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Polls close in Indiana at 7 PM Eastern.

OK, the analysts are calling this for Trump, who wins all the delegates.

Continued drama on the Hillary/Bernie side, however.

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[Jack is Back!]

Howdy!

[Miss Marple 2]

Heard on the radio that absentee ballots and early voting ballots in my county, Johnson, were 5300 Trump vs. 3000 Cruz. We have 2 of the biggest evangelical churches in the city area, so if that percentage holds I think Cruz didn't get as much of the evangelical vote as he had counted on.

[Dave (in MA)]

"Glenn! Put down the Cheetos! That's not the answer!" --Howie Carr signing off about 5 minutes ago.

[Justa Chump]

Dear Ted -

You Suck!

Sincerely,
Indiana

[Miss Marple 2]

My prediction was correct. Indiana is not like Wisconsin, and Pence was no help.

[henry]

The rending of togas will be epic.

[Luigi]

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[Beasts of England]

I think the #NeverTrump motorized goal post shifter is due for its 3,000 mile oil change...

[daddy]

Goodwin: ...To start diminishing and demonizing the supporters of the Republican party's nominee seems to me extremely unusual.

Lou: I think we can say with some sense of irony as well, as the Republican Establishment itself has been doing for months now, that it is demeaning the voters and supporters of Donald Trump.

The Whore: Being old, the only recollection I have uhhh, you have to go back to 1964, when Goldwater and Rockefeller battled it out, and at the end of the day Goldwater had a big win and Rockefeller was booed off the stage. My sense at this point in time, Cruz is not going to have a very warm audience there. The quicker he gets out of the race the better he will be.

[DebinNC]

Drudge: CLINTON 50.4% SANDERS 49.6%

In IN? Whoa

[henry]

Daddy, has Jane's flight to Munich been sorted out?

[GUS]

We have brought this on ourselves. We trusted them. Animal House reference inserted here...
"We (redacted) up, we trusted them".

We trusted the GOP do take the mandate that we gave them, much of it VIA the TEA PARTY movement.
We gave them the House, then we gave them the Senate.
McConnell and Boehner et al...GAVE US THE FINGER.

[henry]

Find out what Kasich is on, and distribute it widely.

UPDATE: Gov. John Kasich’s senior strategist responds to Trump winning Indiana:

“Tonight’s results are not going to alter Gov. Kasich’s campaign plans."

[daddy]

Henry,

They had a mechanical and they are just about to leave 3 hours late.

Caro,

if you are reading this, her departure time will be 3 hours delayed---she is launching at 07:45 New York Time, not the schedule 04:45 departure time.

[maryrose]

Reid stopped us in the Senate
The morbid fear of a shutdown of the government paralyzed the House.

[Captain Hate]

His actions in the last month should confirm to non Ahians what most, not all, of the denizens of the Buckeye state have realized about the mailman's son: His contact with reality is very tenuous.

[Art in Newport]

Why would Kasich have any money support after tonight?

He has no strategy if Trump wins on the first ballot, which now he will.

[maryrose]

McConnell and Grassley stopping SC nomination right now.
Bernie beating Hildebeast in Indiana.

[narciso]

it's arrakeen ale, daddy, good god after they foisted the sloth maverick on us, after newt was painted as a sandinista, in florida, even though he defended the administration's policy at oxford, while mittens was counting badminton rackets,

[DebinNC]

“Tonight’s results are not going to alter Gov. Kasich’s campaign plans."

... because, it goes on to say, Kasich's plan is to win via an open convention.

[daddy]

Lou: ..Now there seems to be no invective (Cruz) won't hurl, no insult he will not try to spew. This is stunning stuff. Your reaction.

Herman Cain: My reaction, Ted Cruz threw a Hail Mary with the so-calld Kasich alliance. That didn't work. He threw a Hail Mary with the Carly Fiorina appointment as the VP candidate when he didn't have the nomination. His 3rd Hail Mary quite frankly, is "Nasty." It's not working...The voice of the people is being heard.

[Miss Marple 2]

You know, I have heard some psychologists say that the key to reaching a goal is to act like you will accomplish it.

I guess Kasich is an experiment to decide if this theory has any validity.

[daddy]

He has no strategy if Trump wins on the first ballot, which now he will.

Kasich can always do the George Will strategy---Help us to lose in 50 states.

Or he could accept Hillary's offer to be her Veep and "Heal the Country."

