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What the Republican Party needs to avoid blowing up is to get a binary choice between Mr. Trump and someone else. I think the evidence that we're approaching that is the fact that Ted Cruz announced late last week that he's going to open ten offices in the state of Florida. He's probably not doing that to win Florida. He's probably doing that to prevent Marco Rubio from winning it. If that happens, indeed, you've got your binary choice and you’ve got the best chance of not settling this in Cleveland...
George Will
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As we head toward WTA states, this is true. Though the Republicans can't seem to resist selfishness here. Cruz's best bet is if Rubio wins Florida but does not gain momentum from it. But if Rubio does gain momentum, he becomes viable again.
I still wonder about the end game. You stop Trump, then what? This plan seems as reckless as Bush 43 going after Saddam Hussein. Romney as a "compromise candidate" will feel about as good as 2008 would have felt to Democrats had superdelegates stayed with Hillary and reversed Obama's lead.
When you see new people enthusiastically flocking toward your party, do you psychoanalyze them and kick them in the proverbial balls, or do you happily make room for them?