Donald Trump is bringing out the big guns to make sure that his opponents do not deny him the Republican presidential nomination.
Faced by a capable rival in the form of Texas senator Ted Cruz and a potential spoiler in the form of rumored GOP establishment pawn John Kasich, Trump is faced with the prospect of his impressive lead being eaten away by the two.
In fact, if things continue at the rate they’re going, it’s highly likely that no one will have enough delegates to win the party’s nod, freeing delegates to vote for whoever they (or more likely, party insiders) want. It is precisely this messy outcome that the Donald seeks to avoid.
That’s why he hired none other than Paul Manafort, a veteran of heavily-contested GOP conventions, to serve as his delegate manager. Having worked for Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan and at the 1988 and 1996 Republican conventions, Manafort brings a good deal of experience that should serve Trump well.
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The addition of Manafort to the Trump campaign comes not a moment too soon. With no clear winner predicted in the coming Wisconsin primary, the state and it’s delegates are up for grabs, and Trump needs all the help he can get to thwart the establishment’s plans to derail his candidacy:
“Anti-Trump forces inside the GOP have hung all their hopes on a contested convention, and Trump’s Manafort hire could stave off those efforts. A fierce battle lay ahead over the next several days heading into next Tuesday’s Wisconsin GOP primary where different polls show the candidates bunched up competing closely within the margin of error, some with Cruz in front and some with Trump in front. A Trump win in the Badger State would devastate the so-called ‘Never Trump’ group, whereas a Trump loss to Cruz would embolden his critics.
Then two weeks later it is Trump’s home state of New York, where the real estate magnate is expected to dominate. After that, the rest of the eastern seaboard—Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Maryland—votes before the end of April. In May, Indiana, Nebraska, West Virginia, Oregon, and Washington State hold nominating contests before the final votes are cast before the July convention on June 7 in California, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, and South Dakota.
Theoretically, Trump could wrap everything up before or on June 7—but it’s a tough road ahead. There are also hundreds of delegates who are entirely uncommitted walking into the convention whom Trump could get to vote for him—something Manafort is undoubtedly already working on achieving.
‘The move [hiring Manafort] is freighted with political symbolism: After the 1980 election, Mr. Manafort was among the young-gun Reagan operatives who founded one of Washington’s best-known political consulting and lobbying shops,’ Haberman and Burns wrote in the Times. ‘His principal business partners were Roger J. Stone Jr., a longtime Trump confidant who frequently advocates for the campaign on television, and Charles R. Black Jr. Mr. Kasich unveiled Mr. Black as an adviser earlier this month, in an announcement intended to convey his readiness for a contested convention – effectively making Mr. Black and Mr. Manafort, allies dating back to the 1970s, direct competitors in the 2016 race.’”
Source: Breitbart
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I agree 100 %
If Trump loses it will because the same scenario as Ron Paul losing…but on a much larger scale because his popular vote beats out all other current presidential nominees. Caucuses and the electoral system has only been around for half a century. The president needs to be elected by POPULAR VOTE! That would be the TRUE DEMOCRACY that all statists believe, government is their religion more than anything else. Delegates and the annual presidential rules made each year are BS and specifically made to hear towards the establishments main picks and backup picks. This is simply fact, to deny it…well, is to be a typical statist. Republican, Democrat, and Independent. They all love the immoral and genocidal system known as government. Of Trump loses, the conservative voting base will lash out. The GOP is literally jockeying for Killary at this point because they KNOW Cruz can’t beat Trump in the long run. These are the numbers. Its fact.
There is a reason it is the 1st amendment…. It comes as a right to disagree if that is against the will of the people and their other rights as being a human
We had a movie star who ran for President! People said he would never make a good President! He’s just a movie Star! Ronald Reagan was his name! And he loved America! We have a business man and he ‘s done very good in his business. No he’s not a career Politician? But he does love America just as the Reagan did. We gave Reagan a chance and we had a good America! And if you give Donald J. Trump a chance he’ll make us good again! Obama’s, Clinton’s has been running our Country and look where we are!? We have a black, Muslim, Racist that’s not from our country running America into the ground! No one in congress is doing anything about it! Obama want the Clinton, Bernie or even Cruz to come in and take over after he leave’s! So thing will get worse then they are right now! They will get worse! So we took a chance with Reagan why not take a chance with Trump and make America great again! Unless you like how it’s being run today? And remember they will bring in 65,000 Illegal’s a year and we will pay for them! The Muslim want our Country too! I want a change! I’m going to take the chance and vote for Donald Trump For President! He just might be our next Ronald Reagan that we loved so much.
Trump is the one person who can bring all his business knowledge and use it to create jobs in this country. He knows how to make deals that are good for both sides, and he can rebuild our economy to where everyone who really wants a job will be able to find one.
Donald Trump For President 2016
So, the deligates are managed by one individual – Intersting , now why do we vote ?
It’s disgusting to put that jackass and Mr. Reagan in the same thought, even!
They will cheat on voting……To get them out of office…Trust in the Lord with all our hearts , and he will make our paths straight..