"All right, we'll call it a draw." - Ted Cruz
Posted on 04/20/2016 12:01:45 PM PDT by dirtboy
Sen. Ted Cruz for the first time said he believes the Republican Party is headed to a contested convention.
Cruz had previously called a contested convention likely and that it seemed the party was heading in that direction. But after a disappointing third-place loss in New York Tuesday, the Texas Republican is no longer saying he plans to beat front-runner Donald Trump at the ballot box.
"We are headed to a contested convention,” Cruz said in an interview with Philadelphia talk-radio personality Chris Stigall this morning. “At this point, nobody is getting 1,237. Donald is going to talk all the time about other folks not getting to 1,237; he’s not getting there either. None of us are getting to 1,237.”
And he’s right about one thing. After the New York primary, it is now mathematically impossible for Cruz to clinch the Republican nomination using bound or pledged delegates before the July convention in Cleveland.
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You’re right... better he go third party.
eliminaTED ...
Cruz is the one splitting the party in half. I detest this man.
Better he graciously suspend his campaign and preserve the anti-GOPe majority.
I started supporting him, and now I’m ending up to despise him as well.
In early April Cruooz was telling Kasich to get out because he was mathematically eliminated from getting 1,237.
Cruz moving the goal posts again and again...
LOL. Somebody needs to tell 3rd Place Teddy that he has to win something to have a contested convention.
Better he go home to Texas. This presidential cycle is over for him.
Cruz gets zero delegates yesterday, and so is mathematically eliminated from a first-ballot victory. And then - all of a sudden - it’s a contested convention.
Quite a coincidence there.
so much for his call for unity!
"All right, we'll call it a draw." - Ted Cruz
Ted, take two aspirins and go to bed. If the condition persists in the morning, see a shrink.
The guy just lost his arse in New York, unreal.
LOL! “Come back here, I’ll bite you!”
Trump called it in January: Ted’s a mess!
Ted is seeing the big picture.
No one can get the majority and Ted’s strategy is a contested convention.
I can’t wait.
You wish, besotTED.
What a punk!
No one expected different results in New York.
That is factored into the numbers Ted is talking about.
But you guys have fun today.
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