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Wow, wow, wow....

Look, I give Cruz and Jeb kudos for WI, the Establishment Republican machine there is well organized and battle tested, if there was a place that was going to throw a win Cruz’s way that wasn’t a western state, Wisconsin was the most likely to do it. I stated that many many times.

I also believe Trump self inflicted a wound with the twitter pic comparing Mrs. Cruz to Mrs. Trump... that was silly and probably turned every average or less looking woman against him in the state.. which is by definition most women, and really was just a stupid thing to do.

With that said however, Cruz didn’t prove anything in WI about himself, what was proven in Wisconsin was the party machine is strong and organized there, probably more so than any other state in the union. Cruz was indeed the beneficiary of that in a big way, but it didn’t prove anything about Cruz as a candidate.

Cruz is walking into a buzz saw, he’s going to be crushed in NY... which one could just write off as eh, its Trump’s home state.... But Cruz Couldn’t care 50% of his home state, in fact, didn’t get 44% of the vote. Cruz is not only going to lose NY big, but quite possibly come in third place with under 20% of the vote.

Again, that could be written off as eh, it’s Trump home state...

The problem is, Cruz is going to get devastated throughout the north east and mid atlantic... NY is not the anomaly. Yes Trump may get a higher percentage of overall votes in NY than the other states, but reality is Cruz will be coming in 3rd as often as not in the remaining states there.

It is insane, certifiably insane that the party would ever consider giving the nomination to a person who could not win a primary contest of not east of the mississippi. If Trump has proven anything this cycle its that his support is broad... The only states that have shown any consistency to vote for Cruz are low population western states where caucuses have selected the winner and not the general electorate.

Any claim of momentum for Cruz will be gone after the 26th... when Trump will literally sweep 5 straight contests, following his NY routing a week earlier. Not only will Trump sweep them, but Cruz will wind up in 3rd behind Kasich as often as not in those contests as well.

There are 3 states left that Cruz should win, SD, MO and NE.... The last hope for an upset where anyone actually votes would be Indiana, and that “hope” for an upset is misplaced... The logic saying IN could go Cruz because WI did ignores the real reason Cruz won WI... which was the GOPe machine there... nothing like that exists anywhere else left on the map. JEB and the GOPe can’t help Cruz win IN.

Kudos to Cruz, JEB et all for the win in WI, but any attempt to claim that victory was not a result of the GOPE machine there, and somehow a result of Cruz as a candidate suddenly becoming a great candidate is denial.