And what happens if Kasich also drops out and says the same. (Also not going to happen, because Kasich's kissed the establishment's back-side in the vain, delusional hopes that when the establishment DOES kick Trump and Cruz to the curb at the convention, they'll pick him.)
Even if that all happens, and Trump reaches the convention with 1,237 or more delegates, what is to stop the GOPe "neverTrumpers" from simply changing the temporary rule calling for 1,237 and deny Trump the nomination anyway?
I've got news, if the establishment doesn't want Trump and they don't want Cruz, they WILL find a way to appoint somebody else.
None of the infighting, backstabbing, and whining we do here on FreeRepublic is going to change that.
You may be right. Let's say Trump squeezes through to 1.230 or something, on all the media's counts, but the first ballot comes and he only gets 1,100 votes.
I think that could easily happen. Delegates are "bound" only by party rules. It's not a criminal offense to simply break that rule and vote for someone else. Even in the electoral college there are occassional faithless electors who go against their state and vote for someone they are not supposed to, and that's an actual Federal election, not just a private party get-together.