Just to add a bit more:
The elites must now understand that there is NO WAY to stop Trump from winning big in the Primaries, the only question now is whether they can prevent Trump from locking up the nomination before the convention, as coming out on top in the Primaries helps, but does not assure you’ll be the nominee. Coming out on top by a big enough margin does accomplish that, and the convention becomes a formality.
So, as I just posted (above), the strategy with Romney has to be to pull-in Democrat voters to help pull Trump down just far enough. Basically the Mississippi strategy. A good response, when the time is appropriate, would be for Cruz, and possibly Carson to drop out and declare support for Trump...which would likely put him over the top, with or without Romney.
Winner-take-all primaries start on March 15. Chances of the winner not being determined by the time of the convention are almost zero.
Carson’s delegate count will be unimportant if not forgotten by convention time.
Conservatives, including myself, used to vote
for Republicans straight down.
NEVER AGAIN.
The GOP enables SECRET ObamaTRADE, the nuclearization
of Iran, the abdication of Senate, the destruction
of the Constitution, the removal of Law, open
borders, quartering of infectious diseases,
IRS abuse, ObamaCARE (from which THEY are EXEMPT),
and treason (including Benghazi and its coverup)
NEVER AGAIN. The GOP is dead to me.