Republican party as we knew it is dead. (And that includes all the political pundits). If they successfully steal it from Trump they lose if they allow the people to choose Trump they lose. Either way the Party loses no way for them to win. What I am waiting to see is if the American people will win or not.
Same thing New York Senator William H. Seward said when he was facing (no chance/talent) Abraham Lincoln in the GOP Nomination process in Chicago in 1859.
It's kinda amazing the Republican party has been around that long and Trump ain't figured it out YET....