[BlackFemaleArmyColonel]

They know something! They must have accumulated the delegates!!!

[BlackFemaleArmyColonel]

PING

[ObozoMustGo2012]

#InPaulWeTrust

[COBOL2Java]

At which point, Cruz wins on the second ballot!

Oh, wait...

[humblegunner]

They must have accumulated the delegates!!!

I thought scoring delegates was cheating?

[lexington minuteman 1775]

In 1980 there were three candidates...two were very popular...GHW Bush and the other the affable Howard Baker of Tennessee...the third candidate was kind of an outsider...former Screen Actors guild President...former Democrat...former Governor of Calif...and hated by the GOP e the Convention manager that worked thru the rules and gave the nomination to Ronald Wilson Reagan was Paul Manfort...Trump hires the best when you need to get the job done...and it will be done...go TRUMP!

[GonzoII]

The contested convention meme makes good headlines. But the reality is the puppy is over! VOTE TRUMP!

[proust]

[ZULU]

This is YUUUUUUUUUGGGGEEEEE!!!!!

:)

[a fool in paradise]

encourages his supporters to speak out about what Trump has described as a "rigged" process of selecting delegates

Trump is welcome to keep his 9x percentile of the NY delegates even though he only got 6x percentile of the votes in NY.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Great news!

[John W]

So how does he get to over 1,400?

[katana]

If I had to bet I’d expect Trump to win the nomination. But you sound awfully gullible with “they must know something”. To me it sounds more like “Surrender Dorothy!” Politics ain’t beanbag, primaries are just part of the selection process (unknown fact to those who think this is or was ever intended in any shape or form to be a democracy), delegates are susceptible to “inducement”, and the Fat Lady hasn’t even started to clear her throat.

[LS]

Folks, I’ve been running the math constantly-—it’s difficult because you never know on some of the splits (what the hell do I know about Rhode Island?)

But just going by current/previous splits and/or polling, my numbers have had Trump at a SOLID 1170 and a high of 1300. So it wouldn’t surprise me with a bandwagon effect to see him get to 1400 easy.

[Iron Munro]

HUGE !

YUGE !

[Oatka]

IMO, as Trump continues to rack up the delegates, he will assume the aura of a winner, and people who might have voted for Cruz or Kasich will want to be associated with a perceived winner and go for him.

To me, it hurts Cruz that Kasich beats him out, since he was a strong second place.

Many don’t vote their convictions, just wannabe with a winner.

When Trump nears the magic number, I suspect there will be a rush by the remaining voters and suddenly push the numbers way over the needed amount.