Trump will still win in 3 way race. Cruz narrowly winning Iowa was bad for the field.
The longer the race has more than two candidates running, the higher the chances for Donald Trump. If it comes down to a two man race, he will have a much harder time winning.
It is in Trump’s best interest to keep a few of the GOPe candidates in to split up the vote and give him a plurality.
Earlier today, there was an RNC fund-raiser letter that was revealed using Trump as a screen. It was clearly trying to get money for the RNC and not Trump, but a question a few people had was “How did they know I supported Trump?”
If it is in Trump’s best interest to keep the RNC favorites in the race, then I could see one of his people slipping donor data to the RNC in order to keep funding up for some of the GOPe candidates.
Politics makes sausage making look clean and sterile.