The Anatomy of a Trump Defeat

National Review ^ | April 5, 2016 | Eliana Johnson

[silverleaf]

Oh geeze didn’t need to

Th entire MSM cable networks and radio hosts in WI were nonstory anti trump

[Vision Thing]

Just the prudish WI GOPe voters. They are now history. Onwards to Trumpland!

[silverleaf]

Even the voting machines knew what a nasty guy trump was and refused to register his votes

Reported in multiple counties

[John W]

As far as Trump goes it looks like how we lose general elections. Lotsa’ land, not enough voters. Cruz on the other hand.....

[mikey_hates_everything]

If not Trump, they better be Ready for Hillary. I like Cruz but he is just a roadblock now, not a President in 2017 or ever unless Trump gets in and changes the landscape.

[taildragger]

Thanks Silver, do you have a county ( colors denoting candidates ) map you can link too for a visual to put last night into context? Thanks in advance if you have one !

[manc]

are you proud to be the establishment now?

[IrishBrigade]

We sure in h#ll could have used it with that laggard Romney in 2012, that is for dang sure..

laggard-good word for Romney...he clearly didn’t want to be president; his game was accruing power and influence in the GOP...

[HWGruene]

Cruz on the other hand.....

you really think a tongue talking establishment guy who despises gays and abortion will be able to defeat either hillary or bernie? cruz is too far to the right.

[manc]

you just posted an article from the establishment National Review saying how more republicans have voted against Trump, well it seems it is not about land, but about who gets more votes and that is Trump with over 2 million more.
As for land then we have had 3 swing state possibly 4 if you include NH.
cruz came third in 3 of them and never won a single county in FL, VA where we need to win, so if you want t spout the establishment crap then get the facts right.

[manc]

Just wait till the media turn on him lie they did to McCain and Romney and you will see his voters acting all surprised.

[IrishBrigade]

Funny how the populous counties have such extremely different vote patterns than do the rural ones.

that’s why I chuckle every time I hear someone pontificating about how the electoral college was designed to prevent the populous vote from obscuring the rural vote...

[mkjessup]

National RINO-Review engaging in a mass zombie-orgasm.

They better check their numbers, this was nothing but a pyrrhic victory for King Cruz, and the statistics prove it:

[Gaffer]

I was kinda half expecting iCarly to stand up and give Ted’s victory speech, but then I remembered there wasn’t any ‘sex scandal’ involved in WI on election day.

[mkjessup]

Cruz winning only gave him an extra week, for Cruz its all about playing dirty and peeing in the swimming pool, plus leaving a large floater. The numbers still have him cruzin to loosin.

LOL, thank you Mr. Ramsey for what is probably the best description of the GOPe's temporary candidate thus far!

[verga]

How the hell is he fighting the media. He gets all the air time he wants FREE, he has spent nothing on Radio or TV. He acts like a petulant child, says the most outrageous things and they report it.

[verga]

Or the more accurate way to look at it, ANTI-tRump vote 62+%

[mkjessup]

you [Cruzer John W] just posted an article from the establishment National Review saying how more republicans have voted against Trump, well it seems it is not about land, but about who gets more votes and that is Trump with over 2 million more. As for land then we have had 3 swing state possibly 4 if you include NH.

cruz came third in 3 of them and never won a single county in FL, VA nor in South Carolina where we need to win, so if you want to spout the establishment crap then get the facts right.

National RINO-Review, the choice of UniParty(c) zombies and establishment pukes everywhere:

[taildragger]

"The numbers still have him cruzin to loosin."

Trump didn't carry WI, see my reasons in this thread, he didn't carry OH ( But will if the nominee ) because of Kasich. IMHO it is onto NY which The Donald will win but more importantly PA. I want to see how big Trump's PA win is.

IMHO the action is in the rust-belt States, aka MI, OH, PA.

If Trump can carry them ( via the Harley riding Blue collar UAW Types ) it is over for Hilda or Bernie.

IMHO no way in h@ll can I see Ted carrying MI, OH, PA, he ain't got it period, we loose.

[SteveAustin]

The exit polls here said Kasich voters would have voted Cruz 51-13 had Kasich not been in the race.