[GUS]

Henry, his "senior strategist". Wow.

[Captain Hate]

If the RNCe decides to ignore the will of the voters at the convention, they may as go full [Redacted] and nominate Mutt Rombley. Because this might be the last time they have a chance to insult the base.

[maryrose]

Debin NC
Even I know much as I would like it to be an open convention that just isn't going to happen.
Despite what some posters have stated Cleveland will host an excellent convention in July.

[narciso]

well what that woody allen line about 'showing up'

[maryrose]

The voice of the people is being heard and they will be stuck with him as a candidate and perhaps president.

[Threadkiller]

Trump makes all conventions great.

[Gentlejim]

Republicans have cast 65% of the total votes so far.

[daddy]

Lou Dobbs: Speaking of luck no one get luckier than The Whore Ed Rollins when he thinks about politics. That's why we're all pleased to be associated with him, again calling correctly Indiana for Trump

The Whore: I think I missed one. I thought Cruz would get one Congressional District, I think he didn't get it, so uhhh, uhhh...

Lou: So you do have some flaw.

The Whore: Massive, massive, massive victory tonight. This was a guy who as I said earlier, 30 days ago that Cruz was favored to win this State, it was looked at, it was argued that it would be like Wisconsin. This was a crushing defeat for him. You and I are old fighters. You know fighters want to keep fighting on and on, and you always need when you're hurt badly someone to stop the fight for you. Someone needs to throw the towel in...because this is going nowhere and it's only going to get worse, and the ugliness of the campaign in the last few days, I think just diminishes Cruz and diminishes the whole process.
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Yep. America needs an undiminished Ted Cruz.

[Joan]

Aw, come on, you guys. I like Ed Rollins. Don't call him a whore. He seems a discerning gentleman to me. :) Or not. Anyway, I like his sharp/crusty demeanor.

[narciso]

yes, he's more a weasel, who we recall for how he regarded the huntress, and bachman, before and after he signed up with her,

[Miss Marple 2]

Rollins is a mercenary who goes where the money is. Sometimes he's right, sometimes he's wrong.

I guess he will be running a pro-Trump PAC.

[daddy]

Joan,

I like Ed Rollins hugely. I am sarcastically calling him a "Whore" due to an earlier comment labeling Ronald Reagan's Former Political Director "A Whore."

I will cease that characterization of the very sharp Ed Rollins from here on out, as others who may not have followed the threads lately may get the wrong impression from my sarcasm. Go Ed!

[Theo]

He also took money to be Perot's manager for a while. Then he spread a false rumor about Christie Todd Whitman while she was his client.

Crusty demeanor only gets you so far when you are unprincipled and greedy.....

[Buckeye]

Have been very busy at a conference but just had to scan today's posts.

Beasts, your post at 7:34 is JOM comedy gold!

I just got of the phone with Mrs. Buckeye. Had to talk her off the Golden Gate bridge. maryrose, she feels your pain.

[Miss Marple 2]

Eric Cantor, humbled and sounding semi-sane.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/05/eric-cantor-donald-trump-222756

[pagar a bacon, country ham and sausage supporter]

http://dennismichaellynch.com/craigslist-ad-recruiting-anti-trump-protesters/

At some point I believe we should be able to see a list of who was paid for their anti-trump work.

I believe it would make the Panama Papers look like a short article.

[narciso]

a condottieri, like leonardo or il macchia, the second parallel is intentional,

[Buckeye]

One more thing. I think Kasich progressed from sniffing glue to dropping acid today.

[narciso]

chugging pangalactic gargle blasters for sure,

[Miss Marple 2]

Fiorina is on now giving a concession-y sounding speech but talking about fighting on.

[daddy]

There is a famous old line in Plutarch where some old mediocre character did something in the manner of his death that was admirable, to which the comment became, "nothing became him in his life as his taking leave of it."

Coriolanus never figured that out.

Tonight in a sense, the great Ted Cruz has a chance to do something noble in taking his leave, or to diminish himself. The arguments he used against Kasich now completely apply to Ted Cruz.

Do the right thing Ted. Redeem yourself and rescue us with an example of a noble, moral exit. That is the noble and moral thing to do tonight, no matter how much it pains you personally.

[narciso]

it's striking how they couldn't read 'the writing on the wall' the economics, the political situation was not conducive to a win for them,

[windansea]

Trump/Rubio?

