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The Anatomy of a Trump Defeat
National Review ^ | April 5, 2016 | Eliana Johnson

Posted on 04/06/2016 2:26:07 AM PDT by reaganaut1

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To: verga

Don’t waste your time trying to talk with, let alone reason with, the Trumpsters here..it’s like talking to a brick wall..


41 posted on 04/06/2016 3:34:00 AM PDT by ken5050 (Trump: "I'm no conservative, but I sure can play one on TV")
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To: verga; All
Or the more accurate way to look at it, ANTI-tRump vote 62+%

Only 'accurate' if you have chosen not to drink the Cruz FoolAid(c) but to snort it straight from the envelope.

Exit polling established that voters would support Trump in the general election before they would support Cruz, and when half the state of Wisconsin hates you like they do Cruz (except for that far left liberal enclave of Madison), that translates to Wisconsin in the 'RAT column come November.

But you go right ahead and engage in your frenzied fantasies.
42 posted on 04/06/2016 3:35:07 AM PDT by mkjessup (Jim Rob: "Cruz has a tiny sliver of a chance. He should step aside." - 4-1-2016.)
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To: SteveAustin
The exit polls here said Kasich voters would have voted Cruz 51-13 had Kasich not been in the race.

And where is "here" Steve? That bionic calculator working overtime for ya?
43 posted on 04/06/2016 3:36:08 AM PDT by mkjessup (Jim Rob: "Cruz has a tiny sliver of a chance. He should step aside." - 4-1-2016.)
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To: HWGruene

Because they did not vote for your guy, that makes them supporters of open borders and sharia law?

What are you on?

Use a little common sense... Cruz is not and has never been for open borders. In fact, he was talking about the wall and locking the border down LONG before Trump was.

And sharia law?!?! I guess I missed that part of his platform...

What nonsense.


44 posted on 04/06/2016 3:36:34 AM PDT by plewis1250 (The pecking order: Christian, American, Conservative)
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To: mkjessup

You are living in a drew world if you do not recognize the HIGH unfavorables Trump has.

He secured right around 35-40% of the vote last night. Like he always does.

He has a cap.

He has 60-70% disapprovals, and with a compressed field, he gets his hat handed to him.

Simple as that.


45 posted on 04/06/2016 3:39:17 AM PDT by plewis1250 (The pecking order: Christian, American, Conservative)
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To: plewis1250
You better ponder this sport:

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46 posted on 04/06/2016 3:42:04 AM PDT by mkjessup (Jim Rob: "Cruz has a tiny sliver of a chance. He should step aside." - 4-1-2016.)
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To: plewis1250
"You are living in a drew world if you do not recognize the HIGH unfavorables Trump has."

A couple of months ago I said on FR that unfavorables will not matter this cycle, especially if it is Trump v Clinton. I waiting for sultans of smart to say it on one of the gab-fest shows on Faux. Tangent to this is we haven't heard or seen much of Michael Barone this election cycle. To me he was the go to guy and blew it like everyone else in 12'. I wonder if even he can't Gage the electorate anymore because of twitter, instagram, snapchat etc. Sadly we have again the choice of the evil of 2 lessers, Ran Paul is looking better everyday IMHO...

47 posted on 04/06/2016 3:46:02 AM PDT by taildragger (Not my Monkey, not my Circus...)
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To: manc
cruz the establishment guy have gone all out in their war against those who wish to stop the establishment ivy league corruption as they know their time is coming ton an end.

What makes you think "their time is coming to an end"? I seems to me GOPe Ted is doing exactly what the R wing of the uniparty wants, keep Trump from getting 1237. Should Trump fail to get 1237 then the globalist will win and the USA is finished as a constitutional republic entirely due to the traitor Ted Cruz.

We only have one shot at remaining a sovereign nation and that's by electing Trump. Which is why the oligarchy lead by Ted Cruz is all out to stop Trump. Trump is the only candidate not owned by the anti-American globalist uniparty.

48 posted on 04/06/2016 3:48:04 AM PDT by jpsb (Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. Otto von Bismark)
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To: mkjessup

yep seems nearly half the state does not want cruz and most counties don’t either.
Seems he did well in the liberal city of Madison too


49 posted on 04/06/2016 3:49:01 AM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: mkjessup

Anti-Trump Vote: 62.4%

If you think Kasich voters are going to side with a candidate with the demeanor he has...

Unprofessional, childlike, and literally a New York liberal...

