Posted on 04/06/2016 11:02:36 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
“[Donald] Trump’s second-place finish to Sen. Ted Cruz (Tex.) in Tuesday’s Wisconsin Republican primary may represent no ordinary setback,” write the Washington Post’s Karen Tumulty, Jose A. DelReal and Robert Costa. “It appears to be a pivot point—although it has yet to be seen whether the trajectory from here points downward or upward.”
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The last time he faced the prospect of venturing into hostile territory—when his rally in Chicago was overrun by left-wing disruptors—he ended up bugging out. If he fails to secure a majority of delegates, perhaps rather than endure defeat in Cleveland he will find a way to withdraw ungraciously before the convention.
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It's not stupidity. It's a child like mental defectiveness.
You seem to think winning a skirmish is winning the war. Go ahead and celebrate Wisconsin. There won't be many more to celebrate.
“The last time he faced the prospect of venturing into hostile territory—when his rally in Chicago was overrun by left-wing disruptors—he ended up bugging out. “
what a POS. Trump took the advice of the police and secret service on this to avoid anyone being injured by thousands of people dedicated to making a violent protest
This is definitely not my field of expertise so I may have a dumb question here...
Why is it assumed that if Trump doesn’t reach the magic number on the first ballot, he can’t be nominated?
Is there some reason the delegates would, on a second ballot, abandon the candidate who has (as in all likelihood he will) the greatest number of popular votes?
“We the people will either revolt or be prepared to get on the trains.”
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If Trump can’t get to 1,237, then the only option might be 3rd party, which will put everything at risk, House, Senate, Presidency. It may be coming to that!
Will Trump resign?
Indeed. But they've always been the Chamber of Commerce type republicans; cheap labor and easy money.
My understanding is that if a candidate quits or suspends his campaign, the delegates are cut loose, so they would be unbound for the first ballot. Rubio is challenging that this time around by requesting each state to keep his delegates bound. I think if he later comes out and endorses Cruz or Trump and encouraged his delegates to honor his endorsement, many would likely follow suit. But, I don’t believe it’s required. Kasich or Rubio might end up being the kingmaker!
It’s hard to believe that it was less than a year ago when Cruz met with Trump in NY, at Cruz’s request. It was portrayed at the time, as a meeting of two like-minded patriots planning on how to avoid having the election stolen from the establishment.
We now know it was a totally self-serving move on the part of Cruz to reach a truce with Trump so he could ride Trump’s populist surge until Trump ‘self-destructed’. Only thing was, Trump didn’t self destruct and Cruz was forced to reveal his true agenda sooner rather than later. The mask of the Conservative outsider was always going to come off eventually, just like it did with Ryan, Rubio, Gowdy, and a slew of others.
On a side note, it’s hard to believe that as recently as a year ago, Mark Levin frequently talked on his show about how the grassroots need to take back the GOP from the establishment, and rally around one candidate in order to do that. Now we have a battle between outsider Trump and insider Cruz over whether the oligarchy will remain in control, and of course he’s all in for Cruz. What a loser.
We used to joke about how the Soviet Union elections were fake.
Now it has become readily apparent that our process was just as fake. However our methods for hiding the corruption are far more sophisticated than were the Soviet Union’s.
We too have two feaux faces on the one uniparty, packed with blinded acolytes at both ends of the spectrum...
Good question
First place is right next to first loser.
The scuttlebutt is - and has been - that Trump is an outsider. Not part of the GOP-e. And as such, there will be back room deals and dirty tricks played to keep Trump from being the nominee. Even IF he reaches that 1,237 number.
Step back and think a moment.
Candidate A has the majority of delegates, but not the required amount to win. Candidate B and C do not have enough to be even close.
So the party will nominate candidate Z, who didn’t run, and has no voter support, because the party doesn’t like A, B, or C.
What do you think a voter will do after seeing all of their choices dropped by a party? If the GOP wants to commit suicide, keep it up
“Trump is no sell-out; he’ll have no choice but to drop-out”
LOL
he has no advisers
No morons. Moron heads exploding.
Why? Because at this juncture I support anyone but Trump.
After the convention - I will vote for anyone but Hillary.
Let me see if I understand.
Hillary loses to Sanders by 13.4 % and all is well. Sanders gets 56% of the vote.
Trump loses to Cruz by 13.1% and Trump is finished. Cruz gets 48% of the vote.
Does that about summarize it?
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