Posted on 03/22/2016 12:22:52 PM PDT by GodGunsGuts
Donald Trump was the clear favorite in today’s winner-take-all Arizona primary, even before the Brussels terrorist attacks. The immigration issue and the flood of early voters favors him, as does the fact that some of those early voters will have cast ballots for Marco Rubio before he dropped out last Tuesday night. If they had known Rubio would no longer be a candidate, many of those voters might have gone with Cruz.
But polls have been tricky and often erratic this year (think Michigan and the surprise win of Bernie Sanders). For example, the latest poll showing a 14 point Trump lead appears to oversample Phoenix voters (59 percent of state’s population vs. 73 percent of those polled). Trump outperfoms his statewide average in the Phoenix area. The Washington Post reports that “Cruz could definitely score an upset in Arizona.” If that happens or Cruz comes very close here will be the relevant factors, according to the Post.
Cruz has a superior ground game. Neutral observers say his team is a lot more organized than Trump. His state director elected many Republican members of the legislature.
It’s a closed primary, meaning only Republicans can vote. Trump has struggled in closed primaries.
Cruz has scored a bunch of late endorsements: Rep. Matt Salmon announced his support last night.
Cruz is still perceived as strong on border security.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
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“Logic is a foreign country to the average trump fan.”
Watch out for that snake......
A vote for the Donald is a vote for a Bill Clinton 3rd term.
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I could agree, but then we’d both be wrong.
He only went into the Senate as a platform for his Presidential run!
Just like Rubio and Obama did.
The fix is in by the Mormon Mafia so OH SO "conservative" Mittens.
NRO SUCKS!!
He got elected as a Tea Party conservative and one of the first votes he took was to give Obama fast track!
“And Trump can’t win a national election.”
There is no “national election”, the general election is counted state by state.
Utah is to Republicans what DC is to Democrats. Why else do you think a state with 4 CDs has 40 delegates? A whole lot of Republicans win there. They got just about every bonus available. The state is Republican as it gets. There is NO way it goes for ethically-challenged Hillary Clinton, no matter who the Republicans nominate.
“There are a lot o’ pissed off Texans that didn’t appreciate being lied to in 2012 “
He’s done in Texas.
Ground game. Do people really decide to vote for someone because a stranger calls or knocks on their door? If that’s the case, no wonder this country is in trouble.
We're a laughing stock right now, and Hitlery is part of bringing that about. When the foreign leaders see that Trump is serious, I think they'll come around.
Well of course you would think that people who support Cruz are paid operatives. Just because you get a stipend for attacking Cruz supporters doesn’t mean that Cruz supporters get paid for posting rational thoughts.
Poll: Trump Would Lose UTAH to Hillary
http://www.redstate.com/leon_h_wolf/2016/03/20/poll-trump-lose-utah-hillary/
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More quoting of fantasy match up polls, holding on to any hope for a failed candidate who’s only chance to get anywhere near the White house in this election, or any other is riding the Trump Train as VP.
You mindless moron, you can’t even post a graphic that is relevant, my post was directed at your whining about ‘someone’ changing the title of yet another Cruz-spam thread, and you come up with some childish cartoon attacking Trump.
You either need to up your meds, or get ON some.
Nope. And neither do you. And before you go spouting polls, keep in mind that, in 1980, Reagan was 20 some points behind carter at this point in the race? And in 2004, Dubya was 12 points behind Kerry. General election polls, at this point, are unreliable at best, and downright ignorant to think about at worse.
Cruz also can’t win the nomination, and the GOPe isn’t going to give it to him. So, all he is doing is helping the GOPe get rid of Trump, and in so doing, elect HIllary. He has joined with the enemy of conservatives.
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Pretty much sums it up, but with the addition of ending any chance he’ll ever have of reaching the White House.
yes but cruz is not regean....... he is merely cruz
Or Virginia for that matter.
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Yeah I know, but can’t kick a Cruzer when he’s down, need them for the general against Hillary.
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