Posted on 05/02/2016 4:52:48 AM PDT by King of Florida
Even as Donald J. Trump trounced him from New Hampshire to Florida to Arizona, Senator Ted Cruz could reassure himself with one crucial advantage: He was beating Mr. Trump in the obscure, internecine delegate fights that could end up deciding the Republican nomination for president.
“This is how elections are won in America,” Mr. Cruz gloated after walking away with the most delegates in Wyoming last month.
Now, as he faces a potentially candidacy-threatening contest on Tuesday in Indiana — where a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll, released Sunday morning, showed him trailing Mr. Trump by 15 percentage points — Mr. Cruz can take little solace from his vaunted delegate-wrangling operation even if he prevails there.
It turns out that delegates — like ordinary voters — are susceptible to shifts in public opinion. And as the gravitational pull of Mr. Trump’s recent primary landslides draws more Republicans toward him, Mr. Cruz’s support among the party’s 2,472 convention delegates is softening, threatening his hopes of preventing Mr. Trump’s nomination by overtaking him in a floor fight.
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Well...I talked to a friend of mine who supports Cruz...told her about Neil Bush involvement. ..she didn’t know and was concerned...she’s married to a potential Delegate here May 17 Primary)...we shall see how strong those delegates remain.
I’m for Trump, because he’s better. Ted Cruz and Mike Lee have shaken up the Senate. Let him stay there, I bear him no ill.
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