Trump just got BAD news, could COST him nomination(Allen West's blog)

Allen West's blog ^ | April 8, 2016 | Michelle Jesse

[tired&retired]

“I think it shows that Cruz is more prepared to run for president. He seems more prepared.”

History has proven that good “Community Organizers” can win elections but make terrible presidents.

[tired&retired]

“I see rules as applying to everyone. Including Trump.”

Similar rules got Obama elected. Bad rules need to be changed, especially when they change during the game.

[Campion]

The words “good character” and “Donald J Trump” don’t belong in the same sentence together.

[Campion]

For you Cruz at any cost supporters: What if you tick off Donald Trump so much that if he loses the nomination he runs 3rd party?

At least then we won't have to listen to you Trumpeters tell us how he's motivated by pure-as-the-driven-snow love of country.

Because at that point, everyone will see that Trump's real patriotic devotion is to Trump's ego, nothing else.

[Smokin' Joe]

There should be some form of carrot and stick that could “persuade” traitors in this delegate matter to reconsider their actions

"Carrot and stick"? Bribery or threats? I think that's illegal.

[Smokin' Joe]

Based on comments from two posters on this thread, I have learned that the GOPe thinks that this is all a game.

If you base your beliefs about what the GOPe thinks on the basis of two anonymous posters on the internet, I think I have an inkling of what your problem might be.

[exit82]

The fat lady hasn’t sung yet.

Trump is not out by a loooooong shot.

[AndyJackson]

I have a daughter who "feels the Bern" and somebody has to take on the responsibility of cancelling out her vote.

Why? If GOPe is going down in flames I would rather Bernie be President when the dims have the house and senate than Hillary. They won't get much past Bernie. They are not really socialists and he is not corrupt. It will be gridlock.

[Smokin' Joe]

What happens if through all of Cruz's craftiness Paul Ryan gets the nomination in a contested convention? It would mean that either Cruz was delusional or he was working for the GOPe all along.

Wouldn't that mean Trump was delusional as well?

[Cboldt]

LOL. Great movie, great ending.

[Cboldt]

-- You have to know the rules of the game your are playing. --

And you also have to know which rules aren't really rules, they are merely labeled such.

[Smokin' Joe]

Maybe but they're like a cult. It's like watching the Jim Jones crowd where they refuse to even hear anything against their precious Cruz. Scares the crap out of me.

Trump supporters look the same from this side of things. Especially considering this: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3396474/posts

"Family"? Really?

[PapaBear3625]

Sounds like the disorganized Trump let Cruz sweep up all the delegates

It helps that Cruz is benefiting from the GOP Establishment's support. Colorado was a GOPE referendum.

[Roses0508]

yes and he has hired the dreaded washington cartel he raved against for months... to help him work it even more efficiently!

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I’ve given this a little thought. Running for President is a mammoth project. It has millions of pieces, not just your message. I would talk to everyone who has ever run for President that would answer the phone or eat lunch with me. From thise conversations I would have a minumum list of people I needed to hire immediately and a list of some possible hires. I’d interview, vet and listen to possible campaign managers. Once I hired the top guys together we’d plot out an Gantt chart and decide who to hire next. With the next hires in place, you discuss and choose a plan. Make time lines and Gantt charts. Assign responsibilities and tasks. Determine what other personnel you are going to need and when. The pieces include messaging, finance, candidate qualification/rules. Voter identification. Volunteer recruitment.

This thing has millions of moving pieces. The people in charge of each of those pieces have to stay on track and still be adaptable enough to makes changes when required. You want to hire the best people and in this election cycle the candidates numbered in the double digits, all competing for those personnel.

Paul Manafort has been an advisor in some capacity to the campaigns of Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bob Dole and George W. Bush. He is just as much an insider as anyone Cruz has hired. Hiring the best, even if they worked for the competition makes sense. It does NOT mean you’ve adopted the ideas of your competition.

[Durbin]

I’ve been a member of this site for 5 years. You don’t need to know anything else about me. You perv.

[Chgogal]

Rules set up by the Uniparty/GOPe/ Bush Family. Voting has become nonessential for us peasants.

[Cboldt]

-- Voting has become nonessential for us peasants. --

That is correct, except perhaps for some local races. On the federal level, the point of giving the people the vote is to give the rulers a claim to legitimacy.

[ought-six]

I have the impression that maybe Trump is having second thoughts about this whole thing, and may now not even want to be president. I have the impression that he now wishes he never got into this in the first place. Didn’t he say a week or so ago, “Who needs this?” or “I don’t need this?”

Our main goal must be to keep the Dims from winning the general election. But the GOP needs to be serious about that, as well, and it must nominate someone who has a chance of winning. If that is Trump, then we need to put our full support behind him. If it is Cruz, ditto. However, if the GOP nominate the Mailman’s Son, it will once again — as in 1996, 2008, and 2012 — nominate someone who is just a placeholder for the Dims.

[Chgogal]

I want someone to run the Government like a business. I want someone who grows the private sector. I want some one who knows what “Best Business Practices” means. I want someone who will fire the lot of them. I want some one who is NOT beholden to the UNiparty/GOPe/Bush Family. THAT IS NOT CRZ!

[applpie]

smart guy. and what is surprising to me....for a guy EVERYONE hates, he sure is working hard to build relationships and i expect that to continue to happen if he becomes president.