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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
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To: ifinnegan
Kraut said Trump would show strength with a solid base of support if his vote total ended “in the high 30s.” The vote came in at 35%, so a little under where Kraut was thinking it would be when he said that. It was a backhanded compliment of sorts. Kraut was saying Trump had such a bad last 2 weeks, that he would have expected any normal politician to drop much lower than the high 30s.
The key for me is this exact same vote % gave Trump a “win” in Michigan, but here it’s a historic loss. It doesn’t seem the voter perception of Trump changed that much. The same people opposed him in Michigan, but this time Rubio wasn’t taking votes from Cruz and Kasich’s support switched to Cruz. Trump didn’t change, his diverse opposition just figured out for once that a successful strategy is consolidating votes on Cruz.
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posted on
04/06/2016 12:31:47 PM PDT
by
JediJones
(The younger presidential candidate has won the popular vote since '92. Vote younger. Vote Cruz. Win.)
To: vette6387
Yes, they will turn to Kasich with the intention of getting him the nomination in the convention.
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posted on
04/06/2016 12:31:55 PM PDT
by
fortheDeclaration
(Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
To: austingirl
If Cruz is a true conservative, no way the establishment comes to him!
They would rather see Hillary win and keep their power.
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posted on
04/06/2016 12:33:31 PM PDT
by
fortheDeclaration
(Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
To: Beagle8U
Two of those weren't primaries.
What States did Cruz win on Super Tues.?
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posted on
04/06/2016 12:34:29 PM PDT
by
fortheDeclaration
(Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
To: sickoflibs
Sounds like WI is a real wimp State, afraid of real leadership.
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posted on
04/06/2016 12:35:19 PM PDT
by
fortheDeclaration
(Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
To: Lib-Lickers 2
He is going against trained debaters whose only goal was to stop him, along with the commentators.
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posted on
04/06/2016 12:36:32 PM PDT
by
fortheDeclaration
(Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
To: Jay Thomas
Only by Rubio, and he swings both ways.
To: JediJones
Yeah.
Kasich got less than the poll numbers and Cruz more. It seemed to be directly correlated.
In NY, with Cruz and Kasich, Trump may run the congressional districts with only pluralities in many.
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posted on
04/06/2016 12:38:03 PM PDT
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: austingirl
Hillary can sprout bad policy all day long.
She can't even beat an old socialist!
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posted on
04/06/2016 12:38:32 PM PDT
by
fortheDeclaration
(Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
To: Blackirish
Hillary is fair game, she wants to play with the big boys, she can't have it both ways.
Hillary's negatives are almost as high as Trump's are, but no one ever comments on that!
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posted on
04/06/2016 12:39:44 PM PDT
by
fortheDeclaration
(Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
To: The Continental Op
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posted on
04/06/2016 12:40:19 PM PDT
by
fortheDeclaration
(Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
To: Nickname
You mean he actually speaks his mind and is honest!
Everyone rails against the PC censorship but when a guy does speak honestly he is attacked for it.
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posted on
04/06/2016 12:41:47 PM PDT
by
fortheDeclaration
(Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
To: TexasCajun
Cruz is about stealing delegates, not winning them.
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posted on
04/06/2016 12:42:18 PM PDT
by
fortheDeclaration
(Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
To: austingirl
No, the GOP needs to go if it rejects Trump, it is a useless Party that won’t even stand up to Obama.
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posted on
04/06/2016 12:43:39 PM PDT
by
fortheDeclaration
(Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
To: fortheDeclaration
Voters are so 2012. They’re beyond that now.
To: fortheDeclaration
No, I meant exactly what I wrote, and you don’t need to be a jackass to be politically incorrect.
To: austingirl
Were in trouble no matter what. Trump nor Cruz can beat Hillary. Too many women voters they’ll never get. If the Republicans nominate Ryan or Perry someone who can actually beat Hillary the base will throw a tantrum. It’s a no win.
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posted on
04/06/2016 12:59:09 PM PDT
by
Blackirish
("Political correctness is fascism pretending to be manners." - George Carlin)
To: Nickname
And part of the brain washing of the PC group think is parsing every word to see if it meets the PC standard.
Trump is the only one who actually says what needs to be said.
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posted on
04/06/2016 1:15:26 PM PDT
by
fortheDeclaration
(Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
To: VanDeKoik
Do you think maybe Jeb and Graham are supporting Cruz over Trump because of Trump’s relentless insults and/or harassment of them? I’ll be happy for Cruz to take any support he can get if he doesn’t have to change his positions, which he hasn’t.
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posted on
04/06/2016 1:16:50 PM PDT
by
JediJones
(The younger presidential candidate has won the popular vote since '92. Vote younger. Vote Cruz. Win.)
To: fortheDeclaration
Cruz is about stealing delegates, not winning them. Explain that to me pls.
It is the STATES that determine how long their delegates are bound or not bound.
Playing by the rules it not cheating.
Trump has no ground game and is laying off campaign staff.
Will not Trump be trying to steal Cruz delegates if no winner on the 1st Convention ballot?
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