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No. They will third party or stay home.
The delegates are whoever gets elected delegate. Run for delegate yourself and get like minded people to do the same.
If everyone falls short of the 'magic' 1236 [or whatever it is], is it possible that Cruz can actually prevent a brokered convention?
Who are these brokers of whom you speak?
Will most Trump supporters understand if Trump is defeated via a convention fight?
If Cruz emerges as the nominee, he will certainly try to make some deal with Trump, and vice versa.
How much time does Trump have to enter ballots as an independent if a convention fight is a certainty? Under such circumstances, should he consider doing so?
A number of states have "sore loser" laws to prevent this. Some do not.
How much leverage will the Establishment have on Trump if he's forced to make a deal with them at the convention? How much would that water down his agenda? [Rush mentioned that the Establishment forced Bush on Reagan via a convention threat.]
Nonsense. Reagan tried to make a VP deal with Gerald Ford but he wanted too much power so he offered it to George HW Bush instead.
If Trump runs as an independent, how many GOP party faithful will remain with the GOP? Up against the frontrunner, would the GOP become a third party?
Such a candidacy could guarantee the election of Hillary Clinton, a la H. Ross Perot, so we should, of course, avoid it.
After last night there won’t be a convention fight.
Trump and Cruz together will probably have about 80% of the delegates. Why would any of them want to nominate Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney, or whoever the devil de jure is? I'm tired of this scare tactic. Jeb Bush has a zero% cance of being the nominee, so does Romney, Ryan, or anyone else not running. Rubs and Kasich have maybe 1% chance each if things get wacky. It will be Trump or Cruz.
I won't be blackmailed into bowing down to Trump with threats of Trump going "I". If he's the nominee, I'll back him. Anyone who doesn't back the nominee is a traitor who I would have less regard for than the crap on the bottom of my shoe, and that would include anyone backing a Trump third party if he is not the nominee. NO HILLARY, PERIOD. That means no 1912 nonsense. Anyone that would seek to split the vote is not a "patriot".
[Rush mentioned that the Establishment forced Bush on Reagan via a convention threat.]
I never heard that. Have you, DJ? What I've was his own idea was Gerald Ford, but Ford demanded too much power so he turned to Bush. He seemed set on united the party, he chose a RINO as his 1976 running mate too. Should have chosen a conservative.
How much leverage will the Establishment have on Trump if he's forced to make a deal with them at the convention? How much would that water down his agenda?
Trump's only agenda is to get elected. His positions shift in the wind. Look for significant leftward movement if he's nominated to reach out to those "patriotic blue collar Reagan democrats" aka union swine.