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Before Indiana, Ted Cruz Struggles as Donald Trump Revels in Lead
New York Times ^ | May 1, 2016 | MATT FLEGENHEIMER and THOMAS KAPLAN

Posted on 05/01/2016 7:08:05 PM PDT by Innovative

An NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll released on Sunday showed Donald J. Trump with a lead of 15 points among likely Republican primary voters, 49 percent to 34 percent.

Fifty-eight percent of voters said they disapproved of the agreement struck by Mr. Cruz and Gov. John Kasich, which called for Mr. Kasich to abandon campaigning in Indiana in exchange for Mr. Cruz’s withdrawal from Oregon and New Mexico. Thirty-four percent approved.

Mr. Cruz’s own polling has likewise shown him trailing Mr. Trump, compelling the campaign to look beyond the state, if at least for a moment.

And on Saturday, Mr. Cruz surrendered a full day of Indiana politicking to speak at California’s state Republican convention, with an eye toward its election on June 7.

“California,” he said there, a bit hopefully, “is going to decide this Republican primary.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: canadian; cruz; cruzie; elections; gope; ineligible; trump
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To: Democrat_media

Well said!


21 posted on 05/01/2016 8:24:48 PM PDT by Bogie (Just a coincidence?)
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To: Cobra64

Indiana is the Falaise Pocket


22 posted on 05/01/2016 8:30:14 PM PDT by Despot of the Delta (It's time for Trump to become Vlad the Impaler. I want Progressive/Globalist/Establishment heads)
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To: af_vet_1981

Ouch. That is ugly (for Ted).


23 posted on 05/01/2016 8:34:39 PM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject)
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To: mouse1

Have found no other sources to confirm this post/report. Nothing...AP, Google, nothing. However, Cruz did campaign in California today saying something to the effect that California is going to decide the election. So, that’s somewhat of a sign.


24 posted on 05/01/2016 8:36:09 PM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject)
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To: af_vet_1981

but I thought Cruz said Indiana was his Alamo...

how many Texas Alamo’s does the Canadian intend to lose?


25 posted on 05/01/2016 9:05:25 PM PDT by Bubba Gump Shrimp (Cruz - Fiorina The Outsourcing Ticket)
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To: Innovative
“California,” he said there, a bit hopefully, “is going to decide this Republican primary.”

LOL. Cruz moves the goal posts once more. Stick a fork in him, he's done.


26 posted on 05/01/2016 9:38:55 PM PDT by kabar
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To: ripnbang

I can’t find anything either and Bill Still is not a trustworthy source.

-Trump supporter.


27 posted on 05/01/2016 9:46:45 PM PDT by RedWulf (Defeat Hillery or kiss the republic goodbye.)
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To: Bubba Gump Shrimp
That whole Alamo analogy was odd, because, of course, everyone in the Alamo was killed off.

And, I wouldn't expect the historical heartstrings to be tugged in Indiana as they would be in Texas with such a connection.

Anyway... I hope that he will see that the time has come for him to pack it in. He's fought long and hard. Mostly honorably.

Of course, it may be that he sees this as the end of his political career, and not just the end of his Presidential run.

28 posted on 05/01/2016 9:53:23 PM PDT by TontoKowalski (You can call me "Dick.")
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To: Innovative
Cruz is done. His only hope for a future in politics is if he concedes now, instruct his delegates to support Trump at the convention.

If he hasn't done it now, he won't do it. He is young enough that he could have bowed out as strong second place in a field of 16, and waited for the next election. The republicans go by taking turns just like democrats, so he would be the automatic frontrunner next time. But he is not doing it, instead going on a kamikaze run against Trump.

I don't know why this is happening. I sure would like to see the real actors behind the scenes and hear what they told him, because I think he is being told to do this rather than Cruz coming to this plan himself. What have they promised him that is better than just waiting. What offer did they make that he can't refuse?

29 posted on 05/01/2016 11:03:59 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: Innovative

It seems both Cruz and Clinton have the knack for driving down their own numbers wherever they campaign hardest. Both are better as an abstraction than as a person. Cruz does better as “the rock solid conservative” abstraction. Clinton does better as “the first woman President” abstraction. The real people behind these abstractions turn voters off the more they get exposed.


