AlwaysWrite
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[EDITOR'S NOTE: The so-called TV news "experts" keep rehashing the same talking points, but they aren't focused on some key points regarding Ted Cruz that factor into a logical path for a first-ballot Donald Trump victory. I haven't heard any significant discussion, as yet, on any of the following ...]
* Cruz's claims of momentum on his side are delusional. Three days ago, in the two biggest prizes -- Florida and Ohio -- Cruz finished THIRD, and he didn't win ANY state while Trump won four and Kasich won one.
* Virtually no attention has been paid to three important, delegate-rich states -- New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania -- that are almost certainly going to favor Trump, and if those states fall in the Trump column, the argument that Trump needs to win 52% of the remaining delegates is minimized substantially. One poll that came out today indicates that Trump holds a 52-POINT LEAD over Cruz in New York.
* Cruz doesn't have any history (or indication) that he can unite the Republican party.
* Most of Cruz's primary victories have come in CAUCUSES, and most of the caucus states have already voted.
* Cruz was totally shut out in the South -- Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee -- and most of those states by large margins.
* Cruz keeps saying that a majority of GOP voters don't want Trump, but by that logic, an even-larger majority don't want HIM.
* Cruz's claims of momentum on his side are delusional. Three days ago, in the two biggest prizes -- Florida and Ohio -- Cruz finished THIRD, and he didn't win ANY state while Trump won four and Kasich won one.
* Virtually no attention has been paid to three important, delegate-rich states -- New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania -- that are almost certainly going to favor Trump, and if those states fall in the Trump column, the argument that Trump needs to win 52% of the remaining delegates is minimized substantially. One poll that came out today indicates that Trump holds a 52-POINT LEAD over Cruz in New York.
* Cruz doesn't have any history (or indication) that he can unite the Republican party.
* Most of Cruz's primary victories have come in CAUCUSES, and most of the caucus states have already voted.
* Cruz was totally shut out in the South -- Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee -- and most of those states by large margins.
* Cruz keeps saying that a majority of GOP voters don't want Trump, but by that logic, an even-larger majority don't want HIM.