I was pleased to
see how well Ted Cruz did in Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Maine last
weekend. He won in Kansas in a big way,
winning 48.2% to Donald Trump’s 23.3% of the votes. He also won in Maine with a margin, winning
45.9% to Trump’s 32.6%. Trump won in the
other two states with smaller margins: Kentucky
(Trump 35.9%, Cruz 31.6%) and Louisiana (Trump 41.4%, Cruz 37.8%).
Here are the estimated total numbers of Republican delegates after the March 5 contests: Donald Trump (391 delegates), Ted Cruz (302
delegates), Marco Rubio (147 delegates), and John Kasich (37 delegates). The winner needs at least 1237 delegates to
win the nomination. We can see that Cruz
is within 90 delegates of Trump and still has room to win – but time is running
out for him. He needs to win some big
ones in the next few days.
Sunday was the regular fast
Sunday in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I did not know the purpose for which I should
fast, and I took some time to ponder and pray about it. I felt prompted to fast and pray for the good
of our nation; almost immediately afterwards, I felt the prompting to ask
others to join me in fasting and praying for our nation. Will you please join me?
Our nation is standing at another
crossroads. We can either continue down
the road we have traveled for the past eight years, or we can change
directions. We have a very clear choice
with a big variety of possibilities that stretches from a self-proclaimed
socialist (Sanders) to a strict constitutionalist (Cruz) – and everything between
them. The people have the power to
choose which road our nation will take.
I hope and pray that Americans are wiser than they were in 2008 and 2012
and make a better choice!
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