[maryrose]

TK
Unless they vote him out on the second ballot or the first if delegates change their minds about him.
He is kind of a loose cannon.
See today's comments about Cruz's dad.

[daddy]

Via Drudge: SANDERS 52.4% CLINTON 47.6%

Woo, woo, woo.

[Breaking]

Cruz to drop out.

Source: Internet

[maryrose]

Buckeye. I would love to meet Mrs.Buckeye
She sounds like my kind of gal.

[DebinNC]

Cruz ends campaign.

[Momto2]

daddy - he listened to you!

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Just in: @TedCruz is ending his presidential campaign, campaign manager Jeff Roe tells me.

[daddy]

Carly speaks first.

Praises Indiana and praises America as the nation we all love. Starting out correctly. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness, and that they come from God and should not be taken away by man of Government.

And power concentrated is power abused.

It has been my great privilege to stand alongside one of the great citizens of this extraordinary nation--Ted Cruz.

She's doing well. 100 positive, not negative. Oops, now she says "as we fight on for the nation we hold dear."

So the question is still up in the air.

Here's Ted.

[Captain Hate]

As Howard Cosell would say: Down goes Rodham!

[jimmyk]

He also took money to be Perot's manager for a while.

So? You expect him to work for free? Would you?

[Jorge]

Get the hook!

[henry]

OK, does Kasich turn on his confetti machine for this?

[Theo]

jimmyk --

Of course I do not work for free. But if you are a political consultant you should pick your clients carefully, or else you look like someone who will take money from anyone. In other words, a whore....

[clarice]

AP says Cruz is ending his campaign.

[Miss Marple 2]

narcios,

I posted an article a couple of days ago from Nate Silver's site called "Indiana is Weird."

It explained that we are more working-class South than traditional conservative middle-class Wisconsin.

In addition, the undercurrents of the division caused by Mike Pence and RIFRA were totally ignored.

Trump understood the state better, even though he grew up in Queens.

First of all, the leaving of Carrier brought trade deals and loss of jobs to the forefront, which has been a continuing topic on talk radio for years.

Secondly, the ugly RIFRA fight which left Pence hated by both Christian conservatives and the gay community made Cruz's talk about transgenders a poison pill. While I do not agree with transgenders being allowed in bathrooms due to the ability of predators to pretend they are TG, it was NOT the issue to bring up when everyone is still aggravated about the entire RIFRA episode.

Finally, an endorsement by Pence is nothing compared to Knight, Keady, and Holz.

We are not at all like Wisconsin, yet most of the pundits thought we were.

[Beester]

Trump/Martinez?

[Buckeye]

Next Kasich will be telling us with Cruz out, he can win!

[PD]

Sounds like Cruz is winding up to drop out.

[Momto2]

The talk show guys are really melting down. The "classy" Mark Levin says, " they’re going to be rubbing their own faces in their own feces..." speaking of Fox News.

I heard Michael Medved on the radio today and he was literally screaming at a caller - calling her comments "B.S." and going on a 5 minute rant about how it's all a lie that the Republicans in congress didn't try to stop Obama!

I expect we'll have more tomorrow...

[Miss Marple 2]

Cruz is dropping out of the campaign, suspending it.

Will continue to defend liberty and the Judeo-Christian values which built it.

[Captain Hate]

Is Jen Rubin still among the living?

Drink the koolaid, Jen. I SAID ALL OF IT!

[Beasts of England]

Wow.

[PD]

going on a 5 minute rant about how it's all a lie that the Republicans in congress didn't try to stop Obama!

Okay, I'll bite. What'd they do?

Whenever I hear something like that, I think of the Republican failure to defund Planned Parenthood for trafficking in dead baby parts, which should have been a slam dunk.

[Lurker Susie]

He that fights and runs away,
May turn and fight another day;
But he that is in battle slain,
Will never rise to fight again.

[Captain Hate]

Medved obviously has the inside scoop,on that Koskinen impeachment.

[daddy]

Ted Cruz: God Bless the Hoosier State.

Let me tell you about the America that I love. (Excellent start Ted.)

Our rights come from God almighty. Life, Liberty, the Pursuit of Happiness. Praises the Constitution.

Equal rights for all. (Good strong positive, uplifting speech.) Optimistic.

Recapitulating America's ideals quickly but effectively. Praising his mom and dad, and what hope and opportunity this Nation gave to both of them and to millions of others. Explains why we are an exceptional nation. Praises Ronald Reagan.

