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To: Agamemnon

Until a candidate achieves the 1237 votes required to secure the (R) nomination they are mathematically eliminated from the nomination, are they not?


With all due respect, I disagree.

At the start of the primary process, no one was mathematically eliminated.

However, at this point, Cruz and Kasich would need to receive over 100% of the remaining delegates to get to 1237, so they actually are mathematically eliminated from the nomination on the first ballot. Cruz needs 109%. Trump can achieve the nomination with 63 percent (Slate).

Why do they stay in when clearly Trump has the path and the popular vote?


197 posted on 04/23/2016 1:26:18 AM PDT by Freedom56v2 (Election is about Liberty versus Tyranny and National Sovereignty versus Globalism!!)
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To: bushwon
Why do they stay in when clearly Trump has the path and the popular vote?

Because that path is not so clear as one might believe to reach 1237.

Trump refuses to debate Ted one on one. Why is that? It's because there is a likelihood that he will open his mouth and say something dumb to the effect like, "I'd let tranny's use my bathrooms in Trump Tower" on a national stage with all the cameras focusing on him, and then Trump supporters can wonder whether they've made the right choice - as can delegates whose votes have not yet been cast.

I'm not worried at all how Ted will come off in such a debate. His message has been consistently conservative.

It ain't over til it's over. More Trump gaffes are coming, and while there's still time for a delegate to change his mind let's see whose message unites and is the consistently conservative voice that conservatives supposedly claim - though many at heart merely pretend - that they want on this site.

All the smash-mouthing the media by "Double-down" Donald is welcomed and amusing - while he's doing it to those guys. Trump, however, is known to turn on people on a dime. Imagine yourself opposing him on something and his reply to you is a middle finger and a double-down?

Are all his adoring FReepers ready for that?

He starts resembling the current occupant more and more in some very unwelcomed ways.

I prefer a gentleman statesman with the consistent conservative message and the savvy to know how to quietly get the job done and to allow his opponent to become his own worst enemy.

That's why I prefer Ted Cruz.

FReegards!

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208 posted on 04/23/2016 5:54:50 AM PDT by Agamemnon (Darwinism is the glue that holds liberalism together)
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