Wisconsin meltdown puts Trump on track for convention fight [Manafort threatening to quit]

Politico ^ | 04/06/2016 | Eli Stokols

[DoughtyOne]

On April 19th, Ted Cruz will join Kasich, Rubio, Bush, Carson, Fiorina, Huckabee, and Paul who are mathematically eliminated from getting 1237 delegates by the convention.

Then voter nullification of the largest voting block becomes Ted' only route to the nomination.

Voter nullification... Ted Cruz, little man on campus.

[Beagle8U]

Cruz will win on the 2nd ballot in the convention.

[KansasGirl]

I prefer a conservative Republican to the liberal RINO Trump, so yeah, the sooner he is gone the better. He only ran to box out a conservative challenger to Hillary anyway.

[ifinnegan]

“Memory failed me, it was Hamilton Jordan...”

Pronounced Jerden.

[COUNTrecount]

[mak5]

With people quitting because they don’t get along with Lewandowski and layoffs in key states, it is clear that he didn’t. He rode his celebrity to this point, but doesn’t have the staff with the knowledge and skills to drag him across the finish line.

[VRWCarea51]

And if Trump had aligned himself with the Establishment, Cruzers would be howling left and right that Trump is a sellout and the claims that he’s “not conservative” would have been amplified 10-fold!

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/04/donald-trump-adviser-establishment-insider-paul-manafort

http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/03/28/donald-trump-hires-paul-manafort-to-lead-delegate-effort/

His principal business partners were Roger J. Stone Jr., a longtime Trump confidant who frequently advocates for the campaign on television, and Charles R. Black Jr.

Situational ethics, it's a way of doing business for the Trump Campaign...

[newfreep]

The Cheatin’ & Lyin’ Ted has proven to be a cheater & liar...just ask Carson and Kasich.

[kiryandil]

You could be right, but I still think it is tougher to track where voters moved from an election FOUR YEARS ago than from what they told pollsters FOUR DAYS ago. The fading of Kasich is a story sub-plot which nobody is taking about.

I'll look into the Kasich thing, but this is the number that will catch your eye:

In 2008, a hotly contested WI Democrat primary, 72,000 voters turned out to choose between 0bama & Clinton in Waukesha County. In 2016, another hotly contested WI Democrat primary, 51,000 voters turned out to choose between Sanders & Clinton in Waukesha County.

In 2012, with no Democrat contest in Wisconsin, 75,000 voters turned out for Romney & Santorum in Waukesha County. In 2016, 102,309 voters turned out for Cruz & Trump in Waukesha County.

SUDDENLY, in Waukesha County, 20,000+ MORE voters turned out for the 2016 Republican race, while the hotly contested 2016 Democrat race in Waukesha County LOST 20,000 voters.

This pattern only occurs in the handful of counties around Milwaukee. The rest of the state seems to have followed the normal 2012 Republican pattern. :)

[fatez]

That is the conclusion I have. A lot FREEPers are saying “The Donald” has a great campaign, I don’t think so. They do have a pretty good communicator that resonates with about 33% of the populace. The problem is the other 67% are either turned off to him or highly turned off to him.

[wardaddy]

No

We discount it foremost because it was posted by a Trump hater who along with steelfish and 2va etc clutter the forum with this left wing and GOPE e garbage beating down Trump

You win no one over

[Night Hides Not]

Actually, I think his people ARE great. It’s just they have to work with a boss who’s a bully with a bad attitude who flip-flops on a daily basis.

Good thing Trump never had to go to Vietnam, he'd be a prime candidate for a fragging.

My last Bn Cdr was like that. When things went well, it was due to his leadership. When things didn't go well, it's because everybody effed up.

My last great accomplishment before leaving active duty was to let the chain of command know how he was screwing over good people. It wasn't hard: the first O-6 in my chain was the Base Commander. He was shocked when I reported for the interview required of all officers resigning their commission. That interview brought "command attention" on the situation, albeit too late for me.

Long story short, he never made the list for Army War College. I heard he retired as a Colonel, but for him that wasn't good enough.

[fatez]

Not to mention the Christie endorsement and all the meetings that “The Donald” had with GOPe types that Donnie says went well. The fact of the matter, both candidates are trying to shore up any help they can get from the party.

[Lisbon1940]

If you want to make a meme you have to keep repeating it. Not all attempted memes succeed.

[VanDeKoik]

That’s nice.

I prefer an America first nationalist as opposed to a GOPe stooge with the attraction of Bob Dole and the policies of GW Bush.

The sooner that patsy is out of the race, the sooner we can have a candidate that gives a damn about this nation going up against Hillary.

[John Valentine]

I think you need an update.

[KansasGirl]

Cruz is not GOP-e though.

[5thGenTexan]

Cheating? Not Cuz’s fault Trump and crew didn’t understand the rules. Pretty sure Trump uses every advantage he can in business. It’s the same here. Know the game or risk getting beat.

[John Valentine]

Do you have any reason to believe he would listen to their counsel and learn from it. Trump strikes me as a know-it-all.

[Vigilanteman]

It could very well be that we are both right. You are doing a detailed analysis of specific counties whereas I am speaking in generalities on the statewide vote.