Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything."
Posted on 04/11/2016 4:32:32 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Tsk, tsk.
Donald Trump’s effort to reset his campaign following defeat in Wisconsin showed no signs of paying off this weekend, as a series of technical failures by his campaign set his hopes back even further.
From Thursday to Saturday, Trump suffered setbacks in Colorado, Iowa, Michigan, South Carolina and Indiana that raise new doubts about his campaign’s preparedness for the long slog of delegate hunting as the GOP race approaches a possible contested convention. He lost the battle on two fronts. Cruz picked up 28 pledged delegates in Colorado. In the other states, rival campaigns were able to place dozens of their own loyalists in delegate spots pledged to Trump on the first ballot. This will matter if Trump fails to win a majority of delegates on the first ballot in Cleveland, as his delegates defect once party rules allow them to choose the candidate they want to nominate.
Trump’s campaign mounted a haphazard campaign for delegates in Colorado, where hundreds ran to be at large representatives in Cleveland at the state convention in Colorado Springs. The frontrunner’s advisers repeatedly instructed supporters to vote for the wrong candidates—distributing the incorrect delegate numbers to supporters. Cruz, who traveled to address the convention, swept the state’s 34 delegates on the back of a disciplined organizing effort, that included text message and video displays advertising his preferred slate.
This is a very distressing development, and I think my sentiments can best be summed up in video form.
(VIDEO-AT-LINK)
Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything."
http://ariarmstrong.com/2016/04/setting-the-record-straight-about-colorados-republican-caucus/
I know this will piss off some trump voters because it says the people of CO actually voted for the delegates that then voted against trump.
Patterico?
I have never heard of it either.
Just saying. Maybe it’s just me, but then again it’s not just me.
You can't buy publicity like this. Cruz and the GOP are toast after this move. They just blowed themselves, up real good.
Haha that is about right.
Your relentless devotion to your job reminds me of Little Feat:
I been warped by the rain, driven by the snow
I'm drunk and dirty don't ya know, and I'm still, shillin'
Sittin' at the desk, late at night,
Seen my Cruz through every little fight
Cruz, Lose with Cruz
I've lied from Tucson to Tucumcari
Tehachapi to Tonapah
Lied with every kind of claim the establishment's made
Assaulted the forums and then ran away
And if you give me whores, cheese, and wine
And you show me a sign
I'll be shillin', and keep lyin'.
Exactly. This is the best election ever!
Someone in the Trump camp really screwed up. I don’t know if it was Trump himself thinking he would so dominate the vote that these “screw the voter” rules. I’m pretty much a small d democrat in the primaries as long as they are limited to party voters. However, these kinds of party elite shenanigans go back to the beginning.
What does concern me is that we can’t keep the Constitution and elect another autocrat like Obama or even worse. That means that three of the major candidates are likely to move us even farther into an authoritarian presidency with a irrelevant congress.
Did you compose that by yourself? It’s perfect!
One can’t be an artist of any deal when he doesn’t understand the rules of the race he paid money to run in.
So Trumps well documented flip flops don’t bother you at all??? BTW, I am a very mild Cruz supporter, but just barely. I am getting ready to vote for the Constitution Party candidate since both Trump and Cruz are such poor candidates.
Despite the Cruz/GOPe talking points, I think we have figured out the angle on this one.
You’ll be begging everyone to back your GOPe candidate after the convention. I hope you enjoy helping elect Hillary.
Hey Defiant. Dint you know 2nd is the Cruz campaign manager on FR???
He is doing a great job!
All the atta boy posts for Ted just go to show you how many people who claim to be Conservative are really far more invested in the current corrupt system than in Conservatism.
You will be begging for Cruz supporter after your dem wins.
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