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IF, as many of us strongly suspect, Ryan expects to be crowned at the convention after they suddenly change the rules and make the convention wide open, he won’t care about losing his seat in Congress.

I know the pro-Cruz delegates coming from the 3rd District in Georgia and their Alternates. They are Cruz supporters, but would never put up with a Ryan putsch. The top vote getter's brother was a delegate last time, and he withheld his vote after he was not allowed to vote for anyone other than Romney (he was supposed to be a Ron Paul delegate).

I believe they are representative of pro-Cruz delegates throughout the country, who combined with the Trump supporters, EASILY form a majority. With 17 candidates, we got to see home many are really Establishment voters. The answer is about 25% at most (John Ellis Bush and Rubio being the bulk).