Cruz backers to try to block LePage from national convention

[jpak]

Source: Sun Journal

BANGOR, Maine — Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz think they can storm the party’s state convention on Saturday, which could leave Gov. Paul LePage off the list of delegates to the national convention in July.

The behind-the-scenes tension involving the governor — a supporter of Republican front-runner Donald Trump — belied a quiet start to the convention on Friday at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, where delegates voted on platform changes and national committee members.

Their move angered the governor, who told conservative talk radio host Howie Carr that the Cruz campaign rejected his proposal for a “unity ticket.”

“I’m disappointed that they’re so arrogant that they’re going to go against the will of the Maine people,” he said.

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[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Screw the entire lot of them

Cruz, Carr, and LePage.

They deserve whatever happens to them.

[houston16revival]

2. Rich, indeed

“I’m disappointed that they’re so arrogant that they’re going to go against the will of the Maine people,” he said.

[Jack Rabbit]

3. LePage and Cruz are both such unifying figures

They are true co-commanders of the GOP circular firing squad.

[bluedigger]

4. It's funny when they do it.

[sofa king]

12. I made a haiku about it, years ago:

Seagulls rapacious
They fight over a corndog
They will steal yours, too

[Fred Sanders]

5. Proving again that primaries are not "elections", they are party nominations, with rules only

mimicking democratic elections.

[Tempest]

6. Watched the Maine news last night about the convention

There is no talk of unity.

Everyone who was there and was interviewed talked of supporting Cruz or Trump and promised to make Cleveland into a circus if they didn't get their candidate.

[jpak]

7. please...please...please...

[keithbvadu2]

9. Please allow them their Second Amendment rights in Cleveland.

An arena full of 'good guys' (and good gals too)

Nothing but peaceful discourse.

[forest444]

8. Hmm. I see dead people.

In Cleveland. In July.

[jpak]

10. UPDATE: LePage secures bid as GOP delegate despite Cruz opposition effort

http://bangordailynews.com/story/decision-time-for-maine-republicans/

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Supporters of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz won five of the six congressional district-level delegates to the July national convention that were decided on Saturday morning at the convention, but their plan to stop Gov. Paul LePage from being a delegate failed.

The governor, who supports front-runner Donald Trump, won election as a delegate from Maine’s 1st District, alongside Cruz supporters Joshua Dunlap and Eric Lusk.

The 2nd District was run by Cruz: Senate Majority Leader Garrett Mason of Lisbon Falls, Rep. Stacey Guerin of Glenburn and Earl Bierman won there.

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Hope he does a "Richard Daley" live on national TV...

[iandhr]

11. There eating each other