[jjsheridan5]

Florida: Trump Illinois: Cruz Missouri: Cruz North Carolina: Trump Ohio: Kasich

I hope you are wrong. If we don't destroy the Republican establishment this election, we will never again have a chance to do so. The only way to do that is if Trump wins. It is as simple as that. But if Cruz picks up 2 relatively big states, and Kasich denies Ohio for Trump, we are only a few steps away from the Republicans stealing it away from the public.

As much as people now despise Cruz for his standing with left-wing thugs (and he did do that, despite what the ostriches think), the most despicable thing that Cruz is doing is staying in a race where the only beneficiary of his candidacy is the establishment.

If Cruz, ultimately, is the reason that the establishment is still standing a year from now (and, therefore, for the foreseeable future), he will actually have a more negative impact on this country than Barack Obama, when you look at the long term impact of both of these politicians. There is no negative adjective strong enough, to describe his selfishness.

[traderrob6]

You could say the same thing of Trump considering he loses virtually every poll in a head to head with Cruz. (by double digits)

[Forgiven_Sinner]

Latest from Real Clear Politics (which isn't always right) http://www.realclearpolitics.com/

Battle for the White House
RCP Poll Averages
                National	Delegates	Florida
Trump	        36.0	Trump	469      Trump	43.0	
Cruz	        21.8	Cruz	370      Rubio	24.7	
Rubio	        18.0	Rubio	163      Cruz	18.4	

                Ohio	North Carolina	Illinois
Kasich	        38.8	Trump	41.3	Trump	36.0	
Trump	        35.4	Cruz	29.0	Cruz	29.5	
Cruz	        17.8	Kasich	11.3	Kasich	18.5	

                National	Delegates	Florida
Clinton	        51.0	Clinton	1235 Clinton	60.7	
Sanders	        39.6	Sanders	580  Sanders	31.8	
 
                 Ohio	North Carolina	Illinois
Clinton	         51.0	Clinton	57.0	Clinton	48.3	
Sanders	         43.0	Sanders	33.0	Sanders	46.0	

General Election Match-Ups

Kasich   47.7    Clinton  40.3    Kasich +7.4
Sanders  43.0    Kasich   42.5    Sanders +0.5
Clinton  46.3    Carson   45.0    Clinton +1.3
Clinton  47.3    Trump    41.0    Clinton +6.3
Cruz     46.2    Clinton  45.4    Cruz +0.8
Rubio    48.0    Clinton  44.0

Remember, head to head competition is not accurate at this point. It's a long way to October.

[Yaelle]

Agreed. There is something Cruz wants more than a return to a free country. Highly selfish.

[goldstategop]

Trump runs the table.

If he surprises Kasickness, he’s put the race away.

Don’t matter at that point if Cruz stays in. Its all about the delegate math.