Cruz's campaign is over, but his delegates fight on

[ExFreeper]

Cruz's campaign is over, but his delegates fight on

LA Times - By Seema Mehta and Melanie Mason - May 21, 2016

After Ted Cruz dropped out of the presidential race, his campaign staffers boxed up their mementos and souvenirs as they prepared to shutter the Houston headquarters, and the Texan announced that he would seek reelection to the U.S. Senate.

Yet Cruz’s team didn't abandon the race for the White House entirely. It still filed a slate of potential presidential delegates for California’s June 7 primary, and continues to monitor delegate selection in states that already voted in the GOP nominating process.

The end result is that Cruz will have more than 550 loyalists attending the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in July — a ground force that helps him establish himself as the national leader of the conservative movement, protect the party's conservative platform from what the senator has called Trump's "New York values," and lay the foundation for a potential 2020 presidential bid...

What is remarkable this year is the sheer number of Cruz supporters who will be in Cleveland: 566 pledged delegates, as of Thursday, as well as many more sympathetic to his cause.

The campaign’s meticulous delegate-gathering strategy paid off last week in California, where almost all of the state’s 172 delegates are awarded by congressional district. Six days after Cruz dropped out, his campaign submitted a nearly full slate of delegates in each of the state’s 53 congressional districts, even though it's unlikely he will win even one district...

California is an outlier in asking Republican candidates to select delegates before its election. In most states, candidates are awarded a set number of delegates after voters participate in primaries or caucuses, and those delegates are later elected at party conventions.

The Cruz campaign worked these arcane party gatherings to make sure that delegates sympathetic to their cause were elected, even in states where Trump trounced them. They continue to do so, monitoring recent state party conventions in Nevada, Oklahoma, Montana and Texas. They are also still holding conference calls with campaign leaders and delegates across the nation...

“I would like my party’s platform to reflect conservative views,” said Libby Szabo, a Colorado delegate for Cruz. As for the GOP’s presumptive nominee, “I don’t know that he’s proven that. He’s kind of been all over the board. That concerns me. Who is the real Donald Trump?"

She still plans to go to Cleveland....

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-cruz-delegates-20160521-snap-story.html

[austingirl]

Good news. Cruz once again demonstrates his brilliance. He will have influence in keeping some semblance of conservatism in the GOP platform.

Of course I am hoping that the delegates will do the right thing for our Republic and nominate Cruz instead of the lying NY liberal.

[Norm Lenhart]

Good news. Cruz once again demonstrates his brilliance. He will have influence in keeping some semblance of conservatism in the GOP platform.

Of course I am hoping that the delegates will do the right thing for our Republic and nominate Cruz instead of the lying NY liberal.

Few things would give me more joy than watching Cruz use their own rules against them and win doing it. The shrieking from the liberals would be GLORIOUS.

[libertybele]

Few things would give me more joy than watching Cruz use their own rules against them and win doing it. The shrieking from the liberals would be GLORIOUS.

While I give the delegates and all the supporters that are still active a tremendous amount of credit, the reality is Cruz is no longer in the race and there isn't going to be a contested convention. We also have six months before the general election; a lot can happen and many politicians and media sources can be bought and paid for to facilitate the desired outcome.

I  was quite surprised that Cruz dropped out when he did.  I fully expected and thought he was going to stay in it till the bitter end.  Trump did the one despicable thing that stopped Cruz in his tracks and that was attacking his family.  He attacked his wife and then he attacked his father.  I am not saying that was his sole reason for dropping out, but I think that was a huge part of why he dropped out when he did. I have voted in every election since I have been old enough to vote and I have never seen an election that has spewed so much ugliness as this one.  Trump treated the socialist and the criminal with much, much more dignity and respect than he did with an honorable conservative Constitutionalist. There is no way to reconcile that.  None.

[Norm Lenhart]

While I give the delegates and all the supporters that are still active a tremendous amount of credit, the reality is Cruz is no longer in the race and there isn't going to be a contested convention. We also have six months before the general election; a lot can happen and many politicians and media sources can be bought and paid for to facilitate the desired outcome.

I  was quite surprised that Cruz dropped out when he did.  I fully expected and thought he was going to stay in it till the bitter end.  Trump did the one despicable thing that stopped Cruz in his tracks and that was attacking his family.  He attacked his wife and then he attacked his father.  I am not saying that was his sole reason for dropping out, but I think that was a huge part of why he dropped out when he did. I have voted in every election since I have been old enough to vote and I have never seen an election that has spewed so much ugliness as this one.  Trump treated the socialist and the criminal with much, much more dignity and respect than he did with an honorable conservative Constitutionalist. There is no way to reconcile that.  None.

Oh I'm under no delusions about him winning in 16. But it's a happy thought regardless.

I think he made a rational choice that in my opinion mirrored Palin's withdrawl/non entry last time.

They looked at the landscape, saw what liars most self professed 'conservatives' are about their actual beliefs and principles and said, "Not gonna win". Ultimately the people have not collectively felt enough pain yet and are still mired in a fantasy world where you get what you CLAIM want by electing someone opposed to what you CLAIM to want. It's complete Mad Hatter thinking by the majority of America, but lets face it. They claim conservative/patriotic ideals and then go out every election and vote for known frauds.

[Fantom]

While I give the delegates and all the supporters that are still active a tremendous amount of credit, the reality is Cruz is no longer in the race and there isn't going to be a contested convention. We also have six months before the general election; a lot can happen and many politicians and media sources can be bought and paid for to facilitate the desired outcome.

I  was quite surprised that Cruz dropped out when he did.  I fully expected and thought he was going to stay in it till the bitter end.  Trump did the one despicable thing that stopped Cruz in his tracks and that was attacking his family.  He attacked his wife and then he attacked his father.  I am not saying that was his sole reason for dropping out, but I think that was a huge part of why he dropped out when he did. I have voted in every election since I have been old enough to vote and I have never seen an election that has spewed so much ugliness as this one.  Trump treated the socialist and the criminal with much, much more dignity and respect than he did with an honorable conservative Constitutionalist. There is no way to reconcile that.  None.

Putting aside the Democrat Scam Wow trump attack on Ted's family. I think Ted may get the last laugh upon Scam Wow.

The rules committee is likely made up of ...largely Teds people.. and another grope of GOPE. Incompetrump may get to understand why he had to file four four bankruptcies.

[libertybele]

Putting aside the Democrat Scam Wow trump attack on Ted's family. I think Ted may get the last laugh upon Scam Wow.

The rules committee is likely made up of ...largely Teds people.. and another grope of GOPE. Incompetrump may get to understand why he had to file four four bankruptcies.

The thought of Ted getting the last laugh is definitely a happy thought.  Almost makes me look forward to the Convention.  Trump is reportedly supposed to have an extravaganza as never seen before.