Posted on 04/15/2016 10:26:25 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo
CASPER, Wyo. — On Saturday morning, while his two rivals for the Republican nomination stay back east, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, will fly to this city to address the state GOP convention. The potential prize: Fourteen delegates to the national convention in Cleveland. The competition: Hard to find.
On Friday, with no explanation to either party officials or media, Donald Trump's campaign announced that Sarah Palin would cancel her scheduled speech here. Additionally, while Republicans gathered for a barbecue and fried chicken dinner, the campaign of Gov. John Kasich, R-Ohio, was invisible, and the Trump campaign was clearly outmatched.
The story can be simply told in the leaflets that the campaigns are issuing to the 64 people campaigning to become delegates. Trump, who performed weakly at the county conventions in March, has no explicit slate. At a table near the main hall, where pro-Trump candidate Cat Morningstar has provided her own essay about why she should go to Cleveland, Trump's campaign has provided the email of the "Wyoming team," and nothing else.
"We know how Wyoming is going to go," Trump senior adviser Paul Manafort conceded in an interview this week.
Cruz's campaign, by contrast, is buzzing with activity. His Wyoming delegate hunter Ed Buchanan could be seen busily setting up a hospitality suite — the only one of its kind, a contrast with the competition in North Dakota's convention two weeks ago. At every dinner table, Cruz's campaign has provided a simple list of its preferred 14 delegates.
The most immediate competition for Cruz may not be Trump, but a campaign for a "Wyoming first" slate that would attend the convention unbound to any candidate.
But Cruz faced a similar situation in North Dakota, and got most of his preferred delegates elected. According to Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyoming, Cruz has rushed into a gap that might have otherwise been filled by the libertarian supporters of Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, and brought out the most sophisticated delegate-chasing operation Wyoming has yet seen.
Yes. Kim Jung Un, Castro and Putin are so jealous of the America primary. America yells “have fair elections” to those three while America cheats and destroys the process.
I bet your a big fan of everybody wins a trophy!
See my Post #20
It seems to me like Cruz should run political campaigns, like Karl Rove ... think he’s be really good at that.
I love that cat ... smile every time I see him.
Trump was never Ted's competition - it was always the voters he needed to beat.
Who expressed (faux) concerns? I simply posted an article
Depends on the allocation of the representation allocated per delegate for those who are representing as opposed to those who are only strawing multiplied by the superdelegate factor, minus the degradation factor times income produced per contrary neverdelegate donor. See?
Oh, is that where his big supporter Sarah is at, catching fish. Great.
Fish fry for everyone at Sarah's house.
She could not make Wyoming to Stump for the Chump tRump.
Heck yeah, do not be lazy like tRump and leave them behind just because you are too lazy to learn the rules.
Us poor people do not have stuff given to us on a silver platter like tRump does so everyone counts to win.
A few delegates falling off the platter here and there does not upset the Donald even if he was in it to win it.
What does it matter, it is rigged anyway.
Maybe he will bet 50% in his home State or his home town, possibly. That will look good going forward
Really. Boy you do pay attention to the details
I don't hold grudges on rich people.
You need to get over some issues.
I am looking forward to Palin in a Trump cabinet - Energy, Interior, EPA something like that.
Sounds like. Obama. Only spend time with his people and ignore everyone else.
Good now go buss up their tables. You are late for work
What grade are you in?
I thought WY voted months ago. I have had them off Trump’s board for 2 months. You mean, Trump can still get WY delegates? That’s really good news.
Yup. Just like Hawaii and Utah. Still whining?
This is another fixed race. Wyoming is DICK Cheney territory and will be about as on the level as Utah and the WWF. The media and Cruz fans will dance around the fire one more time before the curtain crashes down on Tuesday.
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