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morningfog

(18,115 posts)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 09:29 AM Apr 2016

Unprecedented: after tonight it is likely that Cruz and Kasich are no longer mathematically viable

Yet they will continue through to the convention. It's quite something. There will be only one candidate with a viable path and two candidates with no viable path running defense through the remaining states. The two non-viables have even formed an alliance, working together to block and corral delegates from trump.

It's simple amazing and a delight to watch.

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Unprecedented: after tonight it is likely that Cruz and Kasich are no longer mathematically viable (Original Post) morningfog Apr 2016 OP
And the Republican party has no one but itself to blame. trotsky Apr 2016 #1
Their mercuryblues Apr 2016 #2
It must be the Self-Destruction button that they play with. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2016 #3
Their alliance is already falling apart. Their supporters really don't like each other. FSogol Apr 2016 #4
They are trying to stop Hillary Skink Apr 2016 #5

trotsky

(49,533 posts)
1. And the Republican party has no one but itself to blame.
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 09:32 AM
Apr 2016

Thank goodness they're destroying themselves instead of the country.

mercuryblues

(14,532 posts)
2. Their
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 09:46 AM
Apr 2016

strategy is not to win, but to keep Trump from winning outright. This way it will end up with a contested convention. Many states are stacking the delegate system with Cruz supporters so when it comes to the 2nd round of voting (where the delegates are free to vote for who they want), they will all vote for Cruz. Their convention is going to be ugly.

Missouri’s presidential primary is over, but don’t tell that to Coby Cullins, a Springfield businessman who is on the front lines of a second, less visible contest in the Show-Me State: one aimed at denying GOP front-runner Donald Trump the nomination.Cullins is a supporter of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, and he’s quietly working to elect as many fervent Cruz delegates from southwest Missouri as possible. He hopes those delegates will go on to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland and help Cruz win a contested nomination fight in July.The first showdown will come Saturday at the Springfield Expo Center, where the Greene County Republican Party will host a caucus to elect 91 delegates and 91 alternates to Missouri’s congressional and state conventions later this spring.Ahead of Saturday’s meeting, Cullins has been vetting potential delegates to assemble a “pure Cruz slate.” He is hoping it will beat out any other slates, including delegates put forward by Trump supporters or by the Greene County Republican Party.“We want to get folks who truly support Cruz at heart to be those delegates, so when the second round (of voting at the convention) comes around, we can get the nomination for Sen. Cruz,”

http://myinforms.com/en-us/a/29788681-local-cruz-supporters-look-to-stack-delegate-deck-at-gop-caucus/

FSogol

(45,488 posts)
4. Their alliance is already falling apart. Their supporters really don't like each other.
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 09:55 AM
Apr 2016

Plus, Kasich was a fool to buy into "don't campaign in Indiana" (a neighboring state to his home).
He's a pretty inept politician if he can get trolled so easily by Cruz.

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