Why a Contested Convention Favors Cruz

National Review ^ | March 23, 2016 | ELIANA JOHNSON

[digger48]

In my neck of the Hoosier cornfields, I’ve seen exactly TWO signs. One for Trump and the other “Pence Must Go”

[stocksthatgoup]

A Cruz lovefest

[JoSixChip]

They will turn on Trump and support Cruz. That is the theory.

Only a fool would believe that. But then cruz and his supporters have proven themselves to be pretty gullible in the face of the gopE.

[tumblindice]

I went from crewcuts to being a greaser for a short while, but that was about forty years ago.
Since they are grooming him, his GOPe trainers should take away his Brylcream. He looks a lot like Squiggie.

[deport]

Once they get a brokered convention, Jeb and Romney will kick Cruz to the curb.

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Yep at a contested convention the conservatives will be kicked to the curb.
The GOPe, excetra will begin the negoiation process and choose their nominee.

It will also interesting to see what changes the make in the rules prior to
the actual nominating process which comes towards the end.

[Sideshow Bob]

If Trump wins Wisconsin its over. Lots of libs there, Rinse Prius and Gov. Walker don’t want Trump, its going to be interesting if they want to tick him off and risk their own future in the party. They are both relatively young and have a lot to lose if Trump becomes President.

Yes, there are lots of libs here in Wisconsin, but they are confined to the city of Milwaukee and the People's Republic of Madistan (Madison). The western edge and North Woods of Wisconsin swing moderate. But the more populous eastern and central portion of the state are very conservative.

The Republican Party in Wisconsin itself is extremely conservative. As such, Trump will NOT win Wisconsin. Trump will be lucky to crack 20%.

As for Scott Walker, I predict Walker will endorse ted Cruz tonight at Insight 2016, an annual event hosted by WTMJ-AM 620's Charlie Sykes - a local Milwaukee radio conservative talker.

The live 3-hour event (taped for radio broadcast on Friday) features appearances by Milwaukee-area, state and federal Wisconsin Republican politicians including Sen. Ron Johnson, House Speaker Paul Ryan, Reps. Glenn Grothmann & Jim Sensenbrenner, Gov. Scott Walker, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, State Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, State Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley and Milwaukee mayoral candidate Alderman Bob Donovan. Yesterday, Sykes announced the appearance of presidentail candidate US Sen. Ted Cruz. Tickets for the program sold out almost immediately after the Cruz announcement.

It is in this setting in front of several thousand conservative attendees, Gov. Scott Walker will announce his presidential endorsement of Sen. Ted Cruz in advance of next Tuesday's Wisconsin April 5th primary.

[Parley Baer]

The first chance the GOPe gets they will throw Cruz under the bus. Notice that they ditched Kasich after he was of no further use.

[xzins]

I won’t support a stolen nomination. It’s that simple. Cruz won’t have but half the votes that Trump does. Why exactly should he be the nominee if he’s behind the leader?

[xzins]

I won’t support a stolen nomination. It’s that simple. Cruz won’t have but half the votes that Trump does. Why exactly should he be the nominee if he’s behind the leader?

[xzins]

I won’t support a stolen nomination. It’s that simple. Cruz won’t have but half the votes that Trump does. Why exactly should he be the nominee if he’s behind the leader?

[X-spurt]

Tell me if I take what you say incorrectly.

If Trump fails to have 1237 won Primary delegates when he gets to the convention and no one has a majority (1237) on the first ballot, then you want to convention delegates to anoint Trump the nominee without having a second or third ballot, even though he never reached the majority (majority rule required since Abe Lincoln won GOP CONTESTED CONVENTION). Is that what you want?

[Charles Henrickson]

Go, Ted, go! If he can collect most of the other non-Trump delegates, he’s got a real shot at the nomination.

[conservative98]

Lincoln had a contested convention where there were no primaries. Entirely different.

[xzins]

I don’t want anyone who had far fewer delegates to be anointed

[Girlene]

In other words, the Trump delegates are party insiders with no loyalty to the voters. They will turn on Trump and support Cruz. That is the theory.

Exactly....He may be right. If Trump is to win the nomination, it's critical he gets the 1237.

[Girlene]

According to an earlier post on this thread, California is not a WTA state.

[Bryanw92]

When they choose Cruz (or some other career politician) just because Trump came up 100 delegates short of the magic number, do they really think we’ll show up on election day to vote for the 435 Congressmen and however many Senators that are up for re-election?

If Cruz is ahead of Trump going in to the convention and they choose him, that’s fine. But, if Trump has a significant lead and they give to someone else, I’m staying home in November.

If the GOP does this, then America deserves the Progressive version of Socialism (i.e. crony capitalism for the elites, and poverty for the rest). If the GOP does what they say they’ll do then I will consider it my civic duty to help light the fires to burn this crooked and condemned building to the ground so that a future generation can build something new.

[wiseprince]

If we want Trump we need a grass roots effort to get Trump friendly delegates to Ohio... How do we do that. Can someone start a thread so we can get on this

[mkjessup]

"Don’t look now, but Trump is the only anti-establishment candidate left running. The GOPe is now backing Cruz to the hilt and he’s doing their bidding. Fiorino has come out for the GOPe big time, and is throwing all her schoolmarm charm Cruz’s way. Rubio’s a fricking amnesty traitor and Kasich is all in big government GOPe.

Thankfully, Carson has seen the light and so has Sessions and they’re backing Trump.

Cruz has let his ambition get the better of him and has lost it. He’s been thoroughly indoctrinated, corrupted and absorbed by those we’re fighting against. He’s now fighting with the GOP and the establishment political class against We The People.

And unfortunately, some of our very own have been unwittingly sucked into the GOPe vortex."

19 posted on 3/13/2016, 7:27:06 PM by Jim Robinson

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3408723/posts?page=19#19

And if that isn't enough?

[Zenjitsuman]

Latest RCP poll in Wisconsin.

Poll Date 2/21 Marquette poll
Trump 30
Rubio 20
Cruz 19
Kasich 20
Carson 9

Margin Trump +10