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Trump Leads, Kasich Tops Cruz In Connecticut GOP Race,Quinnipiac University Poll Finds;
Quinnipiac ^ | 4/20/2016 | Quinnipiac

Posted on 04/20/2016 10:51:37 AM PDT by usafa92

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To: Iowa David
I'll say one thing. If I'm ever in a hopeless situation where my life is in the balance, I want you in that foxhole with me.

You never give up.

I actually mean that sincerely. No snark intended.

41 posted on 04/20/2016 12:00:51 PM PDT by TontoKowalski (You can call me "Dick.")
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To: Iowa David
Ted Cruz is losing because he is too conservative for the liberal Northeast, but Trump is just fine. As soon as this race moves west, Trumps campaign goes south.

Inconvenient fact for you dead-enders: Trump blew Cruz out in the Bible Belt.

Deal with it.

42 posted on 04/20/2016 12:03:17 PM PDT by M. Thatcher
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To: Iowa David
Been smokin’ corn leaves FRiend?
43 posted on 04/20/2016 12:04:01 PM PDT by GonzoII ("If the new crime be, to believe in God, let us all be criminals" -Sheen)
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To: Iowa David

And the reason Trump won the South is...?


44 posted on 04/20/2016 12:11:33 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: usafa92

He has none.


45 posted on 04/20/2016 12:13:04 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: usafa92

Do you suppose he’ll gain with bandwagon voters now ?


46 posted on 04/20/2016 12:13:44 PM PDT by onona (Honey this isn't Kindergarten. We are in an all out war for the survival of our Country !)
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To: Sybeck1

Frankly, I doubt Trump would stay more then one term anyway.


47 posted on 04/20/2016 12:13:58 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: TontoKowalski

It is called being delusional.


48 posted on 04/20/2016 12:14:56 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: Iowa David
70% of Americans hate him.

And yet your boy Cruz can't beat him. Because 80% of Americans hate Cruz.

Sad.

49 posted on 04/20/2016 12:16:07 PM PDT by M. Thatcher
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To: Iowa David

Speaking of South, how did St. Ted do in FL (didn’t win a . . . SINGLE . . . COUNTY). How did he do in VA? (Hint: didn’t win a SINGLE . . . COUNTY).

Lost big in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and lost in Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Louisiana.

Lessee, did I leave out any southern states?


50 posted on 04/20/2016 12:18:06 PM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: Vigilanteman

Trump won every county in FL except one, carried every county in VA I think. Trump beat Hillary by 35,000 votes in OH (Cruz wasn’t close), even coming in second. Trump carried every single southern state, plus Missouri. Every one. Plus NV and AZ, traditionally very “Republican” states.

Pretty hard to argue those aren’t GOP in the fall. In fact, if you look at the states Trump won (include OH cause he beat Cankles there), you have a very clear map of a winning GOP electoral college. But you take Cruz’s states? Yes, KS, ID, OK, ND, SD are “solid GOP.” But IA isn’t-—when Dem last three election cycles. Maine isn’t. Wisconsin isn’t. Colorado went for Obama.

In short, a better argument is that aside from TX, most of the states Cruz did well in are Dem states, and he has faltered badly in traditionally GOP state and/or critical swing states.


51 posted on 04/20/2016 12:24:01 PM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: usafa92

Why would any Texan do well in the northeast, unless they had a home in Maine?


52 posted on 04/20/2016 12:37:01 PM PDT by Bobby_Taxpayer
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To: LS
All facts, but totally missed the point of my post which is that the delegate allocation system in not realistic.

A big part of the problem is the delegate selection process which over weighs a state's population versus the likelihood they will actually vote for the GOP candidate.

This cycle, there are 2388 delegates to be chosen. Just to pick a random example or two: the District of Columbia gets to pick 19 delegates, North Dakota gets 28. The probability of them actually delivering 3 electoral votes for the eventual GOP nominee is something like 90% for North Dakota and less than 0% for DC.

Every state or territory should start with the number of delegates they would get based on their electoral vote power. There would be a minimum of 3 for every territory except maybe 7 for Puerto Rico which would be its equivalent electoral votes if it were a state.

After that, delegates would be awarded based on the actual number of electoral votes delivered to the GOP candidate for the last four or five election cycles, with a little more weight given to the more recent results.

Bonus delegates would be assigned for GOP governors, U.S. senators, congress people and state legislatures.

Additional bonus delegates would be assigned to those voting in April, May or June and those awarding delegates proportionally rather than winner-take-all.

It really doesn't bother me that under this formula Texas would have more delegates than California despite having lower population. In fact, it is a fair way to encourage California to do something to have a greater voice in the delegate selection process.

53 posted on 04/20/2016 12:38:04 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: Iowa David

Cruz can’t win. NY just mathematically eliminated him. He has no road forward. His ONLY hope is to be anointed by the Party Powers That Be. The people have spoken, and he’s lost - he simply cannot win it outright.

As far as out West, the biggest State is still open - CA. Are you telling me that you believe Cruz will beat Trump in CA?


54 posted on 04/20/2016 1:34:48 PM PDT by Shanghai Dan
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To: heights

I feel yer pain.


55 posted on 04/20/2016 2:02:05 PM PDT by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
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To: Vigilanteman

Iowa gave us Obama and this time they chose Bernie!

Remember 5 coin toss trick for Hillary? That’s the worse state to begin with, they should all go shuck corn.

The disproportionate delegates are with lots of loser picking states with microscopic turnouts.


56 posted on 04/20/2016 2:06:31 PM PDT by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
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To: GonzoII

Today is 4/20 ;-)


57 posted on 04/20/2016 2:07:50 PM PDT by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
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To: Iowa David

Cruz is so far South at this point he won’t be in it for the western primaries. He will be forced out by then.


58 posted on 04/20/2016 2:31:22 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

and the Emerald Triangle Thanks You for that plug...


59 posted on 04/20/2016 6:07:41 PM PDT by tubebender (en)
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To: heights

Ted’s gonna close the deal with his proposed constitutional amendment banning vibrators and/or the “stimulation of one’s own genitals.”


60 posted on 04/20/2016 6:50:07 PM PDT by johncocktoasten (US Treasury, charging it to the Underhill's since 2009.)
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