VEEP – Greg Laden's Blog https://gregladen.com/blog Wed, 27 Apr 2016 20:32:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://i0.wp.com/gregladen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Greg_Ladens_Blog_Favicon_black_GLb.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 VEEP – Greg Laden's Blog https://gregladen.com/blog 32 32 77525483 Did Ted Cruz Just Give Donald Trump A Lock on the Nomination? https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/04/27/did-ted-cruz-just-give-donald-trump-a-lock-on-the-nomination/ https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/04/27/did-ted-cruz-just-give-donald-trump-a-lock-on-the-nomination/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2016 20:32:04 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=22449 Continue reading Did Ted Cruz Just Give Donald Trump A Lock on the Nomination? →]]> I recently noted that a reasonable prediction indicates that Trump could enter the Republican National Convention a mere 8 delegates short of a lock. (See this.)

But now, Ted Cruz may have changed that math a bit, by announcing that Carly Fiorina as his vice presidential running mate. She was one of the least popular of the candidates when she was running as one of the clowns in the GOP clown car earlier this year. One could even argue that she wasn’t merely unpopular, but did so much damage to her own credibility among the Republican voters that she left the race in the negative popularity range.

This could easily be worth 8 delegates for Trump. Don’t you think?

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