Free Republic 2016 Caucus Open Discussion Thread LI

Free Republic ^ | 9 March 2016 | Windflier

[Windflier]

DO NOT VOTE ON THIS THREAD.

This is the nightly DISCUSSION thread for the ongoing 2016 Free Republic Caucus. Per caucus rules, no comments are allowed on the caucus thread itself - hence this open chat thread.

If you'd like to vote in the caucus, please look in the sidebar for the link, or check downthread here.

Thanks, and let 'er rip!

Windy

[Windflier]

FR Caucus discussion ping

[DoughtyOne]

Results 03/09

[DoughtyOne]

[DoughtyOne]

Good evening...

[onyx]

Thank you very much.
Looking GOOD!

[DoughtyOne]

I hope I feel a lot better after next Tuesday.

[papertyger]

See! I knew Trump had a hard ceiling.

He can’t break through three times as many FReepers as Cruz, no matter what he does!

[DoughtyOne]

“:^)

I didn’t say that!

[Lonely Bull]

Table 1: Free Republic Caucus 2016 threads, most recent 15 days

Date	Voting thread	Discussion thread	Results [on www.hotr.us]	Sequence no.
3/10	[link]	[link]	[available later]	51
3/09	[link]	[link]	[link]	50
3/08	[link]	[link]	[link]	49
3/07	[link]	[link]	[link]	48
3/06	[link]	[link]	[link]	47
3/05	[link]	[link]	[link]	46
3/04	[link]	[link]	[link]	45
3/03	[link]	[link]	[link]	44
3/02	[link]	[link]	[link]	43
3/01	[link]	[link]	[link]	42
2/29	[link]	[link]	[link]	41
2/28	[link]	[link]	[link]	40
2/27	[link]	[link]	[link]	39
2/26	[link]	[link]	[link]	38
2/25	[link]	[link]	[link]	37

Table 2: tables with older threads

Dates	Table	Sequence nos.
2/24 - 3/09	[link]	36-50
2/17 - 3/02	[link]	29-43
2/10 - 2/24	[link]	22-36
2/03 - 2/17	[link]	15-29
1/27 - 2/10	[link]	8-22
1/20 - 2/03	[link]	1-15

[onyx]

Same here.
I remain completely exhausted.

[papertyger]

Any word on how he looks with the eight hundred pound gorilla (California)?

I’m afraid it might come to that.

[Uncle Miltie]

Attack!

[DoughtyOne]

Honestly, I think Cruz has gone beyond his best states.

There’s nothing looking good for him now.

We’ll see.

If he and the GOPe join forces though, he may screw things up.

We’ll see.

Take care.

Thanks for the nice comments earlier.

D1

[MaxFlint]

Trump votes bouncing back. He's not inevitable yet but next week could settle it. It comes down to Ohio. He's almost guaranteed to win Florida. If he wins Ohio he's projected to go to the convention with a solid majority of committed delegates. If he loses Ohio to Kasich there's a chance there will be convention fight.

My guess is with Rubio completely hopeless he's under pressure to drop out before then not to help Cruz in Florida - that ship has sailed - but to help Kasich win Ohio, denying Trump those vital delegates.

[PA Engineer]

I was also tired by Tuesday, however I was very surprised by Hawaii. It was a closed caucus and all the pundits were calling it for Cruz. Mr. Trump was happy to take it, however I think he may have been surprised too.

[papertyger]

Trump needs more than half of all the delegates left.

I’m feeling woozie....

[DoughtyOne]

I saw some mention a week or so ago saying Cruz was looking good here.

I laughed.

When Trump comes here he better get Dodger Stadium or the Rose Bowl.

I’ve got a feeling he’ll have his biggest rallies here.

I think Ted has seen his best states.

Unless Rubio drops out and that really helps Ted, I think it’s slim pickins from here on out.

If that is how it looks over the next month Ted may not get much here at all.

That’s about 88 days or so away at this point, so it could change quite a bit.

[ShivaFan]

I am very interested in Illinois, which is winner take all primary and 69 delegates. That would be a great prize to take.

Any feel from those in Illinois who is going to take it? 69 DELEGATES!

[PA Engineer]

Unless Rubio drops out and that really helps Ted, I think it’s slim pickins from here on out.

I disagree. I think the votes will be divided with the majority going to Governor Kasich. I suspect his performance in Michigan was more than the proximity to Ohio.

Thanks for all your hard work. Is there a way you can bump the voting thread to the top as well as links from other threads? Maybe a graphic only post to the voting thread a few times a day.