Posted on 03/08/2016 5:24:01 AM PST by tatown
I think they have written off FL. NC is proportional, but no matter. The “expert”’s point was that the party needs to keep all the opponents in play, and nibble at the delegates in all the states that are not winner take all. The problem is that it will be obvious that Rubio and Kasich can’t win, so their ONLY purpose for staying in would be to block Trump. It would be deliberate disunity.
Dana is the establishment.
Cruz would NOT run the table in the remaining states if it were Trump vs Cruz. No way.
The problem with that plan is that I don’t see Trump losing either IF they stay in. The establishment is handing Trump the nomination with their strategy.
God Bless Mississippi!
Making me proud and going strong for Mr Trump!
By the time Super Tuesday rolled around, Trump was firmly in charge, leading in polls of each of the Super Tuesday States, except for Texas.
So while Cruz had built his campaign around a strong Super Tuesday, those who could actually read the polls knew that Trump would win the lion’s share of delegates. The fact that Cruz won the one State he was supposed to, and by a larger margin than he polled I might add (he led by 9 points in the polls and won by 13), allowed him to meet the admittedly dismal expectations of the day. When he added Oklahoma and Alaska to his win column, that breathed new life into his campaign.
So on Super Tuesday, when it actually rolled around, Cruz did better than expected.
By contrast, he came in 3rd place to Rubio in South Carolina and tarnished his message of “the alternative to Trump.” He regained that message on Super Tuesday.
That’s why South Carolina was his low point.
because a lot of innocent people get hurt in fires?
any word on the projected allocation for MI?
Obama was a 1st term US Senator with elective experience in State politics.
In other words the exact same experience as Cruz and Rubio
So you best find a new attack line cause that one just blew up in your face.
Question is, did Cruz win Id or did Romney?
Right now it looks like Rubio gets ZERO delegate tonight but HI will not be in until way early am
I do not see it that way. Because almost all remaining primaries are winner takes all. Kasich & Rubio & Cruz will divide the voters between themselves, and Trump will win most of those. Also there are no more caucus states remaining AFAIK.
Well yay, good for Cruz. It would have been embarassing if he’d lost to Trump who hadn’t even visited the state. And when Trump or Cruz win, the GOPe is denied, and that’s all good!
He probably will in Hawaii, unless he finishes fourth. The 13 statewide delegates there are proportional, but if you end up with a fractional it gets rounded up no matter how low it is. (e.g. 3.1 delegates = 4). That could shut Rubio out.
The two CDs there will likely go 2/1 to 1st, 2nd. So Rubio can get a delegate there if he finishes 2nd in a CD.
Little Marco has been shut out in MS and MI and it's not looking promising in ID.
-PJ
Thanks, I am. It is among several of my Cubanadian/Alberta voter quips.
Please read post 1869. Our grumpy puppy for Cruz just walked face first into a fact wall.
CNN projecting Cruz will gain 5 delegates in Idaho over Trump.
Cruz got Idaho. Not a big loss. Trump got the big ones tonight. No telling what will happen in Hawaii.
The Bush/Cruz alliance coming out before next Tuesday will not be good for Cruz...and these are states he isn’t projected to do well in anyway.
Sure is interesting to watch.
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