Posted on 04/22/2016 1:24:48 PM PDT by the_doc
I reluctantly agree.
I don’t trust Trump for a minute but if he gets that close and is inevitable ....
I trust Ted to do what is right for the country.
Not sure it is Trump but really sure it isn’t Hillary.
I don’t think anyone said we are “OK” with the establishment...
it seems the establishment is trying to become friends with Trump...They see the writing on the wall...
I think if there were just one more “Could Very Well” in the title it would be more effective.
People paying attention Trump changed on two (2) issues both of which he announced when he did and why; Abortion and guns. One was the birth of his own, the other was Islam. Both are game changers. Other then that please post his changed positions that have not been in his position statements.
Now as to flip flopping. here is Cruz on Amnesty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuGzdyt0xOc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CwVrfydjOI
I think there is a chance he gets to the convention with slightly less than 1237 bound delegates, but does sway enough of the unbound delegates to put him over the top on the first ballot. If he doesn’t get there on the first ballot, then it’ll be someone else.
It is a sure thing. it is sure Cruz will not win. Continuing this path will put Hillary in office if there is a contested convention. This is not a wild guess. Not a one of you believes Cruz has a path to winning the General. This is spite and self-destructive at that.
Something, fer sure.
What is going on is people are more concerned about America’s survival, jobs and national security then who pees in the bathroom. its called prioritizing. Smart people do this. They do not work hard to elect Hillary like the Cruz supporters are doing with their neverTrump agenda.
Nothing is more conservative then conserving America.
A bit more likely than Altura ever seeing reason, I suspect.
The only thing that matters is this: who can keep the Clinton woman from destroying America?
Totally disagree with that.
Really, Trump should drop out now. It is only vanity keeping him in the race. He doesn’t want to do president...he just wants to be president.
Ted Cruz has a much better chance of beating Hillary.
Not sure Trump has a chance even if Ted Cruz came on board.
Trump is (almost) universally despised.
Even if Trump goes into the convention with less than required to win the first ballot, there will still be no one with a better claim to having the support of the party’s voters.
You people annoy me. I have been casting my vote probably about the time you were born, and in my day, you did not vote at the age of 18. So don’t you tell me, I’m hypnotized. I have given a lot of thought to this presidential election as I always do, and I think that Donald Trump, the old guy, the successful guy outside the realm of politics, is about the best chance we have to turn things around, if they can be turned around.
Lets for argument sake say Trump is just under 1327 like you hope. And he knows this before the first vote. Do you think he cannot get enough of the unbound to help put him over on the first vote? Consider, he’s a billionaire with Manfort negotiating in his corner.
So a rational person would understand why if Trump is above 1100 going into the convention he wins with 100 percent probability. So once Trump gets around 250 more delegates hes it. No 2nd ballot. odds of him getting above 1100?
But the current behavior of Cruz and his supporters is fracturing the party helping Hillary. Its irrational behavior based on emotion not real world facts.
**Dear FReeper FRiends: The Convention balloting process will essentially amount to a completely necessary RUN-OFF election if Trump fails to achieve the magic number of 1237 votes on the first ballot.**
I doubt that there will be a second ballot or any kind of a run-off.
Give us your basis for how Cruz can beat Hillary with his horrible vote getting in the swing states and the fact hes got so much baggage the democrats can exploit with their billion dollar budget?
And please do not insult our intelligence with the BS polls.
We’ve already WON.
Who declared so????
“Seward had led Lincoln 173 1/2 to 102 on the first ballot—and he still lost the nomination to Lincoln as the best candidate in 1860 for POTUS.”
Just how did that work out? Real well didnt it? 5 years of killing and years and years of civil unrest. And Lincoln was not a popular president to boot. Matter of fact, if it were not for US Grant and his victorys, he might have lost re-election.
Lincoln only became popular after the defeat of the south.
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