Posted on 04/05/2016 10:15:46 AM PDT by kevcol
But even if an almost best-case scenario shakes out for Cruz, this is a suicide mission whether he realizes it or not. Because a brokered convention needs two — not just one — sacrificial lambs. Coming within 100-150 delegates of Trump will do a lot to convince any remaining delegates not that Cruz is the answer but that Trump really doesn't have any chance of getting enough Republican support to even remotely challenge Hillary Clinton in the general election.
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Ryan's chances of winning are a different discussion, as is the crucial decision of who would be his running mate. But in any case the current Speaker of the House stands a much better chance than Trump, who cannot beat Clinton, and Cruz, who cannot win the nomination.
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It is impossible for Paul Ryan to be the nominee if the delegates vote to retain rule 40.
Any nominee or winner of the convention must have won 8 states in the most recent primary season.
How many delegates do they have?
Based on what I’ve read running Ryan will be next to impossible.
yo no hablo paul boehner-ryan...
play games
lose 40% of the votes
shows how stupid the RINOS really are
trump has to play ball to get anything done
and he is smart
BORDER
VETS
JOBS
MUSLIMS
these issues resonate
WAKE UP RINOS
I’m hoping that Trump wins Ryan’s district today in WI, that would humiliate that little weasel.
Cruz is only doing the establishment’s dirty work for them. He knows it, and he also knows that he won’t be the nominee. I’m guessing that they’ve promised to pay off his campaign debt, and finance his re-election campaign in 2018.
And he will get zero votes...
Like his buddy Boehner, Ryan used the democrats to get the dirty deed done.
Plus, he hates veterans.
Rules are for little people.
And the delegates can make it completely impossible by agreeing to keep rule 40.
Ummm, Ryan ain't running.
Humor?
But it’s his turn!
Not a chance even the GoPe is not that dumb, they’d lose the house and senate.
Don’t believe this nonsense, they are fully aware of how invested in Trump and Cruz 80% of their base voters are.
ALthough they might try to install Cruz as a losing candidate(he can’t win the general), just to keep the status quo.
Vote accordingly.
The rule is that the new rules get written at the convention mostly by the new delegates.
That is the basic rule. It isn’t changing.
But if you like the old rules, then you must like rule 40.
If you want to keep rule 40, then the Trump and Cruz delegates can insure that no one walks out of that convention with the nomination except one of the two of them.
Trump can beat both Kasich and Cruz out of the running. Globalist. Corporatists. Overwhelming immigration. Give away Constitution with trade deals, NAU, U of America.
Cruz and Kasich Insiders.
Grab the policy geeks. He already has the streets. Talk Culture of Life over and over. Make sure no mother abandonded by father will end up impoverished.
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