“Ted will be lucky to simply hold on, after Tuesday.”
He has a pretty good shot at winning Texas. Things are not really going to be clear until mid-March no matter how much everyone wants to predict their guy has it all wrapped up and the other guy is doomed.
“He has a pretty good shot at winning Texas.”
Define “winning”.
In order to take all of Texas’ delegates, Cruz has to get 50% of the vote here. Given his recent performances, that’s highly unlikely.
About the best Ted can hope for, is to come away with a sizeable enough share of the vote, to hold Trump under 50%.
A proportional share of the vote here is as good as a loss for Ted. He absolutely needs to dominate the Texas primary to recover any momentum or credibility as a serious candidate.