One is that something Trump does is just so outrageous and disgusting, it knocks him out of the race and by default Ted Cruz becomes the nominee. (You can stop laughing ruefully now; I’m sure we all know now that’s not going to happen.)
The second is that Ted Cruz wins 80 percent of the Republican delegates going forward, passes Trump and takes it on the first ballot at the convention in July. At the moment, no one seems to believe this scenario is viable — not even the Cruz camp, which doesn’t bother talking it up.
The third is that Trump doesn’t secure enough delegates to win it on the first ballot and the GOP rises up on subsequent ballots to take it away from him and give the nomination to someone else.
The third option works for me.
And that is why Ted is now cozying up to the GOP-e.
At least the media is starting to be honest about the fact that Cruz and Kasich have a snowball’s chance in hell of getting to 1,237.
[The third is that Trump doesn’t secure enough delegates to win it on the first ballot and the GOP rises up on subsequent ballots to take it away from him and give the nomination to someone else.]
I hope so. I just can’t warm up to Trump. Something is really off about him.
Abraham Lincoln was nominated on the third ballot after loosing the first two.
In which case Hillary would win because a substantial portion of the GOP base will stay home. And I don't think the GOPe would have any problem with that.
You'd think that Cruz would be smart enough to know that if Trump doesn't win on the first ballot the Bushies and their puppets plan to drop him like a hot potatoe (in honor of Dan Quayle) and install one of their own.
Cruz can't win this scenario. If the GOPe can give the nomination to anyone, Trump would be last on the list. But Cruz would be second to last on the list. The GOPe will hand it to someone else not even in the race right now like Ryan. Cruz has zero chance of getting nominated. All he can do is prevent Trump from getting nominated.