Republican Poobahs will still have the last word. They dispose of 90% of the available money. They are running only one candidate. The Press will run hard on their side until the nomination is done. Republican Poobahs make the rules for the primaries and iffy states might find they only get half their convention votes. Democrats will know who their nominee is very early and many will vote in Republican primaries. The Republican Poobahs will encourage that.
We the people (as represented by Ted Cruz) are going to give the Republican “poobahs” an a** whopping they will never forget. And you can take that to the bank. The GOPe are on the wrong side of history, at the wrong place at the wrong time. A time with a far left, lawless communist in the White House and a nasty, racist lawless Eric Holder at the DOJ, is not the time to be pushing “moderate” agendas/candidates. They have stayed so long in DC, they have lost all sense of the real pulse of the country.