Posted on 03/06/2016 2:37:18 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The Louisiana state GOP announced the current estimated delegate breakdown: Ted Cruz and Donald Trump both get 18, Marco Rubio gets 5. How is this possible, when Trump got more votes? Well, the popular vote count statewide was effectively a two-man race, as only Trump and Cruz got above 20%. Those at-large delegates (28 total) went 12 for Trump, 11 for Cruz, 5 unbound. But! Louisiana has 6 Congressional Districts, and each gets 3 delegates (18 total). In five of those districts the state GOP is unofficially calling it as Cruz, Rubio, and Trump all getting 1 delegate... except in LA-05, where Cruz gets 2 and Trump gets 1. Thus, the current score is 18-18, with 5 for Rubio and the other 5 officially unaffiliated*.
All of this, by the way, will be the subject of much vigorous debate and discussion in Louisiana political circles over the next week, which probably means that there's going to be a brawl at the upcoming state convention.
Still: if you thought that Donald Trump's awful, no-good night was at least over for him, rest assured: it's not. The universe itself conspires to come back to the tableau* of his humiliation and dump one last small, yet stinking, dollop of embarrassment on his head. As it stands now, the guy didn't even win the delegate count in Louisiana. He could only manage to tie with Ted Cruz, a man who Trump just recently described as "L-I-E-N." Perhaps he meant "lion?" It's so hard to tell, with that particular dude.
Moe Lane
PS: If you were ever wondering what good a professional campaign organization can do for a candidate, it's this: it can take a state where the polls had a candidate down by 15 points on Election Day, and turn it into a state where the candidate tied for first in the delegate count. And perfectly ethically, too! The rules are the rules, and they're perfectly reasonable ones; it's nobody's fault except Trump and his campaign's if they didn't actually read them, and Ted Cruz's people did. Welcome to the big leagues...
*The Republican party doesn't really use super-delegates to the override-the-will-of-the-voters extent that the Democrats do, but the party has a few.
**Well, you know. Louisiana. French. It seemed like a good word to use, under the circumstances.
True, but many delegates will “follow” rather than lead especially if they have a loyalty to the person who they originally voted for.
If this thing goes to the convention, believe me, the end result will be no person we will like.
The GOPe is not going to allow anything else.
IMO, we’re dealing with the willfully blind and paid political operatives. I am aware they say the same about Mr. Trump supporters. After watching this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtL41Pr2d5s
and still supporting of this man; and after claiming to be Christian, and then sarcastically and laughingly dismissing voter election fraud, I have pretty much given up on ever seeing America restored. Why should God restore a nation filled with these types of people, I honestly don’t know.
I realize my comments will be met with the usual derision and sarcasm, and that’s just fine. As a nation, we’ve entered a horrible time, and I fear for America’s young.
Roger Stone was on some show basically outlining the RNC’s plans to steal Mr. Trump’s victory. One wonders where their corruption will end.
Many prayers for the entire Trump Team and for America.
IMO, we’re dealing with the willfully blind and paid political operatives. I am aware they say the same about Mr. Trump supporters. After watching this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtL41Pr2d5s
and still supporting of this man; and after claiming to be Christian, and then sarcastically and laughingly dismissing voter election fraud, I have pretty much given up on ever seeing America restored. Why should God restore a nation filled with these types of people, I honestly don’t know.
I realize my comments will be met with the usual derision and sarcasm, and that’s just fine. As a nation, we’ve entered a horrible time, and I fear for America’s young.
oops, I meant to say Florida victory.
Thank you so much for your kind words, Bushwon.
God Bless you!
The depth of your intellect is truly astounding.
IMHO, we’re dealing with the willfully blind and paid political operatives. I am aware they say the same about Mr. Trump supporters. After watching this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtL41Pr2d5s
and still supporting of this man; and after claiming to be Christian, and then sarcastically and laughingly dismissing voter election fraud, I have pretty much given up on ever seeing America restored. Why should God restore a nation filled with these types of people, I honestly don’t know.
I realize my comments will be met with the usual derision and sarcasm, and that’s just fine. As a nation, we’ve entered a horrible time, and I fear for America’s young.
We know that the damned GOPE is CORRUPT and will stop at nothing to get their way. Well, that’ll be the END of the GOP and time to bury it forever.
No doubt about what the PUREST would say about Reagan, IF FR was around in that time; you’re right. They would be ferociously against him.
The concept of sitting out and letting Hillary coast to victory is beyond stupid. She makes Dick Nixon look like an choir boy. Corrupt to the bone.
Here’s more:
Why Jeff Sessions did NOT support Cruz:
http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/03/05/video-why-senator-jeff-sessions-did-not-endorse-senator-ted-cruz/
and a Lou Dobbs commentary:
http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/4787032587001/dobbs-sounds-off-on-mitt-romney/?intcmp=hphz21#sp=show-clips
and this really excellent one:
What Every Voter Needs to Know about Cruz: Ted Cruz’s TRUE MASTERS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXcYCwaBKnQ
and just for GP’s, Judge Jeanine’s epic, Oscar-deserving Take Down of Romney (I’m sure you saw it, but maybe others haven’t):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srGlyFyghRk
By the way, some may not know this about Romney: his father engaged in the most vile, aggressive attack AGAINST Ronald Reagan when Reagan ran for President. The Romney name is more accurately spelled T-R-A-I-T-O-R.
As a campaigner for Pres. Reagan, you are no doubt aware of this, but I repeat this part of my post for the benefit of others, and to support your post:
By the way, some may not know this about Romney: his father engaged in the most vile, aggressive attack AGAINST Ronald Reagan when Reagan ran for President. The Romney name is more accurately spelled T-R-A-I-T-O-R.
Sadly, a vote for Cruz is a vote for GOPe. He’s firmly entrenched. Voting for him or Clinton would not matter, the Republic would be forever lost.
At this point, I’m finished voting for the Establishment.
I realize you don’t see it that way, but it’s not butthurt. It’s “eyes wide open”.
If you are saying that there would be no difference between a Cruz presidency and a Clinton presidency, then I cannot agree.
Trump doesn't respond because the attacks expose the truth about him (I do agree the KKK attack is not fair, but Trump didn't help himself in that interview), and there are lots of questions people want to ask for which Trump would have no good answers.
I am not upset at all. I just wanted you to understand that as long as Trump is not getting any delegates from Puerto Rico it doesn’t matter if Cruz doesn’t get any delegates.
Hard to understand why Trump would say that since Rubio and Kasich dropping out would assure Cruz the nomination.
I think the Trump University RICO trial may be a factor. Trump will be on a witness stand right around the time of the convention and the trial is going to be the lead story for weeks if it actually goes to trial.
Trump is going to be a very bad witness and his ego won't be helpful. The case against Trump is so strong, I predict he is going to lose, Yuuuuge. If Trump decides not to settle, his testimony will cause him huge embarrassment and he will be a laughingstock in the business world.
No one else must have gotten above 15% there.
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