My guess is people have had enough of his antics and its downhill from here.

Dump Trump!


50 posted on 04/06/2016 3:52:43 AM PDT by plewis1250 (The pecking order: Christian, American, Conservative)
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To: plewis1250

You’re not getting it.
They must be able to WIN against either hillary or bernie.
You really think that lyin’ Cruz will have a chance?

2 terms by a half black george wallace who wants muslims and illegals to replace the current demographics.

Trump will probably be our only hope to not go over the cliff into a full blown socialist society. bill of rights, what was that old useless thing?


51 posted on 04/06/2016 3:53:46 AM PDT by HWGruene (REMEMBER THE ALAMO! Really, no kidding.)
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To: plewis1250

if he is for the wall and closing the border why did cruz give out teddy bears to illegals?


52 posted on 04/06/2016 3:55:36 AM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: taildragger

Unfavorables would not have mattered. You were correct. They shouldn’t have.

We are talking about Hillary Freakin’ Clinton...

A rock should be able to beat her.

Unfortunately Trump is a joke. His behavior is childlike, immature, and he flip flops on core issues which a 70 year old should have down by this point.

That tells people he likely cannot be trusted.

Top it off with his near constant personal attacks and tiffs with folks on Twitter, and you end up with someone who is disliked by 60-70% of the electorate.

With numbers that high, it lets Hillary have a shot.

Maybe he was being honest in his quest, but there are too many warning signs with the guy, and people have seen it all along.

He just benefited from a crowded field. Now that it is compressed, and you’ve got 1 conservative remaining who is going up against him, the results write themselves.

It’s over for Donald J. Trump.


53 posted on 04/06/2016 4:00:27 AM PDT by plewis1250 (The pecking order: Christian, American, Conservative)
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To: HWGruene

Cruz has a far better shot of defeating Hillary than Trump does.

Please give me some data to show me Trump has a better chance than Cruz. Any data.

You can’t.
It’s hyperbole.

What’s amazing is you attribute the fighting of socialism to the empty shell which is Trump, yet you fail to LISTEN to his own words where he advocates FOR government sponsored universal healthcare, aka socialism.

Lyin’ HWGruene is at it again... Smearin’ Cruz all day long...


54 posted on 04/06/2016 4:04:36 AM PDT by plewis1250 (The pecking order: Christian, American, Conservative)
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To: manc

Because sometimes you need to be humane to kids.

If you remember correctly, almost all of that influx (caused by the Obama admin rhetoric in Central America) were kids which their parents had loaded up on trains to better their lives.

Cruz was not by any means endorsing illegal immigration. He was being a descent human being.

Stop slandering the man with false accusations.

Show me the law he passed expanding illegal immigration and tearing down our border... Show me the speech he gave where he supports illegal immigration...

You can’t. Because they don’t exist. It’s a lie.


55 posted on 04/06/2016 4:08:39 AM PDT by plewis1250 (The pecking order: Christian, American, Conservative)
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To: plewis1250
The GOPe and Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney, Carly Fiorina, Lindsey Graham and the rest of those establishment losers thank you for your support, you blind fool.
56 posted on 04/06/2016 4:12:06 AM PDT by mkjessup (Jim Rob: "Cruz has a tiny sliver of a chance. He should step aside." - 4-1-2016.)
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To: plewis1250; HWGruene
Lyin’ HWGruene is at it again... Smearin’ Cruz all day long...

plewis1250 is at it again, strapping on those kneepads for a day of worship on his knees before his anointed 'king'.
57 posted on 04/06/2016 4:13:46 AM PDT by mkjessup (Jim Rob: "Cruz has a tiny sliver of a chance. He should step aside." - 4-1-2016.)
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To: plewis1250
He was being a descent human being

You got that right. The question on everyone's mind is how low is he willing to go?

58 posted on 04/06/2016 4:14:20 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: reaganaut1

Looking at the Real Clear Politics polling data, Trump never polled very well in WI, except for a few outlier polls. After Walker dropped out, Cruz dominated most of the polls. Given the fact that the entire republican party apparatus, WI talk radio, and all the anti-Trump Super PAC’s, it was not favorable territory for Trump.


59 posted on 04/06/2016 4:26:10 AM PDT by euram
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To: ken5050

Your Cruzade hits brick wall in NY. Tilting at windmills is fun until you realize everyone is laughing at you.


60 posted on 04/06/2016 4:34:26 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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