Its a good possibility Trump wins Illinois, Mo and Florida tonight, a tidal wave of delegates there. Ohio I am still not so sure about, I am counting that as a Trump loss, not by 6 points but maybe a squeaker. I think Cruz comes in 4th in Florida and Illinois, 2nd in Mo and 3rd in Ohio. If Trump sweeps tonight, one or two of the 4 drop out. I think Cruz and Kasich. Where then does Cruz and Kasich go? Cruz and some heads will explode here, endorses Trump and the juggernaut continues. Cruz is promised a plum job like SCOTUS or AG. Much uglier contests have resulted in strong alliances. Bush and Reagan was pretty damn ugly in 1980...voodoo economics etc. Hell trump called Carson a mental defective and that still worked out.
MO and IL are open primary. NC and OH semi-open (R and Indy). Long story short. Cruz not expected to win any, just add to his delegate and he probably won’t be adding much.
Kasich might hang around praying for a brokered convention.
Cruz, well, we’ll see his true colors. So far all indications are he’s not a team playe, he’ll play along as long as events benefit him, if those events align him solidly in the GOPe camp, so be it.
In the end, both play GOPe spoilers.