“I see Ted Cruz as a principled conservative who’s dedicated his career to advocating the Reagan agenda”.
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at the NAACP’s 61st annual Fight for Freedom Fund dinner in Detroit, Sunday, May 1, 2016.
Buoyed by a sweep of last week’s primary elections along the East Coast, the billionaire businessman appears to have learned a few lessons from his defeat last month to the Texas senator in nearby Wisconsin.
“In Indiana, Trump is positioned to corral all the delegates which will be a big prize toward winning the nomination outright”, said Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.
Trump is exuding confidence, telling a cheering crowd Sunday in Terre Haute: “If we win here, it’s over, OK?”
Trump, the only Republican with a chance of locking down the delegates needed to win the nomination without a contested convention, says he has “a great relationship” with the people of IN and expects to do well IN Tuesday’s primary.
A Monday afternoon campaign event in the tiny town of Marion, Indiana (population 29,000) gave a taste of what Mr Cruz is up against.
It is likely that a win in the Democratic and Republican primaries there will cement the nomination for GOP front-runner Donald Trump and Democratic leader Hillary Clinton.
It wasn’t the only unfortunate incident that befell Cruz’s campaign over the weekend as he’s struggling to catch Trump ahead of Tuesday’s crucial vote.
“We’re absolutely destroying them in that contest, and how anyone thinks someone running for president can run a presidential campaign with nearly no grassroots effort, is beyond me”, Cuccinelli said on a recent episode of ABC News’ “Powerhouse Politics” podcast.
Brewer said she is saddened by the fact she will not vote on behalf of Arizona at a national party convention for the first time in more than three decades.
It also risks alienating those who have yet to vote, according to veteran Indiana Republican pollster Christine Matthews. 58% of respondents said that they disapproved of the strategy.
“It’s those voters that Cruz needs, argued Pete Seat, a Republican strategist in IN whose firm was advising Kasich”. Ted Cruz. It’s one of the reasons Gov. John Kasich stepped aside in the state and stopped campaigning, clearing the path for Cruz but that hasn’t worked.
Republican front-runner Donald Trump is hoping to drum up even more support with a large rally in South Bend, Indiana, Monday at 7 p.m. EDT.
“I trust the people of IN to differentiate …” Trump has a Plan B on campaign money, and it involves the sort of outside groups that he has called “corrupt”.
In response, Cruz said that Trump told The New York Times’ editorial board that he wouldn’t build a wall.
Shariq Siddiqui, who works at an Indianapolis-based association for research on nonprofit organizations, says he’s considering voting for Donald Trump on Tuesday. He aggressively attacked Cruz on Sunday, suggesting evangelical conservatives have “fallen out of love with him” and mocked his decision to announce former GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina as his running mate. “They’re gone”, Trump said referring to Cruz and Kasich.
“Let me welcome, your next first family”.
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Ahead of the IN primary elections, major news outlets and political pundits projected that the Democratic presidential nomination is likely to fall into the lap of Clinton, while Trump is now expected to emerge as the GOP nominee.