We must unite our Party now.

Explains the weakness of our Obama/Clinton leadership and how that empowers our enemies.

Asks a number of rhetorical questions of what will do from here on out? Good stuff or bad stuff, deadly stuff or wonderful stuff, enslaving stuff or liberating stuff?

Now he is thanking all the people who helped him fund his campaign that allowed him to ask those pointed questions for America during this campaign.

Thanks his supporters, his wife, his daughters, his parents, Carly Fiorina...and the people.

Says he would continue on as long as there was a viable path to victory. Says there no longer is such a path open. Says he left all his effort on the field, and so with a heavy heart and boundless optimism, he is suspending his campaign.

"But I am not suspending our fight for Liberty. I am not suspending our fight to defend the Constitution, the judo-Christian values that built America." Says he will continue this fight with all of his strength and all of his ability.

Good. Well done Ted. Noble. You did the right thing at the time it needed to be done.

[DebinNC]

Amen, daddy. Well done, Ted.

[daddy]

Now lets hope Trump doesn't get up on stage and step on his crank.

C'mon Donald. Take a lesson from Ted's noble exit.

[PD]

Ted's exit speech was good in the same way as Rubio's exit speech: A reminder of the principles that made/make our country great and why they're worth fighting for, and why the Democrats are a danger to the country.

I have to admit I wouldn't mind hearing Trump refer to the Constitution now and then.

[narciso]

kind of like pence's rather statesman like endorsement,

[Thomas Collins]

So Kasich gets Trump mano a mano!

[Threadkiller]

That is one way to dodge the eligibility problem.

[Threadkiller]

NK, if Trump loses to Hil shouldn't we blame Cruz?

[Threadkiller]

ExiTed

[Thomas Collins]

Sorry, Buckeye. I hadn't seen your 8:40 PM post when I posted at 8:57 PM.

[Thomas Collins]

TK, Trump pressed Obama on his birth certificate. Shouldn't Trump produce one? Was Trump born in Queens, NY or Queensland, Australia?

I know. Baiting! :-)

[narciso]

ironic I think,

http://saudigazette.com.sa/saudi-arabia/solution-binladin-crisis-declare-bankruptcy/

[GUS]

Theo works for free. He's an internet lawyer.

[Threadkiller]

Ann Coulter

@AnnCoulter

15m

Jake Tapper just claimed Trump has offended every single group "from Muslims to Hispanics." One group he hasn't offended: AMERICANS.

[PD]

Carl Cameron reports that Priebus is tweeting that Trump will be the presumptive nominee and that it's time for the party to unite around him.

Kasich must feel kinda cut off at the knees by that.

[maryrose]

Excellent speech by Ted Cruz.
Very classy in all respects.
Daddy
Hope Trump doesn't step on his crank.
I wouldn't count on it.

[Threadkiller]

Ha, TC!

FWIW, I think Trump released his birth cert.

[Thomas Collins]

Hasn't Kasich basically run out of money? He's going to embarrass himself if he stays in.

[pagar a bacon, country ham and sausage supporter]

Don't Think this will help the leftists?

http://www.secretsofthefed.com/two-cia-agents-arrested-by-minutemen-while-crossing-mexican-border-with-over-1300-pounds-of-cocaine/#.Vxwq-L3v2yQ.facebook

[Jim Miller]

Here's GW's reaction to tonight's news.

[Jack is Back!]

So, the only guy on the campaign trail who invokes our foundation of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as well as reverence for the constitution is a Canadian with suspect allegiance while the guy to beat has probably never read the constitution but don't question his birthright to be President under its dicta. Got it.

Now to bed so I can sleep on that revelation. God bless America.

[Marlene]

Feel the Bern!

[PD]

FOX calls IN for Sanders.

[Threadkiller]

Everyone hold tight while I go tl The Right Scoop and see how they are handling the news.

Be right back.

[narciso]

they aren't handling it well.

http://www.newsweek.com/trump-says-us-should-shoot-russian-planes-if-putin-calls-fail-454902

buzzard feed has a radio show, winning the future,

[Dave (in MA)]

Bigly

[Marmo]

"Got it."

Took you long enough.

[Threadkiller]

Narciso is right.

[PD]

Whos' the woman standing right behind Trump, next to Melania?

[Tito]

"Take a lesson from Ted's noble exit."

Did Cruz congratulated Trump in his speech? I had the volume off.