Posted on 04/25/2016 6:00:17 AM PDT by TangledUpInBlue
The campaigns for Republican presidential candidates Ted Cruz and John Kasich announced in statements tonight that each candidate will cede states in the 2016 presidential race to one another in an effort to stop GOP frontrunner Donald Trump.
Cruz's campaign manager Jeff Roe said in a statement that "to ensure that we nominate a Republican who can unify the Republican Party and win in November, our campaign will focus its time and resources in Indiana and in turn clear the path for Gov. Kasich to compete in Oregon and New Mexico, and we would hope that allies of both campaigns would follow our lead."
Kasich's campaign manager John Weaver wrote in a memo that, "We are very comfortable with our delegate position in Indiana already, and given the current dynamics of the primary there, we will shift our campaign's resources West and give the Cruz campaign a clear path in Indiana."
Officials in both the Cruz and Kasich campaigns told ABC News that the campaigns coordinated on the decisions announced tonight.
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Which can’t happen aside from a brokered convention and you know it. Your little math exercise only works on subsequent round balloting. You lie almost as easily as your hero Ted.
“Cruz is a Natural Born US Citizen”
ROFLMFAO!!!
I guess every person born on foreign soil to a foreign father with an American mother is “Natural Born” to you.
Which means, Obama is natural born to you. What a putz!
You mean, you don’t think those two would ever collude and NEVER engage in illegal activity?
What is the basis for that faith?
“The Cruz-Kasich merger is out in the open”
all Lyin’ Teds lies are out in the open
“Trump loves to play the victim”
we are all victims of a corrupt system (Trump is the only one with the courage to expose it); Cruz shamelessly is a part of it, as many of us had realized some months ago. He is a Goldman Sachs internationalist, bought and paid for, espousing policies that harmfully undermine conservatism, contrary to his public mean spirited and dishonest con game image.
“559+148 = 707”
They are both, even together, mathematically eliminated. Because of frightening and fantastic selfish egos, they are tearing the party apart.
“Plus, you have two strong Conservatives”
You’re really in dreamland now...Kasich, strong conservative? Can you say NAFTA? Can you say, Illegal immigration?
They will forever be known as the gang of two, that attempted to destroy what is left of the republican party.
Two careers, sacrificed for power, a deal with the devil which will fail; Better to have them exposed now.
Cruz-Kasich will blow Hillary-Whover out of the water!...
Who is going to vote for them? In what universe do they believe that Republicans, Independents and cross over Democrats will vote for them?
This is simply a ploy to elect Hillary. Trump voters if disenfranchised will not, like good little children, except the will of the GOPe and cast a vote for Cruz.
They will sit out the election entirely or swarm the voting booths to vote anti-GOPe all the way down the ticket.
It is obvious now to even the least political people in this country that Cruz is a liar and a cheat. He has proved over and over that he cannot be trusted.
This has got to be giant theater to give Hillary the election and retain the corruption that is rampant in DC.
“Look at YOU... with your National Reviewesque vibe!”
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Thanks, I guess...not associated in any way with NR or any other publication, newsroom, or campaign...
They'll lose in the general and the GOP will be dead-dead. That's quite the legacy for Ted.
Cruz and Kasich have finally shown their true colors - dirty! They may have turned thousands of voters against them by this move. Their pledge to support the nominee means nothing and this shows they cannot be trusted, just like Hillary!
Yes, he did. In fact, he even stated that if a candidate doesn’t win their home State by at least 50% they should drop out, and Cruz only received 43%.
Listening to Cruz on Laura now. Ugh..the political speak and the “lies” are almost too much to stomach. I have zero respect for this guy. SelecTED.
That eGOP “Pledge” needs to be brought out at the convention by Trump. He should print thousands of copies and drop them from the ceiling in a dramatic fashion.
The FEC rules say a “Candidate cannot coordinate with his Pac”. Now we see 2 candidates coordinating with eachother.
Surely if the FEC had ever thought about this it would be illegal.
Laura Ingrahm interviewed Cruz this morning.
“He said; If you hear giggling and squeaking in the background, it is because I am at home.”
I assume that Lindsey Graham is there with him....
Oddly, I know TONS of Democrats that would flock to vote for Kasich, but he’d probably have to be at the top of the ticket. They’ll have nothing to do with Cruz.
Are these radio hosts instructed to suck up to Cruz—
Listening to Laura as well
He gets away with making ridiculous statements and she does not even challenge him on it-—Landslides in Colorado, Wyoming and North Dakota??? WTF
She also did not talk about his desperation move with Kasich from a so called solid conservative
If well written and well thought out comments like HW's get him the zot, then my time here will be over.
This whole idea of "presumptive nominee" flies in the face of a principle that we are supposed to hold dear; that being rule by law.
Forming consensus is how political strategy works. And as long as Cruz sees a path forward, he's going to adjust his strategy for the prize he seeks. I realize this makes a lot of people angry, but why not just let it play out?
But, if it's an echo chamber you prefer to a forum, well, maybe that is what you can have. We shall see, I guess.
“Your little math exercise only works on subsequent round balloting. “
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Yes, it will work on subsequent rounds of balloting...
Now, please sit down before you read these next comments....you may need a calculator as well....
1,237 delegates are needed to win the nomination!
845 (Trump) does no equal 1,237...
559 (Cruz) +148 (Kasich) + 171 (Rubio) + 90 (RNC-controlled) = 968 (Anti-Trump)
968 also does not equal 1,237, but.....
968 is greater than 845....and, only requires 40% of the remaining 674 delegates available in upcoming primaries....
Trump will need 58% of the remainder to reach 1,237....
Hope you’re OK....
Just heard a WIBC interview with Cruz. He didn’t answer a single question without whining and Lying about Trump.
I finally had to just turn it off.
What a POS Ted turned out to be. Embarrassed I ever liked and defended him
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