Posted on 04/01/2016 10:00:49 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
Okay, we know that Ted Cruz needs to win 84% of the remaining delegates to reach the magic 1237 to win the nomination. Since that won't be happening, his ONLY hope is to win after the first ballot at an open (brokered) convention. For him to win you need to believe that the GOPe would be cool with a Cruz nomination.
Sooooo... On a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 being a complete impossibility of a Cruz nomination and 10 being an absolute certainty that Cruz will be nominated, numerically rate Cruz's chances of a nomination after the first ballot at the GOP convention this summer.
This all really boils down to a choice between Trump or a GOPe favored candidate. But, hey, maybe you have a contrary view and rating so post away.
I’ll say 7
-2
2
How does that work? Where would those votes come from?
9
ROFLMAO....
Zero Point Zero
-3 ... Even Ted is clueless as to the sacrificial goat the GOPe is placing in him. The establishment is using ted to remove the Donald, so they, the GOPe can place their choice in the nomination spot.
Zero
At that point, do you think they are going to hand the party over to an adulterous bible thumper that they all hate? Not gonna happen.
It's going to Mitt, Ryan, Yeb or, maybe, Walker is in on it now too.
Minus 1.
The GOP-E will NEVER give it to Cruz.
They want another Leftist Loser Throw-The-Fight type candidate
To believe that you have to believe that the GOPe wants a second ballot in order to nominate Cruz. They are giving him favorable lip service now but do you really believe them? Yeah, like Mitt Romney in his heart of hearts is all in for a Cruz nomination. A laughable thought.
And not even a Deathmobile will improve those chances.
I am betting the gopE will put some un-named familier face. No one now in the running.
Correct. Yeb has a BETTER chance to be nominated than Cruz at a brokered GOPe convention.
You got it.
His chance is the same as mine, double zero.
I predict they’ll pull Walker or Ryan.
If they can manage to ax the guy with the most votes, because they don’t like him....what kind of fevered imagination does it require to believe they’ll allow the other guy they don’t like to have it with even less than the most votes????
It depends very much on who the delegates are. Has Trump organized at the county and state level to get favorable people elected as delegates in states where candidates dont choose delegates?
Because Ted has been organizing at that level, I give him at least an 8 out of 10.
I rate it as a “1” — total impossibility, as you defined it.
Cruz is just being used by the GOPe to deny Trump the needed 1237 delegates, and if that is successful, they will pull the rug out from under Cruz, he won’t know what hit him. Too bad he doesn’t think and look around now and realize what is happening.
At least his current supporters need to stop and think, and not throw the election to the GOPe, in bed with Hillary,
by voting for Cruz.
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