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Ted Cruz tops Trump in Kansas Republican caucuses

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Posted by Fred 2016-03-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Imho, a more interesting race will take place on March 22nd (Utah) with Mr. Trump going against a Mitt Romney surrogate.

Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2016-03-06 00:05|| 2016-03-06 00:05|| Front Page Top

#2 Interesting that Sanders won Kansas.

Posted by swksvolFF 2016-03-06 00:25|| 2016-03-06 00:25|| Front Page Top

#3 There are more than 14 million Mormons in the U.S.
But disagreeing with Mitt Romney would hardly be noticed. The Mormon people have disagreed among themselves, about Mitt Romney, since long before he became involved in politics.

But saying that Mitt Romney would get down on his knees for Donald Trump (for whatever insinuated reason you may want to attach to it) is a direct insult to all 14 million Mormons.

In the last poll I saw Donald Trump was leading in both Utah and Idaho. If the polls turn upside down this week, it will not be because of Mitt Romney's speech.
It will be because of what Donald Trump insinuated in his response.

Donald Trump may be a great businessman. But a great diplomat he is not.

Posted by junkiron 2016-03-06 04:48|| 2016-03-06 04:48|| Front Page Top

#4 The Mormon people have disagreed among themselves

Senator Reid to the courtesy phone.

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-03-06 07:59|| 2016-03-06 07:59|| Front Page Top

#5 Donald Trump may be a great businessman. But a great diplomat he is not.
Posted by junkiron

I'll go with 'businessman' for $ 500.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-03-06 08:23|| 2016-03-06 08:23|| Front Page Top

#6 “the chief business of the American people is business.” - Calvin Coolidge

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-03-06 08:51|| 2016-03-06 08:51|| Front Page Top

#7 No path forward for Rubio any longer. All he can do now is play spoiler / kingmaker.

Posted by Iblis 2016-03-06 11:22|| 2016-03-06 11:22|| Front Page Top

#8 "The Mormon people..."
The only place, in the world, where I was the victim of discrimination was Utah. F... [rant] ... [screaming rant] ... [rant], white sheets and 14 million victimized souls.

I need some more coffee.

Posted by Skidmark 2016-03-06 11:35|| 2016-03-06 11:35|| Front Page Top

#9 The real news is in the delegate split. Trump "won" LA and KY, but only got 3 more delegates than Cruz from those wins. Cruz won ME and KS, and got 3 and 15 more, respectively. Had Rubio not been in Kansas, Cruz likely would have topped 50% and taken all the delegated. Interesting little fact: Cruz won the votes cast on primary day in LA, so Trumps margin was from mail-in voters, typically low information unless military.

Funny how Democrats and now Trump seem to gain the most benefit from early votes, while if people have time to think it through, they go elsewhere. The same thing is shaping up in Florida.

Posted by Omerong Sninese9425 2016-03-06 13:00|| 2016-03-06 13:00|| Front Page Top

#10 Interesting that the pols are seeing margins of error approaching 20% in closed primary states as was the case in Kansas. The states that the polls seem to be accurate are the open primary states where Ds are voting int the Republican primary for Trump. Smart strategy on their part - encouraging discontent within our party. There is a Trump vote out there, enhanced by the D vote, for a candidacy encouraged by Clinton herself. Don't underestimate the deviousness of the Clintons.

Posted by Tennessee 2016-03-06 13:43|| 2016-03-06 13:43|| Front Page Top

#11 "Trumps margin was from mail-in voters"

This also means that the Trump vote was based on information available 2-3 weeks ago. Votes cast on more recent information broke for Cruz. This argues in favor of a Trump slump, which makes sense. Trump had a strong message 8 months ago. Everything since then has been a disaster.

One other interesting data point. Trump's victories were narrow: 4.3% in KY and 3.6% in LA. That's a massive shift from the 20 points Trump carried NH with.

Posted by Iblis 2016-03-06 13:50|| 2016-03-06 13:50|| Front Page Top

#12 Trump did well in the north. He's still a Yankee and that doesn't go well in flyover states.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2016-03-06 16:25|| 2016-03-06 16:25|| Front Page Top

#13 Trump looked bad in the last debate while Cruz came off looking like the grown up.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2016-03-06 17:12|| 2016-03-06 17:12|| Front Page Top

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