At some point, in the smoky back room.... Trump is going to tell them they either nominate him or they lose.....
The problem is, the GOPe is comfortable losing. In fact, they’d like to milk the “If it wasn’t for the Democrats, we’d do something conservative” gig for as long as possible.
Trump is a threat to the rigged game, and those who rig the game hit him as hard as they could tonight.
About the only two candidates besides Trump who might be outside the rigged game are Carson and Cruz. I have my doubts about Cruz, who has supported McConnell in the past, but perhaps he’s decided to make a clean break. I think the ‘Rats would challenge his eligibility as he was born in Canada of a Cuban father and American Mother.
Carson looked and sounded good, but I don’t know that he’s ready for the job...yet.