Posted on 04/28/2016 8:35:24 AM PDT by mandaladon
Cruz and allies have five days to stop Trump
When Ted Cruz unveiled Carly Fiorina as his running mate on Wednesday, and when he struck that alliance/truce with John Kasich on Sunday night, they were from a position of weakness – not strength. The reason: If Cruz and the “Stop Trump” movement don’t win in Indiana on May 3, they’re done. It’s that simple. After Trump ran the table in Tuesday’s primaries, including getting at least 35 of the 54 Pennsylvania unbound delegates (and that number could go above 40), a win in Indiana – even by a single point – would put him on a glide path to 1,237 delegates. So those are the big stakes for next week’s primary in the Hoosier State. But you have to give the Cruz campaign credit: Given that must-win situation, they’re trying every trick in the book (early VP pick, alliance) to win. But when you throw that “Hail Mary” and the pass falls incomplete, the game is usually over.
How Trump can get shut out of Indiana but still get to 1,237
But here’s the thing: Even if Trump gets shut out in Indiana, he still has a viable path to 1,237. Trump is currently sitting at 991 delegates after Tuesday. Now consider the following contests:
Indiana: 0/57 Nebraska: 0/36 West Virginia: 34/34 Oregon: 14/28 Washington: 22/44 California: 120/172 Montana: 0/27 New Jersey: 51/51 New Mexico: 10/24 South Dakota: 0/29
So if you add up those numbers with Trump’s current delegate haul, you get 1,242 – five more delegates than the 1,237 he needs for a majority on the first ballot. Here’s the current delegate math:
Trump holds a 427-delegate lead over Cruz
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Difficult for me to ever see Cruz leaving the race. It’s kind of like he’s campaigning in an alternative universe.
It is cruel at this point to keep encouraging this farce.
No, MSNBC, he isnt going to “stop Trump”. He is OUT!
Purse dogs - all bark and no bite.
As it was, she nearly dragged his dead ass over the finish line.
Now that is funny!
I’ve kept myself amused all week with visions of Wiley Coyote and Roadrunner (Trump). Wiley (Kasich) on a mountain top with his Acme/TNT kit that goes haywire blowing coyote/Kasich fur all over while Roadrunner/Trump is scooting ahead on the roadway below just ahead of the blast. BEEP BEEP
Cruz next up with an Anvil on the unsuspecting Roadrunner below and tosses himself over with it and through the road below leaving the anvil/Cruz imprint. BEEP BEEP
Still working on Ryan, McConnell, Graham somehow tripping themselves into their pit full of tigers they’ve set up while Roadrunner/Trump skips right on over the pit singing “I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy” all the way home.
Probably not original but heck, this last week has just been too, too comical.
NRO?
Its been militantly anti-Trump since it unveiled its infamous anti-Trump issue last winter.
And its lost all credibility and influence.
Don’t be unhappy at being banned. #NeverTrumpers are never going to admit he’s a formidable candidate.
NRO chose... poorly.
Exactly, and because you did not join their group think (something all people are capable of succumbing to) they retaliated against you. Even though I support Trump I hope to never become that lost in my thinking and can be objective even in my support like you are bjective with your pro Cruz feelings.
Trump will break 50% in CA.
I mean he’s on a track to win big in all the pro-Trump states remaining... he’s guaranteed to sweep IN, WVA, NJ and CA. And he’ll possibly take NM.
Cruz is only wasting time remaining in a race where he has zero chance of getting the nomination.
I don’t understand him. Other candidates dropped out when they saw they had no path going forward.
Time for him to do the right thing come Tuesday.
These losers should not want to keep either of their mis-shapen faces.
Like a bird that has been microwaved by a high power radar and just hasn’t hit the ground yet.
Is Carly gonna start with the HP jobs she outsourced?
Gad this ticket isn’t gonna’ play well in California with its many ex-HP employees
if the dynamic duo makes it that far
ah, “blame the chick”
interesting...
“I can find NO other plausible or Logical reason to pick her, unless he plans on Offshoring His Campaign.”
Offshoring his campaign. Bwahahahahahaha. I love it.
This is no Hail Mary. You can still win the game with a Hail Mary.
This game is over. The crowd has left. The janitors are sweeping up. Yet Ted Cruz remains on the court, shootin' rings.
Even better analogy!
This isn’t even a hail mary. It’s an onsides kick and they’re 3 scores down with 10 seconds left in the game.
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