Posted on 03/02/2016 1:12:32 AM PST by dschapin
Peak Trump!
Trump-Cruz 2016!
Trump gave the suburbs of DC to Rubio.
Virginia has more bigger & more diversity of GOP voters than Alaska. Trump still broke 1/3.
I’m pretty sure the drunks and drug addicts are with Bernie.
bttt ignore the vdk loser
One of the factors that I’ve seen thrown around tonight regarding Trump’s losses in Texas, Oklahoma, and Alaska, is that all three states are big oil states which figures in Cruz’s favor. I don’t know how true this is, but it’s one theory.
Also saw someone make the point that Oklahoma and Texas were closed primaries, and the states in which Trump won were open. I’m not sure if that’s even factually correct or whether it’s relevant, but there might be some correlation.
Generally speaking, Trump seems to do better in primary states and worse in caucus states, with Nevada so far being the only caucus that he’s won.
Delegate math tells the story:
Trump has 285 delegates, Cruz has 161, Rubio has 87, Kasich 25 and Carson 8.
Trump has an overwhelming lead and its going to be very difficult for the others to catch up to him now that Super Tuesday is over.
Its going to get even wider once states start awarding winner-take-all delegates after March 15.
Maybe he needs a Westerner and a Conservative as running mate to balance the ticket?
I can’t find a single Cruz supporter who will even attempt to tell me how Cruz gets the 1237 delegates to be nominated. So they are rooting for a brokered convention which is a victory for the GOPe and will maintain the status quo.
Loser?
For pointing out the absurdity of his OP?
How dare I! Revel in goofy theories with no basis in logic if it makes you feel better then.
God bless Texas.
And thanks for Alaska Sarah Palin, your paid for endorsement of the Flim Flamm Man made your state a gift for Ted.
“A gift for Ted”?
You deluded oaf, Trump and Cruz essentially split Alaska’s delegates.
Just like teddy gifted Trump a whole bunch of Texas delegates because teddy was woefully unable to clear 50% + 1 in his own home state. Fail.
And yet another Cruz person looking down their nose on voters that had the nerve to not fall at the feet of Ted...
More like a concerned friend or relative attempting to prevent someone they care about from going over the edge, bringing many others with them in the process. Like taking the car keys away from a drunk friend or relative.
I can understand how Trump lost Minnesota. It’s all those liberals who live in Minnesota along with the full support of that rag Star Tribune.
Those are the hopelessly stupid.
Wrong. Trump led in polling for weeks in OK.
LOL, thanks for the morning laugh!
Sounds like you’re projecting those ‘weaknesses’ from your boy Cruz on to the winning candidate.
Consider this: Cruz won his home state of Texas with 44 percent of the vote. That isn’t as wonderful as you might think because it translates into *53* percent of the votes going AGAINST Cruz.
You want a weakness? There it is in spades.
Want more? In Oklahoma, Cruz won with 34 percent of the vote, equating to *66* percent of the vote going AGAINST him. That is weak son, weak.
Now if Cruz can only pull 44 percent of the vote in his home state, and 34 percent in his neighboring state, that doesn’t bode well if he WERE to be facing Hillary Clinton in the general election because there will be no other significant candidates in the mix and Cruz can’t be certain that the voters won’t break for Hillary. Take South Carolina, Cruz couldn’t even carry one county, but Hillary beat Bernie Sanders there like a red headed stepchild.
Tell us more about ‘regional candidates’ pal.
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//// I did some digging and found this from 2006:
"Did Muslim Vote In Virginia Swing Senate Control"
'The Detroit Free Press reports Muslims played a critical role in the November midterm elections.
Imam Mahdy Bray, Speaking at a Muslim American Society and Islamic Circle of North America convention in Dearborn, highlighted the effective effort to turn out Muslim voters in Virginia:
The effort was so organized that Muslim taxi drivers in northern Virginia took the day off to ferry Muslims to the polls, said Imam Mahdy Bray, a speaker at the convention. Volunteers also made phone calls to Muslims in Virginia to urge them to vote, he said.
As a result, Democrat James Webb ousted incumbent Republican George Allen by about 9,000 votes in a race in which 50,000 Muslims went to the polls -- 47,000 of them voting for Webb, Bray said.rol?(Nov 2006)
'The Detroit Free Press reports Muslims played a critical role in the November midterm elections.
Imam Mahdy Bray, Speaking at a Muslim American Society and Islamic Circle of North America convention in Dearborn, highlighted the effective effort to turn out Muslim voters in Virginia:
The effort was so organized that Muslim taxi drivers in northern Virginia took the day off to ferry Muslims to the polls, said Imam Mahdy Bray, a speaker at the convention. Volunteers also made phone calls to Muslims in Virginia to urge them to vote, he said.
As a result, Democrat James Webb ousted incumbent Republican George Allen by about 9,000 votes in a race in which 50,000 Muslims went to the polls -- 47,000 of them voting for Webb, Bray said.
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For my money Senator Allen gets all the credit for running a losing campaign. Nevertheless, if 96 percent of Muslims are going to vote Democratic, that would make them a more reliable Democratic constituency than African Americans. Democrats consistently receive about 90 percent of African American votes.
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