In a political horse race, the windows are still open after the bell and the swing of the gates.
However, doubling down on the one three lengths back is called a long shot.
There is a reason for that.
In this particular case, after many years of grumbling that both parties are different sides of the same coin, we have another coin, who is espousing real change, not politically correct, willing to take the heat and dishing it back at them, and you would prefer we give him a pass and go for another one who is, after all, the other side of the same coin.
Is it because, this time, THIS time, it will truly be different?
I understand the urgency Americans feel to get behind a sure thing and the fear of a more experimental guy like Cruz after zero spent every waking minute burning them for 8 years. I really wish Trump/Cruz could reconcile: we need the Warrior AND the wonk.