Wouldn’t matter. Establishment is not running The Show this time.
Teddy is the Establishment’s, “Anti-Establishment”, candidate.
The unification theory as I am going to call it, is the last vestige of the Trump can’t win derangement syndrome.
There is absolutely no evidence that the unification to a single non Trump candidate will keep Trump from winning the nomination. Its based on suppositions and wishful thinking and pretty much has about as much factual validity to it as pixie dust.
The next big primary date is 5 days away, and the way things look today, Trump will end the 15th sitting around 700-800 +/- total delegates... with Cruz sitting around 425. At that point more than half of the delegates are awarded... Trump needs to win 30% of the outstanding delegates to hit the magical 1237... Cruz would need to win something like 60%... Now keep in mind, that’s 60% of the delegates, not 60% of the remaining states.
The supposition that consolidation will get Cruz to that point is not backed up by fact... Will Cruz benefit from consolidation? Sure.... will that suddenly have him winning 60% of the delegates when to date he’s averaging about 32% of the delegates is just not living in reality. Trump is averaging about 44% of the delegates, right now, not counting the bounce he’ll get in the percentage if he takes the WTA states Tuesday.
Trump needs 7% to get to 51% in a head to head, Cruz needs 19%... That means Cruz has to rely on roughly 2/3 of the consolidation to break for him, and that Trump will not get ~1/3 of better of them, to break for him, and not swell his numbers in open states with new voters to make up any consolidation.. this is all highly highly unlikely.
I do not think Consolidation will stop Trump from winning PA, NJ, NY, CA and other states that Cruz will not play well in. Trump doesn’t have to win the majority of the states, not even a majority of the delegates, he just needs to win about 400 ish of those outstanding... and I don’t see any way even with consolidation that’s a likely scenario, assuming Trump does well next Tuesday.
Time will tell.
At least Ted Cruz never donated money to any Hillary Clinton campaigns.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/mar/04/ted-cruz/ted-cruz-says-donald-trump-wrote-10-checks-hillary/
Enemies backing Cruz?
Cruz would have to sell his soul to have their backing.
I don’t see Cruz taking a lead.
The GOPe is already “all in” Tedderino. To loosely quote Jr. Soprano - They’re so far up his rump they’re tasting Brylcreem.
Rush also said Cruz is mistaken if he thinks belittling Trump supporters will convert any. Gee Ya Think?
Cruz isn’t trying to pull support from Trump, he’s just petting his fans on the head telling them their “smart”. (for ignoring the fact he’s GOPe)
Maybe Rush can explain it in a way that I can understand, but who in the political arena isn’t backing Ted RIGHT NOW?
Yes, I know Rubio and Kasich are still in, but the establishment Republicans are in Ted’s camp. The Bush outreach screams that from the mountaintops.
Rush, just what else can the establishment do? Rubio will be out any day now. Kasich is at a dead end. When they drop out, everyone that is anyone will be against Trump.
What then? When he continues to win, what then?
Is there any point you can foresee where you will grudgingly support Trump?
It certainly doesn’t look like it.
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/03/09/huffpos-grim-54-private-jets-at-meeting-to-stop-trump/
This establishment? Here are Trumps enemies, folks. Which if them are your friends?
Among those at that meeting:
Apple CEO Tim Cook, Google co-founder Larry Page, Napster creator and Facebook investor Sean Parker, and Tesla Motors and SpaceX honcho Elon Musk all attended. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), political guru Karl Rove, House Speaker Paul Ryan, GOP Sens. Tom Cotton (Ark.), Cory Gardner (Colo.), Tim Scott (S.C.), Rob Portman (Ohio) and Ben Sasse (Neb.), who recently made news by saying he “cannot support Donald Trump.”
Along with Ryan, the House was represented by Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Fred Upton (Mich.), Rep. Kevin Brady (Texas) and almost-Speaker Kevin McCarthy (Calif.), sources said, along with leadership figure Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Wash.), Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-Ga.), Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (Texas) and Diane Black (Tenn.).
Philip Anschutz, the billionaire GOP donor whose company owns a stake in Sea Island, was also there, along with Democratic Rep. John Delaney, who represents Maryland. Arthur Sulzberger, the publisher of The New York Times, was there, too, a Times spokeswoman confirmed.
You know, Cruz could be part of stopping this.
If he does not he is part of it.
Rush and Hanity doing verbal gymnastics to justify their support of Trump, without actually coming out and endorsing him.
Trump must be hanging something mighty big over their heads, since they are trashing their credibility shilling for him.
I bet their ratings take at least a 10% hit, if not more over this.