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Z06VolinWV said:
Pretty sure Trump will take LOuisiana fairly easy, he has the support of Willie Robertson, and everyone in the state listens to their fav duck hunter. I think he takes FL easily too forcing Rubio to bail.
I'm still calling a Trump/Kasich ticket.
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I thought Phil had done commercials with Cruz? I can't see any of the Robinsons supporting Trump.
 
#11,733
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Z06VolinWV said:
Pretty sure Trump will take LOuisiana fairly easy, he has the support of Willie Robertson, and everyone in the state listens to their fav duck hunter. I think he takes FL easily too forcing Rubio to bail.
I'm still calling a Trump/Kasich ticket.
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Trump/Carson
 
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OGbabyaviVol said:
Trump might actually win my vote, if he makes Carson his running mate. He needs someone level-headed like Carson.
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I won't lie, and have nothing to hide, but I will be voting for whomever has the GOP nom, and am fine voting for Trump. Can't stand Cruz, but I'd vote Rep if he were the one.
I'm sick of Trumps immature antics and hope he grows out of that. However, if he were to run with Carson, that woukd alleviate some of his bs antics. I love Carson, he's just not pulling the votes.

Here's a question for all yall political gurus...why is the black population and minorities not backing Ben like they were Obama? He's a black man running for President!! My wife and I believe it's bc he's a true Christian and good person.

With all that said, I still think it'll be a Trump/Kasich campaign, which I believe would balance out well. I'd like to see him and Carson, I just don't think Carson could pull the needed votes for them to win.
 
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Z06VolinWV said:
I won't lie, and have nothing to hide, but I will be voting for whomever has the GOP nom, and am fine voting for Trump. Can't stand Cruz, but I'd vote Rep if he were the one.
I'm sick of Trumps immature antics and hope he grows out of that. However, if he were to run with Carson, that woukd alleviate some of his bs antics. I love Carson, he's just not pulling the votes.

Here's a question for all yall political gurus...why is the black population and minorities not backing Ben like they were Obama? He's a black man running for President!! My wife and I believe it's bc he's a true Christian and good person.

With all that said, I still think it'll be a Trump/Kasich campaign, which I believe would balance out well. I'd like to see him and Carson, I just don't think Carson could pull the needed votes for them to win.
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Bingo...good person, honest, educated, and many more great qualities you would want in your president. America doesn't want someone like that, because that's the complete opposite of what most of the American society is. The only way Trump will get my vote is if Carson is his VP. Otherwise, I'll vote for a write-in.
 
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This election cycle has proven how terrible things have gotten in the country, and how awful and corrupt both parties are.
 
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I dont see the appeal of Carson. He's a great person but there's more to being a good president than that. He's been so underwhelming in the debates, and doesn't seem to be a great speaker. And that is an important part of being president.
 
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OGbabyaviVol said:
Bingo...good person, honest, educated, and many more great qualities you would want in your president. America doesn't want someone like that, because that's the complete opposite of what most of the American society is. The only way Trump will get my vote is if Carson is his VP. Otherwise, I'll vote for a write-in.
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I hope all anti Trump voters don't feel the same, otherwise we will see Hillary continue to carry out the current potus bs policies and continue to run this country into the ground. Vote the party, even if it's not the person YOU way, it's the only way we can change the path.
 
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Switch gears. Holly has not gotten out of the way of the LV's for the last two games in a row. Scary. She is letting them run, press the ball on D, and not controlling the offense with that stupid, slow double post force it inside despite the zone crap. Dare we even consider that she might let them do it three games in a row?

She has the #1 HS recruit (DD) from a few years ago and then runs an offense most of the season that minimizes her effectiveness. She still doesn't know how to sub, when to call time outs, etc. But she got out of the way and let DD and Graves take it over today while whipping a good aTm team. Great FT shooting to go with it. Encouraging.
 
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Vols4us said:
Switch gears. Holly has not gotten out of the way of the LV's for the last two games in a row. Scary. She is letting them run, press the ball on D, and not controlling the offense with that stupid, slow double post force it inside despite the zone crap. Dare we even consider that she might let them do it three games in a row?

