You're a flaming left-wing Dummycrat, Joe. YOU are batshit crazy, not Cruz! No, he won't have the needed delegates on the first ballot either. But he will be closer to the "magic number" than anyone other than Trump. They can "look for" a compromise candidate but the Cruz delegates and Trump delegates are likely not going to change their minds on the second ballot... or the third or fourth ballots. Without one or the other's delegates, you can't get to the 1,237.
Sorry, Dude, I'm a Republican. Or I was until the gun nuts, religious nuts and one-percenters hijacked the party and flew it into the Middle Class like a bunch of Jihadis.
The thing is, a lot of those Cruz and Trump Delegates aren't married to Cruz or Trump. Also, I suspect that by the Convention, someone is going to drop a dime on Cruz about all the tail he's been getting on the side.
Well he just won another one today... He skunked Trump in Wyoming. He's on a roll here lately and Trump is floundering. I think Cruz could win California.... it's not impossible.
Dude, you need to stop smoking the weeds that are growing around the Toxic Waste dump your state is famous for.
Trump is going to CRUSH Cruz in New York. You see, the problem is, the rest of the calendar doesn't favor "Crazy Ted". Of the 16 remaining primaries, 12 of them happen in Blue States. They all hold primaries, which means the Establishment can't pull any shenanigans like they did in Wyoming.
You see, the thing is, as much as the Establishment hates Cruz, he's now become their boy when that's probably not a good thing. Check with Marco Rubio to see what happens when you get designated "The Establishment's boy".
Does anyone remember the media explaining how it would be a "defeat" if Cruz didn't win over 50% in Texas? I remember that... for days on end, speculation was, if Cruz couldn't win 50% or better in his home state, it was a problem... Now let's jump ahead to what we're hearing about NY... Trump might not win 50% in his home state but have you heard anyone over at Fox News pontificate on how that spells trouble for Trump? Nope... it's turned around into a "feather in his cap" if he can win 50% or more.
Um, yeah, Trump doesn't need to win 50% in his home state because he's ALREADY won 20 States. At the point Lyin' Ted was at by Texas, he had only won Maine and Iowa.
You are talking about a hypothetical that is theoretically possible but it isn't going to happen here because the math simply doesn't work out. The "establishment" will realize this by the time of the convention if they don't already. The ONLY option they will have to defeat Trump will be to coalesce behind Cruz and Cruz will also know this, so he will likely offer Kasich or Rubio the VP spot for their delegates and then it's game over for Trump. Now, Trump could also do the same thing but he has so offended "Little Marco" and "Mr. Lehman Brothers" that it's not likely they are going to lay those differences aside. Kasich thinks Trump is a joke... he has said as much. Rubio has done everything short of officially endorsing Cruz.
By the time the convention rolls around, Cruz will have garnered very few additional delegates, while Trump will be right on the border of 1237. And Cruz can't give away TWO Vice-presidencies. (It's unlikely he'd offer it to Rubio since Rubio is the one who dropped a dime on him to the National Enquirer.)
Now, don't get me wrong. I want you guys to steal the nomination from Trump. I want you guys to have a convention that is a farce. I want you guys to spew every bit of misogynistic, racist, xenophobic, gun toting religious crazy that you have. I want America to see you all for exactly what you are these days. AND THEN, I want you to steal the nomination from the guy who got the most delegates and the most votes, so working class whites who are backing Trump will finally figure out who you really work for.