30 posted on 05/01/2016 11:32:23 PM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: af_vet_1981

Residents: n=2568, MOE +/- 1.9%
Potential Democratic Electorate: n=864, MOE +/- 3.3%
GENDER GUESS
Do you consider your permanent home address to be in Indiana?
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Mike Pence is doing as governor?
Registered Voters: n=2149, MOE +/-2.1%
Likely Democratic Primary Voters: n=449, MOE +/- 4.6%
i stopped looking at the poll when they stopped breaking down the results based on the demographics.


31 posted on 05/02/2016 12:14:52 AM PDT by kvanbrunt2 (gandolf)
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To: rwoodward

What I don’t understand is if you a Kashick voter, why would you waste your vote on someone who cleary didn’t want your vote?>>>> uuuuuuhhhhh you are a kashich voter


32 posted on 05/02/2016 12:17:18 AM PDT by kvanbrunt2 (gandolf)
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To: Graybeard58

But, but, but Carley will help him a lot in California, where she exported tens of thousands of jobs to China.>>> political people pick losers for demographics or whatever. real people hire the best they can find for the job. go figure.


33 posted on 05/02/2016 12:19:56 AM PDT by kvanbrunt2 (gandolf)
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To: rbg81
So Cruz’s campaign at this point is all about denying Trump the nomination. He is as delusional as Kasich if he thinks the guy who came in a distant second is going to wrest the nomination away from the frontrunner.

Either that, or he just wants to see the GOP burn.

Yep - its been all about his spiteful ego for a while now - he spits on the People he claims to want to champion.

He seems more intent on preserving the GOPe than wanting it to burn - a Trump romp will put the fear of Jesus into their betraying and cowardly hearts.

34 posted on 05/02/2016 4:28:34 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: kvanbrunt2
i stopped looking at the poll when they stopped breaking down the results based on the demographics.

It is a general rule to stop looking at things, polls and otherwise, that raise one's blood pressure and portend a scary outcome.

35 posted on 05/02/2016 4:46:29 AM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: RedWulf

why not ask cruz himself, where is he? If he’s not physically in Indiana when election is a few days away, then he’s out


36 posted on 05/02/2016 4:49:46 AM PDT by 4rcane
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To: GilGil
Where did you see Cruz abandoning Indiana?

This weekend, when he backtracked on Indiana's importance to his campaign and left the state for California. He knew Indiana was lost.

Though Mr. Cruz has effectively staked his candidacy on Indiana, he has left himself wiggle room.

On Thursday, Mr. Cruz called Indiana “the one thing that stands between us and plunging over the cliff.” On Sunday, there was no such pronouncement.

Mr. Cruz’s own polling has likewise shown him trailing Mr. Trump, compelling the campaign to look beyond the state, if at least for a moment. Top surrogates have described the extended primary season as a product of divine will, arguing the entire country deserves a chance to speak. ...

And on Saturday, Mr. Cruz surrendered a full day of Indiana politicking to speak at California’s Republican convention, with an eye on the state’s June 7 election.

37 posted on 05/02/2016 4:56:48 AM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: af_vet_1981

i stopped looking at the poll when they stopped breaking down the results based on the demographics.

It is a general rule to stop looking at things, polls and otherwise, that raise one’s blood pressure and portend a scary outcome.>> well i just wanted to see the poll numbers broken out by the demographics if they can’t or won’t publish it that way then i as thinking person will need to do work that the poll is telling me i shouldn’t need to do because they have taken a poll. so long that poll and it’s published results that don’t publish the facts.


38 posted on 05/03/2016 11:27:22 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2 (gandolf)
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To: kvanbrunt2
well i just wanted to see the poll numbers broken out by the demographics if they can’t or won’t publish it that way then i as thinking person will need to do work that the poll is telling me i shouldn’t need to do because they have taken a poll. so long that poll and it’s published results that don’t publish the facts.

The poll was accurate. It had Trump winning by 15% and he won by 16.7%.

39 posted on 05/04/2016 5:05:30 AM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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