, he said, but switched sides and voted with Trump behind closed doors Saturday afternoon.
Kasichs delegate director in Michigan, Jeff Timmer, said the Cruz campaign broke their end of the deal when they tried to win all eight delegation seats.
He said they finished their slate of Trump and Kasich candidates about 10 minutes before walking into the delegation meeting.
The Cruz campaign tried a takeover and they failed miserably, Timmer said. It backfired and they ended up with nothing. Theres been all these reports about how theyre out-organizing everybody. Not here.
Trumps national delegate director, Brian Jack, called it a big win for Trump.
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They don’t look like your typical Trump voter either.
He’s being “Wisconsinned” against in Michigan, huh.
I gather that something might have been at play today in Michigan when Trump & Kasich forces teamed up to box out Cruz. Perhaps a first sign of Paul Manafort’s influence taking hold. Also, read here on FR, that Newt Gingrich’s hand may be involved, as he often says on FNC that Kasich is a longtime friend and of course he has been speaking out in support of Trump frequently. Maybe overtures are being proposed behind the scene to get Kasich on board as VP, bringing with him Ohio’s decisive electoral votes in the GE. Whatever the case, just praying that the Trump Train is getting back on track and about to derail Cruz!! It’s way past time that he meet his comeuppance!
No, not Macedonia. Unfortunately stuck in a quite blue state that used to be red. Relax, I’m not a Cruz hater. He has done some good things, especially related to the 2nd amendment. I will vote for him if my guy doesn’t get in.
I am one of the Trump supporters here who has posted against some of the smears leveled at your guy. Don’t make me sorry I did, and don’t make this personal with me. Fair enough?
There are 330 million people in this country.
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Yes and some of them voted in republican primaries and caucuses. If I feel they were cheated by party shenanigans, that party should come to an end. I will no longer ignore GOPe corruption.
Why can’t he? Do explain?
37% does not dictate the will of the people.
To see the will of the majority of the people, we would need a run off.
Which is why it is important to have members making the rules.
Do you mean listening to him today, yesterday, or reading what is on his web site? I have trouble keeping up with his positions.
Ten months and you folks havent got a clue what Trumps beliefs are.
See above.
Trump is brilliant
I agree; he's fooled a lot of people. Enjoy the Kool-Aid.
No, you folks don’t listen and analyze. You hear a sound byte and just know you have him figured out.
It’s kind of funny actually watch you and others profess you don’t know what his real stances are.
Thanks for the response.
This tells me that Cruz pissed off Kasich. Remember that Pinocchio ad? Looks like Kasich wants the VP slot with Trump instead of Cruz now.
Oh, that could be.
I haven’t read up on it. Looks like Ted was caught napping.
Is this site FreeRepublic or TrumpRepublic?
I'm quite sure I don't have him figured out. And right now, "he's catering to the Republicans".
Its kind of funny actually watch you and others profess you dont know what his real stances are.
I find it funny watching you and others profess that you do know what his real stances are. It must be tough filtering that out from all the conflicting comments he makes. Seriously, if he gets the nomination, I really do hope he proves me wrong and does all the things you think he's going to do. I don't have a problem with that at all. I have zero confidence he will.
Even though Kasich is wrong on almost all issues and fits more with the liberalism of the democrats, as a diehard Trump supporter, I can embrace him being on the ticket. I wish Trump had the luxury to select a running mate who echoes his positions, but it’s not unusual for compromises to be made. Reagan ended up with George H.W. Bush, who denounced him with “Voodoo Economics.”
If Kasich is willing to ensure Trump’s nomination, that’s all that matters. Squeezing “Lyin’ Ted” out is priority #1!!!
I view Trump like medicine.
There are always side effects.
The cure is worth a few side effects this time around.
I think he’ll hit the major things we want.
Abortion is something nobody is going to end. I do think his instincts are decent there, but I don’t think he’s perfect either.
He has made some comments about two or three things that seem to conflict, but I think he’ll get them right at the end of the day.
His big items, he’s been rather static on.
Military, Wall, Deportation, Sanctuary Cities, Islamic immigrants, the debt, government spending, private sector replacement for Obamacare...
I’ve been listening to him for ten months. By and large, he hasn’t been changing day to day on these items.
Recently he added in paying down the debt, but I did some calculations on my own, and he can come up with $0.9 Trillion increased income if he puts 40 million back to work, Anything above that is gravy, and I’ve seen some figures that make it seem like he could more than double it.
At least he’s talking about reducing the debt.
No one else says much about even reducing it.
Take care.
Boo-frickin hoo! Cruz delegates know the “rules” right?
That’s what he always here from them while they are pulling their sleazy Obama-style tricks.
Someone get a hanky.
“Felito explains how you toss a decent political career in the ash bin of history, buy the numbers.”
Texas is full of common sense conservatives. I will be surprised if Cruz is re-elected to his Senate seat after the sleazy tricks he is pulling now.
“Trump can work a deal with Kasich and Cruz will be back in the senate
shutting the gov down ever 6 months”
Cruz won’t be in the Senate for long with all the Obama-style BS he is pulling.
He’ll be okay though. He’ll be a lobbyist for Goldman-Sachs. He doesn’t give a damn.
Love for a grand piano to fall from the sky and take out the lot of them.
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