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To: nralife
Lowering the asserted bar before jerking the rug out from under.

Having enough to unquestionably WIN on the first ballot is the only way to stop the GOPe shenanigans.

2 posted on 04/13/2016 7:03:21 AM PDT by null and void ("when authority began inspiring contempt, it had stopped being authority" ~ H. Beam Piper)
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To: null and void
I think his speculation amounts to Trump being able to get 1237 votes on the first ballot, with a combination of 1100 delegated bound by state part rules, and the remainder made of delegates who are not bound to a candidate by state rules.

The unbound delegates are NOT part of the delegate counting that preoccupies the press.

7 posted on 04/13/2016 7:11:03 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: null and void
Lowering the asserted bar before jerking the rug out from under. Having enough to unquestionably WIN on the first ballot is the only way to stop the GOPe shenanigans.

Absolutely right that GOPe insiders controlling the out come is bad.

All of the folderol leading up to the convention the delegates will force the delegates to go with the Trump if he is really close to 1237 (within 100?? is that close?) otherwise risk losing the election and destroying the party.

Even people playing checkers can see when they about ready to lose in two turns

In a week or two the Cruz people will go through the same lull Trump has for these two weeks but he doesn't have enough ump-hf to last.

It is becoming obvious that Cruz won't win the general this will hopefully set into the zeitgeist

Problems remain unsolved until addressed honestly. Remember Donald Trump has done more to kill Political Correctness and foster an honest dialogue about the real issues facing normal Americans than probably anyone in the last 40 years

23 posted on 04/13/2016 7:21:44 AM PDT by datricker (Its morning again in America! Don't let the putznuggets steal your future. Vote Trump)
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To: null and void

What’s going on is the GOP is taking a beating over the Cruz’s delegate machinations and Colorado’s disenfranchisement of GOP voters.

It looks like Trump is getting a big rebound off these party machinations and the GOP has already pushed too far trying to thwart Trump.

They’re probably getting creamed in focus groups despite the media’s complicity in pushing the meme “It’s all by the rules”.


24 posted on 04/13/2016 7:23:58 AM PDT by Fhios (Going Donald Trump is as close to going John Galt as we'll get.)
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To: null and void

>> Having enough to unquestionably WIN on the first ballot is the only way

That is correct.

Trump’s goose is pretty well cooked if he doesn’t win on the first ballot. And rightfully so.


45 posted on 04/13/2016 7:38:52 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (There is no "allah" but satan, and mohammed was his demon-possessed tool.)
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To: null and void

Having enough to unquestionably WIN on the first ballot is the only way to stop Cruz.

(Fixed that for you.)


86 posted on 04/13/2016 8:31:21 AM PDT by Norseman (Defund the Left....completely!)
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To: null and void

I agree wholeheartedly. Lucy with the football.


119 posted on 04/13/2016 9:22:16 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Obama giving away the internet: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3407691/posts)
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