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Cruz, Rubio join forces in Arkansas to block Trump delegates
Washington Examiner ^ | 4/12/16 | David M. Drucker

Posted on 04/12/2016 5:22:26 AM PDT by detective

Ted Cruz's and Marco Rubio's supporters have teamed up in Arkansas to pack the state delegation with individuals who'll turn against Donald Trump in a contested convention.

Since Rubio ended his presidential bid March 15, his network of party insiders has lined up behind Cruz to win delegates who'd vote for the Texas senator once they're no longer bound to Trump in a floor fight. Trump won Arkansas' GOP primary March 1 with 32.8 percent of the vote compared to Cruz's 30.5 percent and Rubio's 24.9 percent. But Cruz's canny operatives, with Rubio riding shotgun, is likely to thwart Trump in the delegate election.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Arkansas
KEYWORDS: cruz; delegates; rubio; trump
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Another attempt to ignore the voters.
1 posted on 04/12/2016 5:22:26 AM PDT by detective
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To: detective

Go Cruz!


2 posted on 04/12/2016 5:24:53 AM PDT by lonestar67 (Trump is anti-conservative / Cruz 2016)
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To: detective
Where this is heading:


3 posted on 04/12/2016 5:24:56 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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“Cruz’s canny operatives”....

Sounds wonderful. Like it will benefit the country so well. After all the railing for years about the “Washington Cartel”, he is actually a card carrying member.


4 posted on 04/12/2016 5:25:18 AM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject)
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To: detective
Another attempt to ignore the voters.

How do you figure that? Cruz + Rubio numbers trump Trump's numbers. It's all about delegate numbers based on votes, NOT who won or lost. ONLY in winner take all does it matter. Since Trump has only one or two winner take all wins, he can't claim a true "win"

5 posted on 04/12/2016 5:27:11 AM PDT by Bobby_Taxpayer
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Cruz, Rubio join forces......

maybe they hope to put their families and birth circumstances together and come up with one eligible candidate.......wait, no, I believe they would still be an American father short.


6 posted on 04/12/2016 5:27:25 AM PDT by walkingdead (It's easy, you just don't lead 'em as much....)
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To: ripnbang

It is over for the hop dung pile.


7 posted on 04/12/2016 5:28:07 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws maintain the status quo now.)
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Don't remember you posting that when Kasich and Trump joined forces in MI.
8 posted on 04/12/2016 5:29:48 AM PDT by Iowa David (Cruz 2016 - Before it's too late)
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The gopE can’t stand the thought of Trump upsetting their scam so they used Cruz to stop him. Of course, they figure they can stop Cruz after he helps them stop Trump. It’s going to be funny if this blows up in their faces and Cruz outsmarts them and gets the nomination. I

won’t vote for him but it would still bring a smile to my face to think about the gope getting together and pointing at each other asking “Whose bright idea was it to help Cruz beat Trump?”


9 posted on 04/12/2016 5:29:54 AM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Never held a job in the private sector;never met a payroll,never created a job - CRUZ! Conservative!)
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I hear Arkansas delegates are getting mailings.....about all the amenities at
Mar a Lago. Amazing what a flight in Trump’s plane and a night at Mar a
Lago might do for a delegate's attitude.

How you gonna keep a delegate in a Canuck's camp after
they've been wined and dined at Trump's Mar a Lago?

10 posted on 04/12/2016 5:30:51 AM PDT by Liz (SAFE PLACE? A liberal's mind. Nothing's there. Nothing can penetrate it.)
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Here is the story of Ted Cruz and his sick sordid family.

http://running2016.com/html/canadian_ted.html


11 posted on 04/12/2016 5:31:27 AM PDT by dforest (Ted took your money and is laughing all the way to Goldman Sachs)
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It's going to be pretty hilarious after all these palpably-desperate Cruz delegate stories get rendered moot when there is no contested convention.

No shenanigans changes the fact they're bound for Trump on the first ballot, and it won't go to a second.

Nice blog source, by the way.

12 posted on 04/12/2016 5:33:00 AM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: ripnbang

He has been a card carrying member his whole life. He ran for senate so he could say all the “tea party” things and make sure no other REAL conservative got the attention. Then when it’s safe to turn and those who’ve supported him have no one else to turn to, and, they’re too embarrassed to admit they’ve been had, he pulls out his gopE card and they all get together and have a drink and talk about how stupid the voters are.

Some have wised up. But not nearly enough.


13 posted on 04/12/2016 5:33:25 AM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Never held a job in the private sector;never met a payroll,never created a job - CRUZ! Conservative!)
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But when Trump and Kasich teamed up in Michigan to take delegates for Cruz it was good.


14 posted on 04/12/2016 5:34:23 AM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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I repeat:

When is this filthy cheating cruz going to fully understand that we don't like him, we don't want him and that he should GTFO and go away!

15 posted on 04/12/2016 5:35:31 AM PDT by Mr Apple (Congressman Barton speaks following Lakeview tour www.youtube.com/watch?v=59J0i3LNoY8)
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To: Iowa David

That was totally different. That benefited Trump so it was good.


16 posted on 04/12/2016 5:35:47 AM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: Liz
You certainly know how to sell the sizzle, Liz! Don't forget the T shirts:


17 posted on 04/12/2016 5:36:28 AM PDT by Byron_the_Aussie (It's them or us.)
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Where this is heading:

Human toilet Cruz should flush himself away!

18 posted on 04/12/2016 5:38:12 AM PDT by Mr Apple (Congressman Barton speaks following Lakeview tour www.youtube.com/watch?v=59J0i3LNoY8)
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Another attempt to ignore the voters.

Cruz is rapidly becoming the most despised republican politician in America. He is a liar, corrupt to the core and as dirty as can be.

19 posted on 04/12/2016 5:43:23 AM PDT by jpsb (Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. Otto von Bismark)
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To: VerySadAmerican

They realize that nobody likes their dinosaurs like Kasich or Rube-o, so they switched to someone who had a history of actual conservatism. Too bad Cruz is willing to give up his record and start appeasing GOP-e vermin just to win the nomination this year.

If Cruz didn’t try to backstab Trump, he almost certainly would have won the nomination in 2020 or 2024. Now his political career will likely never advance beyond Senator, and his soul is likely on the path to eternal damnation.


20 posted on 04/12/2016 5:44:44 AM PDT by Objective Scrutator (All liberals are criminals, and all criminals are liberals)
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