bounty44 -> RE: Trump marches on v Hilary tells him to shut his gob (4/28/2016 7:14:24 AM)
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ORIGINAL: bounty44 Donald Trump: 1187 total delegates Ted Cruz: 707 total delegates John Kasich: 246 total delegates If that was the final results, aww damn, so close! "Reversing Trump’s False Narratives" quote:
Donald Trump is trying to establish the narrative that he’s already won the Republican presidential nomination... Trump understands that he’s getting shellacked in the delegate selection process in the states — which means he probably won’t be the nominee if he doesn’t reach 1,237 delegates before the convention. Indeed, Trump hired Paul Manafort ostensibly to make Trump competitive with Cruz in the delegate selection process, but last weekend proved again that he just can’t win over the delegates. Now Manafort is pretending he was never worried about the process beyond the first ballot because he is confident Trump will win there. But that’s odd because Team Trump has been noticeably worried about getting to 1,237 before Cleveland and also persuading delegates to vote for Trump should there be more than one ballot. So Trump devised a narrative that would help him in either scenario — that Cruz is stealing delegates and that he and the party bosses are disenfranchising voters. The plan has been to outrage voters in the remaining states and lead them to Trump. But the narrative is manifestly false because each state party controls its own process and, regardless of the system used, the people democratically elect the delegates. And in droves, they are choosing Cruz.... Though Trump would have you believe otherwise, he isn’t yet close to wrapping up the nomination. It will still be very difficult for Trump to win 1,237 delegates before Cleveland. So he’s doing everything he can to press these narratives about his inevitability and Cruz’s stealing votes. It’s perfectly shameless and exploitive, but politics ain’t beanbag... Behind the facade, Team Trump is plenty worried, which is one reason it is desperate to reinvent Trump to assure people in the remaining states that he isn’t so volatile, unstable and unpresidential as he’s been during the campaign. This is why Manafort assured nervous Republicans in Florida that Trump really can be presidential and that he will begin a phase in which he acts like himself. When Fox News’ Chris Wallace asked Manafort about his assurance to GOP honchos that Trump, essentially, has been playing a role for the campaign and that a more presidential Trump will soon emerge, Manafort pretended he had been talking about something else, but Wallace knew better, and so do we... So who is the real Trump? Is he the guy who can’t quit saying “Lyin’ Ted” and who constantly stirs things up by alleging corruption when there is none? Is he the liberal he has always been on most issues? Well, he showed that again this week when he moved left on a host of issues, from abortion to taxes to transgender bathrooms... Trump’s nomination is far from a foregone conclusion, but to prevent it, Cruz must effectively combat the false narratives that Trump is inevitable and that Cruz has stolen delegates. Cruz must also continue to expose Trump for who he really is and what he truly believes. Even on the issues that have driven voters to Trump — protecting our borders and bringing back jobs — Cruz is a better bet. Cruz must further convince voters that Trump is the most divisive political figure in recent memory, someone who has split the Republican Party and the conservative movement wide open and who couldn’t possibly beat Hillary Clinton. And Cruz must speak directly to the voters about his agenda and what he would specifically do if elected, a message sure to ignite millions. http://humanevents.com/2016/04/27/reversing-trumps-false-narratives/
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