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Trump prepared to cede Wyoming delegate contest
The Record ^ | April 15, 2016 | Ben Neary, The Associated Press

Posted on 04/15/2016 2:57:16 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Donald Trump's presidential campaign has all but thrown in the towel in Wyoming ahead of Saturday's Republican convention.

The billionaire businessman's campaign made a conscious decision not to commit resources to Wyoming, according to Alan Cobb, a senior Trump adviser.

Trump picked only up a single delegate in last month's Wyoming county conventions while Cruz scored nine. There are 14 more delegates at stake at this weekend's state convention. In a telephone interview with The Associated Press from the convention site in Casper, Wyoming, Cobb said Friday that he expects Trump's rival Ted Cruz to sweep what remains of the 29 delegates up for grabs in the Wyoming convention....

(Excerpt) Read more at northjersey.com ...


TOPICS: Wyoming; Campaign News; Parties; State and Local
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To: faithhopecharity

I dont think so.

Trump has literally been running a ‘fly by’ campaign in hangers, because he can.

I think having Cruz on the team in the fall (as VP) is important to keep the conservative wing active AND have the ground game. I also think we need to give Kasich a role too ( even though I find positions on social issues and immigration disturbing.)

Kasich can help with ohio.

My real fear is that we go down in flames with Cruz/Carly or Trump/Carson or even Trump/Kasich (although Kasich says he will not be Trump’s vp)


61 posted on 04/15/2016 3:51:14 PM PDT by fooman (#NeverHillary Get real with Kin Jung mentally Ill about proliferation)
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To: McCarthysGhost
...and it's just not Cruz that has screws loose, listen to Preibus, and the RNC and ‘we decide who we are putting in as President, not the voters’ WHAT???? Did the Constitution of the United States get destroyed in three days? Did America get bombed and wiped off the map in the last week?

Are we going to sit back and let this New World Order, Bushes/Clintons and others take over this Country? I'm NOT, I don't know about anyone else!!!

62 posted on 04/15/2016 3:54:25 PM PDT by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump; Trump; Trump; Trump; 100%)
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To: fooman

Understood. I would only suggest that Dr. Carson does have a lot of respect .. and COULD be a good VP candidate...adding quite a bit of strength to the ticket....

just from what I hear people saying is all...
no “scientific poll” behind this that I know of

anyway, I would not discount Dr. Carson from consideration... we will see who they choose, it could be someone nobody’s thinking of. possibly ??? a movie or sports star, or Gingrich, or ???? just wild guesses those...


63 posted on 04/15/2016 3:54:58 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 -- 43 BCE))
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To: Red Steel

Trump is pathological with his lying and, thus, is not even aware how big his lies are. He’s again today lying with impunity about Cruz, saying Cruz’s “New York values” comment was made with “anger, hatred”, which is absurd. I saw the comments live, and there was zero “anger” or “hatred” to them.

Trump is just doing what Trump does, which is to demonize, mis-characterize, and marginalize opponents, in an attempt to rile up his base, and run up his opponent’s unfavorable ratings. Pretty much right out of the democrat play book.


64 posted on 04/15/2016 3:55:09 PM PDT by mtrott
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To: faithhopecharity

“i dont understand how any serious candidate can ‘throw away’ or ignore potential delegates”

Trump doesn’t think he should have to deign to fly out there to WY and make an appeal to the people in WY. They should just realize how terrible a person Cruz is, and how magnificent Trump is./s


65 posted on 04/15/2016 3:57:36 PM PDT by mtrott
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Both Colorado and Wyoming were in my Trump calcs and he still gets to 1237!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3418545/posts?page=35#35

66 posted on 04/15/2016 3:57:40 PM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEAL out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: JewishRighter
hasn’t been over for Cruz since mid-March. On the contrary, he cobbled together enough delegates to eat significantly into Trump’s lead and to significantly reduce Trump’s chances of making it to 1237.

Honest analysis? Cruz is not going to come anywhere near Trump in delegates. Cruz will still be mired in the 500s and ~400 delegates behind Trump by the end of the month. I've ran the numbers using computer spreadsheets Trump makes it to 1,237 fairly easy. The anti-Trump press and Cruzers assumptions about Trump falling short are was overly optimistic. Trump is going to win this thing on the first ballot.

