Cruz will be mathematically eliminated in 6 days. NY shuts him out from attaining 1237 ... and his support will then tank.
No one will vote for the second place candidate when he has no chance to get to 1237.
If Cruz thinks gope delegates are going to vote him in he is delusional. If he succeeds in stopping trump on the first ballot, then he has paved the way for a gope victory and we won’t get a chance to reform the GOP again for a generation.
Rooting for the GOPe’s plan to come to fruition - and aided and abetted by many who have lost their way.
If there is a second ballot.
I guess the same headline though would hold for the first ballot too, right? Waste of print.
In reality, there won't be a second ballot. Renders this whole goofy article irrelevant, huh?
That will be a hollow victory after which Trump voters sit it out.
So, ask yourself this question: Will the GOP-E Pick Cruz to win?
Trump will have more than 1237 by time the convention starts, there won’t be a 2nd ballot to worry about.
All it will take is one little tweet from the RNC and all of Ted’s ‘pledged’ delegates will throw him out like yesterday’s trash. Enter Jeb Bush or whoever the RNC picks.
Mr. Trump better figure out how to run a legitimate campaign or he’s going to get his clock cleaned.
I agree with the article that Trump is very unlikely to win on the second ballot unless he starts courting the delegates.
Option 1: Win on the first ballot and make that issue irrelevant.
Option 2: Start courting his own delegates to keep them loyal, start courting unbound delegates (”stealing” them) to add to his lead for the first ballot and boost his numbers if it goes to a second ballot, and start courting Cruz/Kasich delegates (”stealing” them too) to take their support as soon as they are unbound.
If Trump makes the effort, he should have a huge advantage in courting delegates. That is normally done over elegant meals, and he owns some great restaurants. It is also sometimes done by bringing the delegates and their families to a resort for those discussions. Again, Trump owns some great resorts.
If Trump doesn’t bother courting his own delegates and others, he’s the one responsible if he loses. If Trump doesn’t want the nomination enough to try, I’m okay with nominating and electing Cruz instead. Cruz and Trump are both imperfect but they agree far more than 80% of the time (see my tagline from Ronald Reagan). They should be friends and allies, and we should treat both of them as such.
Since when is second place winning? When you’ve got a slick attorney?
Tagline, which is in contrast to your Freeper name, as in seeking truth.
3 seconds to say “Donald Trump”. Less than 1 minute into the interview, and 38 seconds of that was Hannity’s question.
Has there been any discussion of a Ballot #1 Trump victory based on:
1. Trump/Kasich Ticket. Kasich withdraws and delivers enough Ohio delegation votes to get to 1237.
2. Trump/Rubio Ticket. Rubio delivers.
Or a
3. Cruz Ballot #1 victory with Cruz/Kasich and SOS Rubio.
While the votes may not be there for #3 they are almost certainly available for #1 an #2.
And, if #1 or #2 is actually available and Trump is ready to push the button could we have:
4. Cruz withdraws and we have Trump/Cruz on the first ballot.
Ted Cruz has 28% of the primary vote right now. The only percentages lower than that by a winner were back before every state even had votes.
Cruz winning would be the ultimate pyrrhic victory. He'd inevitably lose in November, and never be relevant in presidential politics again, be in 2020, 2024, etc. Cruz would forever be that guy that overturned the will of the people and allowed Clinton into the White House.
won’t need to. Trump wins on the first ballot.
So much for Cruz wanting to unify the party.
And the globalist oligarchy whores in media continue to do their masters’ bidding in whipping fools into frenzies, so the divisive agenda stomps onward ...