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Contents   Primary Update Cryin’ Donald Contested or “Brokered” Conventions Trump’s Character The Real Enemies Trump’s “Conservative Credentials” Primary Update Since my last post, Rubio has dropped out.  After a week of malaise, I decided that I must back Cruz – not only to stop Trump who would be a disaster, but because Cruz is the most principled, conservative, constitutional candidate left in the race.  And so I have contributed to his campaign, and applied to be a convention delegate for California, supporting him.  My new slogan: “Dump Trump, and Choose Cruz!” Finally, in Utah, an educated electorate – Cruz got 70% of the vote.  And Utah is the per capita best-educated, and principled. Of the 2472 total delegates to be won, 1723 have been selected in 35 state primaries so far (as of April 23).  Trump has 845, or 49% of them, and would need 392 more to reach the 1237 threshold to avoid a contested convention....

     1.  Recap of Primary & Debate News 2.     Why not Trump? 3.     Do the Math 4.     Why Rubio? 5.     Democrats, Socialists & Republicans Recap of Primary & Debate News Iowa . Looks like it was basically a 3-way GOP tie in Iowa, with Rubio making a surprisingly strong showing -- voters are finally getting to know him, after the distractions of the loud, shiny frontrunners. And Trump was shown to be beatable.   Rubio's speech was presidential -- articulate, visionary and heartfelt. Finally the Summer & Fall of Trump appears to be over. So the Iowa "carcases" are Paul, Bush, Christie, Kasich, Fiorina, Carson & Huckabee (who just dropped out officially), each getting 1-5%. On the Democrat side, an even tighter tie between Hillary & the dinosaur Socialist, which shows how disliked Hillary is, and/or how far Left the party has gone. For what it's worth, putt...