What do you think happens if Trump gets to the convention with 1,050 or 1,100 delegates and Cruz has 800+ delegates?

Not going to happen. Trump will have around 950 delegates by April 26, and well over 1,237 by June 7th, and Cruz will still be mired in the 500s by the end of April.

67 posted on 04/15/2016 3:59:25 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
It should read:

Both Colorado and Wyoming were NOT in my Trump calcs and he is still gets to 1237!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3418545/posts?page=35#35

68 posted on 04/15/2016 4:00:27 PM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEAL out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: HarleyLady27

After the voting is done in June, Trump and Cruz can immediately shut down the establishment.

If trump will meet with Megan Kelly, he will meet with Cruz.

But Cruz will have to get over his hard feelings without showing to0 much negotiating ‘weakness’ to Trump.


69 posted on 04/15/2016 4:02:51 PM PDT by fooman (#NeverHillary Get real with Kin Jung mentally Ill about proliferation)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Interesting nugget about "Cruz's support" in WY. They're for legalization just like Cruz is !


70 posted on 04/15/2016 4:03:19 PM PDT by moehoward
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To: mtrott

yes,
and EVEN IF every Wyomingian believed that.....

it is still INSULTING to them that DT would not deign to visit them or at least send a good representative

how many delegates and eventual votes can he, or any candidate...afford to just throw away (without any need whatsoever of doing so)?...that’s the question


71 posted on 04/15/2016 4:03:34 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 -- 43 BCE))
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To: mtrott
Some corrections here...

"Cruz Trump is pathological with his lying and, thus, is not even aware how big his lies are. He’s again today lying with impunity about Cruz Trump. "

72 posted on 04/15/2016 4:05:40 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: fooman

Cruz is nothing but TRASH and needs to get out of politics period, he is nothing but a LIE and so is his whole family...the Bushes/Clintons/George Soros/Beck/Mormons might want him, but the people of America that is trying to protect America want NOTHING to do with the slithering, lying trash!!!


73 posted on 04/15/2016 4:05:43 PM PDT by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump; Trump; Trump; Trump; 100%)
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To: faithhopecharity

good point.

It sends a message to Oregon, Washington, Nebraska and Montana.


74 posted on 04/15/2016 4:05:55 PM PDT by fooman (#NeverHillary Get real with Kin Jung mentally Ill about proliferation)
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To: Defiant

Do you ever ask the daily, seemingly almost hourly pro-Trump posters about their posts? If you don’t want to read the posts by particular people, don’t click on the link.


75 posted on 04/15/2016 4:06:02 PM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: ripnbang

With Montana?


76 posted on 04/15/2016 4:06:10 PM PDT by Defiant (The Shills are alive, with the sound of Cruz-ick....)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

DOH! That’s WI not WY.


77 posted on 04/15/2016 4:06:23 PM PDT by moehoward
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To: Cboldt

That’s about 200-250? Don’t think Cruz is going to get that in the remaining states.


78 posted on 04/15/2016 4:11:28 PM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject)
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To: Trump20162020
Cruz is going to be eliminated on April 26.

I keep hearing this and yet Trump's lead keeps eroding. 34 in Colorado, 29 Wyoming, picking up Rubio delegates, getting delegates in Louisiana, working to get opposition delegates that will support him on the second ballot. Ted is not going away.

79 posted on 04/15/2016 4:12:41 PM PDT by Starstruck (I'm usually sarcastic. Deal with it.)
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To: faithhopecharity

There’s nothing wrong. He knows he wasn’t going to get them, so why spend the money and time he could be pouring into delegate rich areas. It’s like the national election. No one campaigns (for good or bad) in small electoral vote states as much as they do in large electoral vote states. Especially ones where the GOP machine has a lock on it. Sort of like Ted begging off New York. He knows it’s not going to happen so don’t waste the resources.


80 posted on 04/15/2016 4:14:03 PM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject)
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