I say let’s see what happens in AZ next week. If Trump wins, that’s 58 more in his column, 58 that Cruz cannot win - which will drive up the percentage of the remaining delegates that he needs to win into the 90s. If that happens, it is all but impossible for him to win - especially given that Trump will almost certainly win most of NY’s delegates (95) in late April and all of NJ’s in June (51). The math will make it impossible for Cruz to win.
Then Cruz will have to balance off 2 things: First, what is the realistic chance that he can win on the 2nd ballot, assuming that Trump can’t reach 1,237? My own personal opinion is that the GOPe won’t allow that - they hate Ted’s guts.
Second, Cruz will have to carefully consider what he wants his legacy to be - that of someone who was a team player, who helped the Republican Party to unify and defeat Hillary or, alternatively, the guy who was so selfish that he allowed the Party to remain divided and let the easiest win in History get flushed down the toilet (along with the entire Judiciary Branch).
Now, to be fair: 1) Trump will have the largest part in determining whether the Party will unify (and the GOPe HAS to understand that the voters determine the Party’s fate, not them); and 2) Cruz is entitled to make his own decision and have a certain amount of dignity.
I don’t back Cruz, ONLY because I don’t believe that he can win in November. However, I do like his ideas and what he’s done (almost all of which has pissed off the GOPe, a good thing in and of itself), and I believe that he has a very bright future. Maybe Trump will make him AG, or nominate him to the Court to replace Scalia (now THAT would be quite an honor).
Well since Trump is such a genius ans so widely liked why should it matter what he does to the trumpanzees?
Aren’t y’all confident that trump will reach 1237?
Maybe Trump will make him AG, or nominate him to the Court to replace Scalia (now THAT would be quite an honor).
I don't see it happening. Trump is a loose cannon -- nobody really knows what he'll do as President, probably not even Trump himself. I don't see Cruz tying himself someone that risky.
If Cruz doesn't get the nomination, I'd rather he stay right where he is, hopefully holding Trump's feet to the fire anytime Trump starts waffling on some of his foundational claims that got people interested in him in the first place. Trump does not have a great history of following through on his promises, and Cruz is one of the few people who will call him on that sort of thing.