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To: reaganaut

If that happens, then so be it, but the process, as always, should play out rather than you anoint someone king...


348 posted on 04/23/2016 4:47:37 PM PDT by pookie18 (7 months until the general election...)
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To: pookie18

LOL yet you are supporting have Cruz ‘annointed’. He won’t win. Tell me did you vote for “King Romney”?


370 posted on 04/23/2016 5:04:34 PM PDT by reaganaut (I am not "reaganaut1". He's a Cruzer, I'm a Trump gal.)
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To: pookie18
If that happens, then so be it, but the process, as always, should play out rather than you anoint someone king...

I have just been trying to catch up with this thread and am on your post 348. As I understand the argument to this point:

Cruz can't get to 1237 so he should drop out and no one here should support his continuation to the convention.

Trump is the only one who has a chance to get to 1237 before the convention so everyone should support him although he might not get the magic number.

My question would be: If Trump does not get the 1237, does he have the same obligation to drop out as Cruz. If the threshold for him is reduced to something lower than a majority, does Cruz get a lower threshold also.

Your argument is that the process should be allowed to play out rather than have some last minute rule change to appoint someone who could not put together a majority.

If I understand your argument correctly, I would have to agree with you. When you try to short circuit the process to satisfy one group, you create the very dissension you might seek to avoid. These candidates are big boys and when they have no other choice, they will work it out. To use a sports metaphor, I want to win the super bowl, not the pre season.

550 posted on 04/23/2016 8:11:11 PM PDT by etcb
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