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ANALYSIS: Donald Trump Grows Weaker, Setting Up Further Republican Chaos
ABC News ^ | April 05, 2016 | Rick Klein

Posted on 04/06/2016 10:15:33 AM PDT by Steelfish

ANALYSIS: Donald Trump Grows Weaker, Setting Up Further Republican Chaos

By Rick Klein Apr 5, 2016

Wisconsin will go down as the state that turned the tide –- or that turns the minds of anxious Republicans to what might have been.

Donald Trump’s loss proves a point the anti-Trump forces have been making with varying intensity for months. He was blown out, losing broadly and decisively in a big battleground state, in a winnowed field and in a primary that was open to independents as well as GOP regulars.

“Tonight is a turning point. It is a rallying cry,” Ted Cruz said in declaring victory, in words that his erstwhile enemies in the Republican establishment would gladly endorse at this point in the race.

Trump’s support is stalling among Republican voters, and his failure to close out his rivals speaks to his potential weakness in a general election. Tuesday’s results show the GOP frontrunner can be beaten soundly in places where the case against Trump is prosecuted in a sustained way -– and perhaps helped along when Trump himself plays into those arguments with his own behavior.

With a Trump ceiling coming in to focus, his path to a majority of convention delegates has never been narrower. Strikingly, more than a third of Republicans in Wisconsin exit polls say they’d be scared under a Trump presidency, with another two in 10 saying they’d be concerned. Trump was uncharacteristically silent Tuesday night, as if he had nothing good to say. Cruz is by far the biggest beneficiary of the anti-Trump sentiments. Wisconsin delivered the kind of cross-demographic victory that, to date, only Trump has managed in an electorally significant state.

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To: austingirl

how many times has Trump’s numbers gone down verses up after each of the debates?


61 posted on 04/06/2016 10:49:46 AM PDT by Lib-Lickers 2
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To: hillarys cankles; austingirl
Why Donald Trump Will Lose To Hillary Clinton
62 posted on 04/06/2016 10:49:47 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: fishtank
Someone did say "swing":


63 posted on 04/06/2016 10:51:02 AM PDT by Slyfox (Donald Trump's First Principle is the Art of the Deal)
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To: moehoward

Not according to the polls, it is just the opposite


64 posted on 04/06/2016 10:52:21 AM PDT by wild74
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To: Steelfish

I’m a Cruz supporter, but I think the exact same case could be made of Hillary.


65 posted on 04/06/2016 10:52:23 AM PDT by Obadiah
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To: Kazan

“Megyn Kelly, Karl Rove, Dana Loesch and Stephen Hayes were all propping up Trump? You’re nuts.”

Rush pointed it out and it was Kelly, Rove and Krauthamer according to Rush.


66 posted on 04/06/2016 10:52:32 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: austingirl
Trump loses to Hillary who would clean his clock in a debate.

Trump has torn apart far better and less vulnerable candidates than Hillary.

Ted would be the zombie candidate. He only has Bush's path to victory (if it even still exists), no chance of winning crossover votes and would lose at least 20% of the party if he screws Trump out of the nomination at a contested convention.

Ted is merely a tool for the GOPe to stop Trump. He's too narcissistic to realize he'd be beaten in a landslide.

67 posted on 04/06/2016 10:53:16 AM PDT by Kazan (Trump: Pit bull, Hillary: Pound of hamburger)
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To: VideoDoctor
On the whole, the media narrative avoids simple math regarding delegates, as does the elite's candidate (s).

We have a campaign and it's candidate (s) attempting to portray the Republican party as Conservative. This is called “Campaign Conservatism”, something we've all seen before.

The battle lines have now been completely defined, outsider vs. insider. If one likes the status quo, you have your candidate (s). If one disagrees with the current government power structure, you also have a candidate.

68 posted on 04/06/2016 10:53:26 AM PDT by Rational Thought
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To: DoughtyOne
-- Ted has two more weeks to pretend he is a viable presidential candidate. --

Oh please, don't sell him so short! He has at least until the convention, no matter what the results of primary elections are, and as far as I know, there is no expiration date at all.

69 posted on 04/06/2016 10:53:40 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: blowfish

Both Melania and Ivanka are telling Trump that he should act more presidential. But he continues to ignore their advice.


70 posted on 04/06/2016 10:53:49 AM PDT by Slyfox (Donald Trump's First Principle is the Art of the Deal)
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To: TexasCajun

Trump is an out of control egoist and listens to no one. As he has stated he consults with himself, has a good brain, says a lot of things. It will be amazing- believe me. Good grief.


71 posted on 04/06/2016 10:54:01 AM PDT by austingirl (Cruz 2016)
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To: austingirl
The establishment is coming to Cruz. He will not compromise his principles for them.

He will owe GOPe if he gets elected and he will off.

Of course, all that assumes he was ever principled to begin with and hasn't been a Bush acolyte all along.

72 posted on 04/06/2016 10:56:06 AM PDT by Kazan (Trump: Pit bull, Hillary: Pound of hamburger)
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To: Jay Thomas
Is Wisconsin considered a swing state?

No, Wisconsin is a solid blue state. Florida, Ohio, Pa, Virginia ... everywhere Cruz has already gotten smoked ... those are the swing states.

73 posted on 04/06/2016 10:57:37 AM PDT by dartuser
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To: Kazan
Trump will come off badly if he name-calls, insults, and mocks a woman. Hillary will play the victim card and be supported by the MSM. Remember how she did this to Rick Lazio when he approached her during the debate?

Hillary can spout policy al the live-long day. Trump is ill-prepared.

74 posted on 04/06/2016 10:57:53 AM PDT by austingirl (Cruz 2016)
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To: Steelfish

Wisconsin isn’t a “big battleground state” it has voted democrat during presidential elections since 1988. Cruz won’t win WI in the general if he is the nominee, and neither would Trump.


75 posted on 04/06/2016 10:57:59 AM PDT by euram
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To: Steelfish

I don’t see it blind bats. Tell me if Trump is going to lose after the 19th and the 26th you bunch of Maroons.


76 posted on 04/06/2016 11:00:08 AM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Ray76
After Wisconsin there are 825 delegates remaining.

My addition of the delegates for the 16 remaining state races adds up to 769.

Did I miss something?

77 posted on 04/06/2016 11:01:37 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (#BlackOlivesMatter)
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To: austingirl

The Trump fanboys don’t understand. Trumps constant tweeting insults on woman and their looks have sunk him. They all loved it when he was ripping into Megyn Kelly but everyone else thought it was kind of sick. The GOP has enough problems with woman they will not let Trump exaberate it. He will never be the Republican nominee. Heck he’s not a Republican. If he runs third party he will lose.


78 posted on 04/06/2016 11:01:44 AM PDT by Blackirish ("Political correctness is fascism pretending to be manners." - George Carlin)
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To: escapefromboston

That still won’t put him at 1237...


79 posted on 04/06/2016 11:02:08 AM PDT by drinktheobamakoolaid (If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: DoughtyOne

Cruz will be mathematically eliminated on April 19th in NY.


80 posted on 04/06/2016 11:02:42 AM PDT by dartuser
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