Posted on 04/11/2016 1:16:33 PM PDT by SpaceBar
Calling the Colorado Republican Party’s decision not to hold a primary popular vote a scandal, talk-radio host Michael Savage declared Sen. Ted Cruz should disavow the move and call for a vote.
“What just happened in Colorado should, frankly, disqualify Cruz, who claims to be a constitutional conservative,” Savage told his listeners Monday.
Savage is a strong supporter of GOP front-runner Donald Trump, who has been a regular guest on “The Savage Nation.” (full article at link)
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Fine. May the next fascist move hit you a bit harder.
The GOP isn’t a government org.
Trump has exposed fake conservatives like Romney did. The same RINO crew is out backing Trump that backed Romney...Ann Coulter, Matt Drudge, Michael Savage, etc. The same people who ripped Newt Gingrich are ripping Ted Cruz.
As AllahPundit of Hotair observes:
The funniest part of this is when Trump says the rules in Colorado were changed to help “a guy like Cruz.” In reality the rules were changed to block guys like Cruz.
Colorado used to award its delegates via a caucus, but that backfired in 2012 when Rick Santorum upset Mitt Romney there. That’s how it tends to go with caucuses — unlike a statewide primary, they benefit well-organized candidates with a passionate grassroots following, both of which are hallmarks of Cruz’s campaign.
When the rules were altered last August, decoupling the caucus from the process of awarding delegates, it was done with the intent of preventing another victory by an outsider — not just Trump but Cruz, Rand Paul, Ben Carson, and so on. The hope, I’m sure, was that an establishment champion would emerge this year and would, by dint of his greater campaign resources and “insider” support,” be able to out-organize all of the insurgent candidates in electing delegates directly.
Trump’s not wrong, in other words, to believe that the system was “rigged,” but it was rigged to try to hurt Cruz as much as to hurt him.
So what happened? Cruz adapted and Trump didn’t. As the establishment candidates crumbled, Cruz got organized to target delegates at the state and district level while Trump glided on with his media-saturation campaign strategy. If Trump had been paying attention, he’d have brought Paul Manafort into the campaign the day after Colorado changed its rules, knowing that delegate-wrangling could end up playing a key role in claiming the nomination. He didn’t.
Which, says Ben Domenech, raises the question: If Trump can’t anticipate his opponents’ moves in a straightforward game like this, where the rules are written down and publicly available, how’s he going to do with foreign policy?
See here:
http://thefederalist.com/2016/04/11/make-donald-trumps-delegate-team-great-again/
Colorado has not held a presidential primary since 2004, after the state decide the parties had to pay for it. The idea that they made some big change this year in the way the delegates were selected is a lie that is being pushed by Trump supporters to argue that somehow Cruz and the party “stole” delegates from Trump.
“Did Rush really say that? I haven’t listened to him in ages.”
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2016/04/11/ted_cruz_isn_t_cheating_he_s_winning
Why are people dumb enough to vote for a crook-nose-pointed-nose-boogereating-sleaze-smarterthaneveryoneelseintheroom-idiot.
The ignorance on this is amazing. The colo gop set these rules loooooong ago. Cruz out hustled trumpy. Cruz out smarted trumpy. Cruz out dealy trumpy,and Cruz totally played by the rules, now trumpy and sycophants are crying like little girls. pitiful
Yes, it was announced. It was all over the media and the articles were posted here on FR.
No, it wasn’t a mystery to anyone, except apparently the incompetent Trump operation.
That's stupid. The 22% "bonus" thing is caused by states with different populations getting a fairer distribution of delegates so as not to favor one over the other. If Trump renounces the "bonus," the fair thing to do would be to move to a popular vote system. In which case, Trump wins by more than 2 million votes. Meanwhile, Cruz's only hope is not through the democratic process, but through stealing delegates by inserting his supporters as representatives of Donald Trump.
So which system do you prefer, Jewbacca?
Are you being sarcastic? Since when has CNN been a reliable source of unbiased campaign information? Even if it were, "beaking news" still should be verified with two independent sources.
Continuing to spread the lie after
1-CNN retracted the story and
2-Mrs. Carson corrected the Cruz people at one caucus
is a scam. About as dirty as they get.
So why not have, you know, an election? Let the people who have regular lives and don’t eat, breath and live politics have a say in who they vote for in November? Clearly the GOP elites who benefit from controlling government at all levels don’t want to take that chance, so they make rules to prevent it. Not that it will stop them from complaining about “voter apathy” if we don’t go out and vote for the selected insiders in November.
Others can do what they want, but I won’t play in a rigged game any more.
Trump has been winning and winning and winning so much, maybe he’s tired of winning?
Yeah Rush is sickening in his support for Cruz but cowardice being afraid do say it.
HOWEVER he is 100% correct that Trump fails to maintain proper state organizations. And Trump’s belief the party is going to provide him that in the general - good luck with that one.
That SOB! He needs to get back on the Oxycotin and taking “stag party” trips to the Dominican Republic with bottles of mislabeled viagra. He was better on the radio back then.
Trump could also have met with Colorado leaders whenever he chose but NO, he either didn't know or didn't think it would matter, as he erroneously thought he'd have cleared the hurdle by now!
Savage is a whiner of the first order, not to mention name caller a Day vocal supporter of Trump, so I totally disregard him.
Cruz didn't set Colorado rules, he merely got out there and hustled!
I want a president who’s smarter than everyone else in the room. Do you want a stupid President? One thing’s for sure, Cruz is smarter than everyone else running for President this time.
This is an insiders/establishment game. Obviously.
Cruz is filling that bill just fine.
Even Limbaugh said today he has no doubt they cancelled the vote because of Trump.
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