Sen. Ted Cruz Makes It Official

[n david]

Another loss for Trump.

Cruz wins majority of delegates in North Dakota today. Cruz won 18 of 28 available delegates. These 28 will choose 2 among themselves to be on the RNC rules committee.

https://www.conservativereview.com/c...kota-delegates

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by n david

Another loss for Trump.

Cruz wins majority of delegates in North Dakota today. Cruz won 18 of 28 available delegates. These 28 will choose 2 among themselves to be on the RNC rules committee.

https://www.conservativereview.com/c...kota-delegates

Only one of the 25 delegates selected Sunday has publicly signaled he might back Trump.

“This is a catastrophic outcome for the Trump campaign in North Dakota,” said Jason Miller, a senior adviser to Cruz. "Just when you thought the Donald’s horrible, very bad, no good week couldn’t get any worse, it just did.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/0...#ixzz44pAoqhCY

[Jason B]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

Only one of the 25 delegates selected Sunday has publicly signaled he might back Trump.

"This is a catastrophic outcome for the Trump campaign in North Dakota," said Jason Miller, a senior adviser to Cruz. "Just when you thought the Donald's horrible, very bad, no good week couldn't get any worse, it just did."

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/0...#ixzz44pAoqhCY

Did the people vote? How are these delegates awarded to Cruz? Is the North Dakota process different?

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by Jason Badejo

Did the people vote? How are these delegates awarded to Cruz? Is the North Dakota process different?

The delegates apply (105) and the voting attendees at the ND Republican convention select the delegates. Keep in mind that they are unbound, but they didn't pledge to support Trump.

On a side note:

Ted Cruz was endorsed by Scott Walker (which you already knew) and 50 Wisconsin faith leaders:

Julaine Appling, president, Wisconsin Family Action

Jeanette Bantamoi, ministry leader

Pastor James Booker, Full Gospel Church

Associate Pastor Joel Bosacki, Living Hope Church

C. Patrick Boyer, president, Leap of Faith Group

Reverend Corey A. Brookins, Berea Baptist Church

Tom Coulter, ministry leader

Pastor Andrew Doll, Bible Baptist Church

Elisabeth Dubois, VP, Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage, Celebration Church

Pastor Lathan Duncan

Pastor Thomas Ebert, Shalom Baptist Church

Pastor Daniel J. Fiedler, Shawano Christian Center, Inc.

Deacon Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, Living Hope Church

Pastor Stephen Gorton, Bible Baptist Church

Heather Grambsch, life group leader, Celebration Church

Pastor Timothy Hallett, Birch St. Baptist Church

Tim Harmann, ministry leader

Lisa Harmann, ministry leader

Pastor Randall Hoffman, Harbor Lights Baptist Church

Senior Pastor Paul Hoover, Souls Harbor Baptist Church

Ronald Jung, headmaster, Providence Academy

Pastor Chris Juvinall, Wausau Bible Church

James Kocian, associate pastor and worship leader, Living Hope Church

Pastor Ken Kramer, Calvary Baptist Church

Senior Pastor Randall Lassila, Lighthouse Assembly of God

Senior Pastor Michael D. LeClaire, Living Hope Church

Michael LeMay, general manager, Q90 FM Radio

David Lingle, director of church relations, Wisconsin Family Council

Pastor Tom Loggans, Greendale Baptist Church

Pastor Robert Love, Waupun Baptist Church

Reverend Matthew Mallek, Refuge Church

Pastor Tim and Janice Mandich, Able Church

Pastor Curtis McMiller, Foundation Biblical Baptist Church

Pastor David Moore, Keystone Baptist Church

Elder Craig O Connor, Living Hope Church

Pastor Peter Ostrander

Gary Pusick, life group leader, Celebration Church

Pastor Daniel Reehoff, Dayspring Baptist Church

Senior Pastor Brian Richard, Grace Baptist Church

Pastor Richard Rogers, Calvary Baptist Church

Senior Pastor Rodney Schuler, Calvary Baptist Church

Pastor James Schumacher, Apostolic Faith Church

Brian Sikma, Media Trackers, former evangelist

Pastor Kelvin Swanson, Berean Baptist Church

Aaron Thiel, Christian author

Amanda Thompson, grassroots leader for Salt and Light Committee, Celebration Church

Joseph Thompson, life group leader, Celebration Church

Assistant Pastor Stephen Van Gelderen, Falls Baptist Church

Rebecca Wilkinson, ministry leader

Jennifer Zyzo, homeschool leader

[Originalist]

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016...s-last-hurrah/

Ted is finished.

[Carl]

Quite a list. Some UPC pastors and a former Green Bay Packer too.

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by Originalist

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016...s-last-hurrah/

Ted is finished.

Ted Cruz doesn't need 86% to win the nomination. He only needs 34-47% to stop Donald from getting 1237.

The Republican Establishment can only dream about getting to Cleveland and stopping both Trump and Cruz. Cruz is the only person who is able to stop Trump. And while Trump is imploding, making him easier to stop, it also makes it harder to stop Ted Cruz.

[n david]

More good news for Cruz / Trump is toast: """Sen. Ted Cruz is out-hustling Donald Trump and looks set to ensure many Arizona delegates will defect to him in a convention floor fight."""

""'Cruz, out of all the campaigns, has the most folks on the ground and has been the most organized," Michael Noble, a Republican consultant in Arizona who is neutral, told the Washington Examiner on Friday.

"Trump has no real organization in Arizona," added GOP strategist Sean Noble (no relation) in an email exchange. "Cruz will get most/all Arizona delegates on second ballot."""

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/cr...rticle/2587556

While Trump may be a success in the business world, he's completely blown his chance to win the nomination outright, and now appears to be completely unprepared, unorganized and losing the ground game he badly needs to win a contested convention.

[n david]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

Ted Cruz doesn't need 86% to win the nomination. He only needs 34-47% to stop Donald from getting 1237.

The Republican Establishment can only dream about getting to Cleveland and stopping both Trump and Cruz. Cruz is the only person who is able to stop Trump. And while Trump is imploding, making him easier to stop, it also makes it harder to stop Ted Cruz.

Exactly. Trump supporters are focused on Cruz needing a home run to win the nomination outright, when all Cruz really needs is a single, due to his grassroots work with delegates.

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by n david

More good news for Cruz / Trump is toast: """Sen. Ted Cruz is out-hustling Donald Trump and looks set to ensure many Arizona delegates will defect to him in a convention floor fight."""

""'Cruz, out of all the campaigns, has the most folks on the ground and has been the most organized," Michael Noble, a Republican consultant in Arizona who is neutral, told the Washington Examiner on Friday.

"Trump has no real organization in Arizona," added GOP strategist Sean Noble (no relation) in an email exchange. "Cruz will get most/all Arizona delegates on second ballot."""

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/cr...rticle/2587556

While Trump may be a success in the business world, he's completely blown his chance to win the nomination outright, and now appears to be completely unprepared, unorganized and losing the ground game he badly needs to win a contested convention.

All of the Trumpsters are enraged on Twitter over Ted Cruz being dishonest, when he is simply following the rules of the game.

This is telling us that the delegates are not going to be loyal to a candidate who is turning sour as time goes on - Donald Trump.

Now, the Cruz campaign isn't guaranteed that the unbound delegates won't go for an Establishment pick in Kasich, so we will see. But, I am glad that Cruz has a good and well thought out ground game.

He said that before he decided to run, he and his team studied years of campaign strategies as to why those campaigns won or lost. They were preparing a long time ago.