Am I Alone in Rooting Against Cruz Tonight?

[TheOther95Percent]

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I would love to see him denied a win tonight. He scares me the most of the GOP field even more than The Donald.

[FLPanhandle]

1. Not at all.

Most here are focused on Trump because of the media but Cruz is the worst candidate.

I want Cruz to lose and lose and lose.

[TheOther95Percent]

3. Thank you. I know DU was where I could find kindred spirits.

Cruz would be horrific.

[Volaris]

30. Kasich would be worse. He's just as nuts, but he's had to

Teach himself how to not appear that way in Public. His Ohio win is a bad thing.

[WestSeattle2]

2. No, you are not alone. The world is with you. The dude is about as creepy as they come.

[TheOther95Percent]

5. Creepy Ted

Ever since his former college roommate tweeted about him hanging out by the women's showers in his dorm, creepy is the one word I keep coming back to about him.

[LonePirate]

4. Cruz has the potential to unite the Repubs and fool Independents. Trump does not.

[TheOther95Percent]

6. He is definitely more dangerous.

[struggle4progress]

7. I'm currently assuming he's so creepy he has no chance in the general election

But if necessary, I'm not above complaining that he was born in Alberta, Kenya and that I need to see the barf certificate

[TheOther95Percent]

8. I hope you're right.

The man just freaks me out.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

9. I'm rooting for a brokered convention, plain and simple.

As long as neither runs the table, we get chaos at the GOP convention. And most likely a butthurt Trump causing problems if he's not the nominee (and he won't be, and neither will Cruz).

Advantage: Democrats.

[TheOther95Percent]

10. I have to dust off the history books...

The last brokered convention was in 1952 - not so terribly long ago. It was certainly not in my lifetime and, ahem, I am in late middle age. That's true for the biggest chunk of the electorate too. I wonder if it could get uglier than the 1992 Republican Convention. The inmates at that one were so busy slinging monkey poo at each other that Saint Ronnie didn't come on stage until most of the East Coast had gone to bed. Ah, memories.

[Retrograde]

11. No way!

Watching his speech now. Despicable positions aside, why can't he find a suit that fits properly? And why is his chin so red and shiny and taut? Why does his mere appearance make me want to punch him? And why does he keep bringing up how much he supports Israel?

[TheOther95Percent]

15. The Israel Support Is An Easy One

Cruz is a fundamentalist who believes that the Messiah will return when all the Jews return to Israel. Ergo, Israel must exist for the Jewish diaspora to end and for the Second Coming to occur.

I'm sure he's ill-fitting suits are aimed at voters who think looking good in a suit is a sign of elitism.

[etherealtruth]

12. oh heck, no

He is the scariest of the scary

[TheOther95Percent]

16. He's off the charts scary.

[applegrove]

13. I posted an article here that talked about Cruz' smile.

And how his mouth smiles without his eyes squinting. How that is a phoney smile. All I could do tonight is stare at his eye less smiles tonight. I did notice that in both his and Rubio speeches tonight they were heavy on the small government, no epa regulations on small business crap. The GOP may be gaining back control of the rodeo.

[TheOther95Percent]

19. I'm not sure the Establishment GOP Can Stop Trump

[applegrove]

23. Even Trump said he was going to lower taxes and that they wouldn't be able to 'win'

without the rich to help him as President. He back peddled the populism a bit.

[creeksneakers2]

14. I was very happy that Kasich won Ohio

In a two man race between Cruz and Trump Cruz could run the table and end up with the nomination. It's still possible in a three way race. I'm anxious to see some polls showing how well Cruz does in a three way.

A Cruz presidency would be far far worse than a Trump one.

[TheOther95Percent]

18. So was I.

[oldandhappy]

20. nope, smile

I am terrified of Ted. But I did see him making a speech.

[TheOther95Percent]

21. Shudder.

I could not listen to that asshole.

[oldandhappy]

24. mute button!

[Algernon Moncrieff]

22. No you are not

Actually, I find Trump far less scary than Cruz.

[TheOther95Percent]

26. So do I.

[TheOther95Percent]

25. Jackson Cty Unofficial Results

The NYT website lists Jackson Cty and St Louis Cty with precincts left to report.

http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/missouri

I found this unofficial results summary on the Jackson Cty Election Board website reporting results for 137 of 139 precincts.

Cruz didn't make up much ground here.

https://www.kceb.org/useruploads/Current_Results/GEMS_ELECTION_RESULTS_3_15_20161.pdf

St Louis Cty doesn't post live results.

Updates on the hour and half hour.
http://www.stlouisco.com/Portals/8/docs/Document%20Library/elections/electionnightaccess.pdf

[Trust Buster]

27. Cruz is the closest thing to McCarthy since McCarthy.

[Boudica the Lyoness]

28. I think it was last week I thought Cruz was going to beat Trump

and I felt ill. He frightens me.

[briv1016]

29. Don't worry. Trump's lawyers are filing there eligibility lawsuit tomorrow.