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| Trump Reaches the Magic Number to Clinch Nomination |
| 2016-05-27 |
| [ABCNEWS.GO] Donald Trump reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the Republican nomination for president Thursday, completing an unlikely rise that has upended the political landscape and set the stage for a bitter fall campaign. Trump was put over the top in the News Agency that Dare Not be Named delegate count by a small number of the party's unbound delegates who told the AP they would support him at the national convention in July. Among them is Oklahoma GOP chairwoman Pam Pollard. "I think he has touched a part of our electorate that doesn't like where our country is," Pollard said. "I have no problem supporting Mr. Trump." It takes 1,237 delegates to win the Republican nomination. Trump has reached 1,238. With 303 delegates at stake in five state primaries on June 7, Trump will easily pad his total, avoiding a contested convention in Cleveland, kept in touch with the world by Obamaphone, ...was ruled by a Democrat machine from 1942 through 1971. After the river caught fire during the administration of Carl Stokes they tried a Republican, then went back to being Democrats when the party hacked up Dennis Kucinich ... . |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 All that talk about the clout Cruz would have at the convention because of his delegates just went pfffffffttttttt... As Granny Sarah said in The Outlaw Josey Wales, "You know ehat I say that big talk is worth? I say it's worth doodly squat." (spits) |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2016-05-27 21:50 |
| #9 I believe that Trump is in the middle of a full fledged preference cascade as touted by Insty. There was a reason the the USSR fell so quickly and I think we're seeing a similar dynamic here. Everyone is disgusted with the DC mafia but most thought they were alone in their feelings. Trump and the reaction to him, has shown that we're all in this together and the cascade will continue to build. We'll see if the mandarins can stop it. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-05-27 16:29 |
| #8 Republicans have historic numbers and yet 6 states have yet to vote. Dale is right and the Democrats will be blindsided. I don't know what the Republican Party will look like in a few years but Trump has already said it will be a middle class party and I think that's a good place to start. A large middle class is how the US generally keeps an even keel and we've disrupted that. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-05-27 15:09 |
| #7 What it tells us, 49 Pan, is what the Tranzis have other tools---besides brainwashing via educational system & mass media---to protect their interests. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-05-27 14:28 |
| #6 Pim, was a victim of the far left and everything we fight against. He was called a bigot, a hater, right wing extremist, Etc... Yet he was openly gay, was against Islam on the basis they would persecute women and gays. He was murdered by a liberal who was trying to shut down his policy of protecting his nation. The irony of murdering someone for protecting women and gays is telling when we look to our future. We see it in our press all the time. The left praising riots as free speech think nothing of them shouting down Trump's free speech. The world has slid into a twilight zone movie. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2016-05-27 13:30 |
| #5 Well yes #3. Always an ever present danger. That has been our world ever since time began. What will be will be. |
| Posted by: Dale 2016-05-27 13:19 |
| #4 #2 I understand that desire to start over. With new blood it will. Many young Republicans and those outside the party see a great desire to change. This enthusiasm is contagious. In the time of IKE it was a desire to build. Jobs, family,and country. Uncertain of Kennedy at first but then he taped that reservoir of hope for the future. Regan came close but the media and elites constantly fought him. Several administrations have been more like Nursing home caretakers. The current administration more like a spoiled wilful child. So the basic formula is sound. Leadership will change everything. The tone will be set from the top. I look for great days ahead. Why, because Trump has built an operation that employees thousands of people with great diversity. Things can go bad very fast because of the abuses and mismanagement so far. He can't do it all. He knows however how to network himself.That is the key. That will produce results that are so necessary at this time and quickly. Enjoy the ride!!. |
| Posted by: Dale 2016-05-27 13:10 |
| #3 Remember Pim Fortine, 49 Pan. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-05-27 12:42 |
| #2 The voters want their country and jobs back. They understand the elites, left to themselves, are never going to give it back. Therefore they are turning to Trump not in the function of a leader but as a wrecking ball. Well said Dale. But I will tell you most of the DC crowd is in denial, both sides. Some DC "Experts" on FOX last night said Trump does not even have a chance. He is going to win it in spite of the republican party. Imagine if the party fully supported him! For all I care about the republican party, based on their actions this year, I hope he destroys it and starts over. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2016-05-27 11:46 |
| #1 I have never seen the electorate so energized. This is surely a awakening of the silent majority. No contest. The momentum only builds. I only wonder at how large the numbers will be.This will be historic. Meanwhile my liberal friends seem to be in denial. Well educated and not. They live in their own little world but wish to impose their world on all others. |
| Posted by: Dale 2016-05-27 08:46 |