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« on: December 03, 2016, 10:03:52 AM »

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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/308502-cruz-campaign-manager-advised-trump-team-before-new-hampshire
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« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2016, 11:29:23 AM »

Let me get this straight:
  • Cruz spent seven months of his campaign angling to be the second choice for Donald Trump supporters if and when their candidate imploded.
  • Cruz's campaign manager called Trump's campaign to give them a heads-up when such an implosion appeared imminent.

Either Cruz hired the biggest idiots in political strategy, or even his own campaign could not stand him. Did they really think that Kasich was going to be their biggest adversary heading in South Carolina, Nevada, and a South-heavy Super Tuesday?
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« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2016, 04:53:02 PM »

Let me see if I understand: the campaigns of Trump and Cruz decided to engage in collusion because Kasich dared to threaten them in one primary state? Jeff Roe should be prosecuted for this.

Let me get this straight:
  • Cruz spent seven months of his campaign angling to be the second choice for Donald Trump supporters if and when their candidate imploded.
  • Cruz's campaign manager called Trump's campaign to give them a heads-up when such an implosion appeared imminent.

Either Cruz hired the biggest idiots in political strategy, or even his own campaign could not stand him. Did they really think that Kasich was going to be their biggest adversary heading in South Carolina, Nevada, and a South-heavy Super Tuesday?
For Cruz, Kasich's ideology and campaign posed a far bigger threat to him and his extremist, right-wing allies. Apparently Trump's opposition to centrism and "the establishment" was more important than morals.
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« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2016, 03:44:23 AM »

Let me see if I understand: the campaigns of Trump and Cruz decided to engage in collusion because Kasich dared to threaten them in one primary state? Jeff Roe should be prosecuted for this.

Let me get this straight:
  • Cruz spent seven months of his campaign angling to be the second choice for Donald Trump supporters if and when their candidate imploded.
  • Cruz's campaign manager called Trump's campaign to give them a heads-up when such an implosion appeared imminent.

Either Cruz hired the biggest idiots in political strategy, or even his own campaign could not stand him. Did they really think that Kasich was going to be their biggest adversary heading in South Carolina, Nevada, and a South-heavy Super Tuesday?
For Cruz, Kasich's ideology and campaign posed a far bigger threat to him and his extremist, right-wing allies. Apparently Trump's opposition to centrism and "the establishment" was more important than morals.

Jeff Roe practically killed someone to keep them from running for MO Governor.


I have learned through this cycle not to trust Corey Lewandowski as it is has been patently clear that he has been fabricating crap to keep himself relevant.


Keep this in mind. The supposed "architect" of Trumps win in NH, was Corey. Now he is basically going out and saying, "Nope wasn't me, it was Lyin Ted".
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« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2016, 07:53:44 AM »

If true then this must be a Cruz strategy that, base on the IA results, the see a low cap but high floor for Trump's support.  In which case killing of Trump is not viable.  What is a way to move forward is to kill over everyone else and make it a Trump vs Cruz election where Cruz will win.  BTW, I think this is pretty much what Rubio Bush and Kasich were planning as well.  As a result they never joined forces to take on Trump with the result being Trump wins the GOP nomination.
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« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2016, 10:56:02 AM »

Let me see if I understand: the campaigns of Trump and Cruz decided to engage in collusion because Kasich dared to threaten them in one primary state? Jeff Roe should be prosecuted for this.

Let me get this straight:
  • Cruz spent seven months of his campaign angling to be the second choice for Donald Trump supporters if and when their candidate imploded.
  • Cruz's campaign manager called Trump's campaign to give them a heads-up when such an implosion appeared imminent.

Either Cruz hired the biggest idiots in political strategy, or even his own campaign could not stand him. Did they really think that Kasich was going to be their biggest adversary heading in South Carolina, Nevada, and a South-heavy Super Tuesday?
For Cruz, Kasich's ideology and campaign posed a far bigger threat to him and his extremist, right-wing allies. Apparently Trump's opposition to centrism and "the establishment" was more important than morals.

I repeat my question as to how Kasich was ever going to be a viable threat in any contest up to Super Tuesday? He was a total nonfactor other than in Vermont, Massachusetts, and Virginia, but Cruz was never going to win those states anyway.
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« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2016, 12:14:14 PM »

Let me get this straight:
  • Cruz spent seven months of his campaign angling to be the second choice for Donald Trump supporters if and when their candidate imploded.
  • Cruz's campaign manager called Trump's campaign to give them a heads-up when such an implosion appeared imminent.

Either Cruz hired the biggest idiots in political strategy, or even his own campaign could not stand him. Did they really think that Kasich was going to be their biggest adversary heading in South Carolina, Nevada, and a South-heavy Super Tuesday?

No, they thought Rubio was going to be their biggest adversary coming up. This happened before Rubio's implosion. Just a few days before, when it was looking like Rubio was bound for 2nd in NH rather than 5th.
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