She has the #1 HS recruit (DD) from a few years ago and then runs an offense most of the season that minimizes her effectiveness. She still doesn't know how to sub, when to call time outs, etc. But she got out of the way and let DD and Graves take it over today while whipping a good aTm team. Great FT shooting to go with it. Encouraging.
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Can't find much fault with this.
 
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Vols4us said:
Switch gears. Holly has not gotten out of the way of the LV's for the last two games in a row. Scary. She is letting them run, press the ball on D, and not controlling the offense with that stupid, slow double post force it inside despite the zone crap. Dare we even consider that she might let them do it three games in a row?

She has the #1 HS recruit (DD) from a few years ago and then runs an offense most of the season that minimizes her effectiveness. She still doesn't know how to sub, when to call time outs, etc. But she got out of the way and let DD and Graves take it over today while whipping a good aTm team. Great FT shooting to go with it. Encouraging.
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I am not a fan of women's basketball although I really enjoy the softball team which has become my favorite spring sport over baseball. If the lady vol basketball team played their home games in my backyard I would draw the curtains and shut the blinds. It's just not entertaining to me.

However, Holly kinda won me over in that presser a week ago. I'm rooting for her to make it.
 
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Most recent RCP averages for the primaries through 3/15 show Trump being up by double digits in every state except OH, which he is up by 5%. Some of the polls need to be more current to reflect the current trend. Source: Business Insider as of 3/3.

This is a crude, short analysis of what to expect by 3/16 IMO. There are 732 delegates available during the 3/5-3/15 period counting territories and DC. Trump is way up on Rubio in FL even though it is a closed primary. It is winner take all at 99 delegates. I give Kasich Ohio as it is also a closed primary winner take all of 66. Trump only has that 5% RCP lead, but the voters have to be party members. That leaves 567 delegates. It is much too labor intensive to attempt to factor the minimum candidate vote percentages for many states/territories as well as those that use a hybrid that assign delegates by actual vote in addition to vote by congressional districts. So a good 33% for Trump even though it will likely be higher is what I am going to use. That adds 189 votes. So 329 (current total) + 99 + 189 = 617 delegates. 1237 are needed. So he will be halfway there.

There will be 918 votes remaining. There are 5 remaining winner take all states. NJ is one with 51 delegates - obviously Trump's. AZ (58), NE(36) , DE (16), and SD (29) are the others. They are all toss-ups at this point and total 139. Assume they all go against him. So the new total for remaining states' delegates is 728. Assume 33% of that total for Trump. So 617 + 51 + 243 = 911.

That indicates Trump needs to add delegates in proportional primary states that have minimum vote percentage requirements, which is about half of them. This minimum ranges from 5-20%, but will average closer to 15% and kicks out the candidates that do not meet the minimum. So about half of those states will kick out one or two of the four active candidates. So assume a dozen of those remaining states will increase the delegates awarded to the top vote recipients. It's anybody's guess on the other states that award by caucus or hybrid.

So for somebody other than Trump to win, Kasich and Rubio have to get out after 3/15 and throw their delegates to Cruz along with Carson's. Cruz will win more states against Trump, especially in the west and plains states. But the odds are clearly in Trump's favor leading into the next 10 days.
 
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BigZiti09 said:
I am not a fan of women's basketball although I really enjoy the softball team which has become my favorite spring sport over baseball. If the lady vol basketball team played their home games in my backyard I would draw the curtains and shut the blinds. It's just not entertaining to me.

However, Holly kinda won me over in that presser a week ago. I'm rooting for her to make it.
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If she will just get out of the way and focus on her subbing and game decisions she should make it past this season. They are now playing the way the roster's talent dictates. But Pat's old methods cannot be used with kids nowadays. She's got to let that go. Run, run, run.

We became fans of the basketball LV's because we went to church for many years with her and RB before the marital break-up. Truthfully, our interest has fallen off since she had to retire.

Love the softball. The Weekly family is special.
 
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VolsnCards5 said:
Cy endorsed Quayle
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Well despite all the drama I think this was actually the best Republican nominee field we've had to choose from in a long time. In the past it was pretty much a lock for whoever was next in the establishment line. Ted Cruz taking it to the convention BTW.
 
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