Ted Cruz’s Support Softens Among the Delegates He Courted

www.nytimes.com ^ | May 1, 2016 | Jeremy W. Peters

[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.

[King of Florida]

Bye bye.

[Vigilanteman]

Just because the New York Times prints it doesn't necessarily mean it is a lie.

[patriot08]

Send the Cuban-Canadian back to Canada. He WON'T beat Hillary with his record of dirty tricks, sealed records, bizarre religion and the universal unlikeability factor.

(and by the way US seniors, do you realize the Cuban Canadian wants to CUT YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY?? DOES THAT MATTER AT ALL TO YOU????

://www.fool.com/investing/general/2016/01/31/this-presidential-candidate-wants-to-cut-social-se.aspx

AND WHY ARE HIS RECORDS SEALED??? HAVE WE LEARNED NOTHING FROM CANDIDATES WITH SEALED RECORDS???

https://www.google.com/?ion=1&espv=2#q=cruz%20records%20sealed

[boycott]

Ted was able to gain the delegates earlier support by threatening them to keep talking and talking and talking ......

[MarchonDC09122009]

Should read:Ted Cruz’s support softens among the delegates he STOLE.

[dforest]

Damn right.

[exit82]

Support softening?

Needs some TEDtosterone.

[Snowybear]

> “This is how elections are won in America,”

No, Mr Cruz, it is not. You win primaries and then you win on the first ballot.

He knew he couldn’t win the normal way so he had to play games to win a second ballot if there was one.

There won’t be one. Bye, Ted.

[bert]

not to worry

delegates perceived as stolen were actually bribed. when the bribe payment seems a little too far down the road for reality, another source can be courted and that source is Trump.

A very small amount of money, say $2 million can buy 200 delegates

[Gaffer]

“This is how Selections are won in America,” Mr. Cruz gloated after walking away with the most delegates in Wyoming last month.

Fixed it.

[ObozoMustGo2012]

( Needs some TEDtosterone.)

I’m sure they can just scrape some off of any of Amanda Carpenter’s dresses or bed sheets.

[Trump20162020]

Ted Cruz tried to pull off the loser strategy of Ron Paul: Lose, lose and lose, but try to win by winning these delegate conventions.

Next time Cruz runs for the GOP presidential nomination again - and we all know he will - instead of the Ron Paul Strategy, he should try the novel approach of actually winning some primaries.

[exit82]

I don’t think we have heard the last of her involvement with Cruz.

Maybe Carly’s, too.

[JudgemAll]

Will these delegates also get the boot? Courted delegate? Really!? They were selected to vote Cruz or else removed.

[JudgemAll]

indeed, these were not courted delegates but weeded out delegates. I am wondering if he is going to boot them now

[showme_the_Glory]

Delegates wake up from strange Cruz trance. Decide they don’t want to pick a loser after all.

[ManHunter]

Softens? I was once a Ted Cruz supporter and mine has melted completely.

[Brookhaven]

Many of these delegates are either local Republican office holders, or hope to run for office one day. Going against the will of the voters is not a good way to endear yourself to the voters.

Take Georgia. The party stuffed the delegates with Cruz supporters.

Here are the primary numbers:

Trump: 39%
Rubio: 24%
Cruz: 24%
Carson: 6%
Kasich: 5%

I suspect, with Rubio & Carson out of the race, that if the primary were held today Trump would have well over 50%. Just splitting the Rubio votes evenly between Trump and Cruz throws Trump to 50%.

If you want to run for office as a republican. You don’t want to piss off 50% of the GOP voters. Being seen as at least neutral is your best bet.

Cruz is betting these delegates will follow him in a “win now or die” strategy. They won’t.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

Note to Ted: The reason for this shrinking is because America now knows you for the shamwow that you are or in the immortal words of the kid in LaPorte Indiana...”you suck”!
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