The results from yesterday’s primaries and elections are astonishing. Once again, most of the main stream media missed it. They did notice that Ted Cruz won in Kansas, Maine and Kentucky. But they still consider Trump to be the leader. They failed to grasp the significance of this wave election. Cruz out performed by a big margin everywhere. Donald Trump underperformed everywhere. Rubio didn’t come close to beating Cruz in any state. John Kasich isn’t even showing a pulse.
In addition, this analysis by the Washington Examiner shows that if it wasn’t for early voting, Cruz might have won in Louisiana too.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/why-louisiana-tells-us-the-most-about-trump/article/2585069
Results Saturday:
Trump Cruz Rubio Kasich
Alaska 33.5 36.4 15.1 4.1
Kansas 23.3 48.2 16.7 10.7
Kentucky 35.9 31.6 16.4 14.4
Louisiana 41.4 37.8 11.2 6.4
Maine 32.6 45.9 12.2 8.0
Trump’s support is a mile deep but an inch wide. Cruz’s support is an inch deep but a mile wide. Anyone paying attention realizes that this is now a two man race. Neither Rubio nor Kasich have any chance at winning this. A brokered convention is a futile dream by a Republican establishment desperately clinging to the illusion it still matters. The most certain thing in this election is that Republicans are revolting against the Republican establishment.
The Cruz campaign is already running on a single message. A vote for Marco Rubio or John Kasich is a vote for Donald Trump. That is likely to resonate with voters everywhere, including places like Michigan, Florida and Ohio. Cruz doesn’t even need to win in any of those three states; he just needs Rubio and Kasich to lose. If they finish behind him it will be even better. The delegates in Michigan, Florida and Ohio are nice, but there are more than enough delegates remaining for Cruz to easily win the nomination. It seems obvious that if Rubio and Kasich drop out of the race the majority of their support will go to Cruz, not Trump. If that is true, Cruz could start running the table after March 15.
There is something else. I am not sure that Donald Trump even wants to be President. I think he wants to win, but I am not sure he wants the job. He obviously respects Cruz and he has already blown up the Republican establishment. He will still try to win, because he is a pure bread competitor, but if he loses to Cruz, he can go back to his former life style of the Rich and Famous basking in the glow of doing very well in the ultimate contest. Cruz, on the other hand, wants the job. Cruz is on a mission to save this country from what he views as total disaster. Cruz actually believes this may be our last chance to stop the descent into madness.
In any event, yesterday changed everything. I wonder how long before the people at Fox News figure this out. We can be certain that the rich guys who finance things like Presidential elections have definitely figured this out.
TDM