[Ben E Lou]

It seems fairly clear that the "establishment" either needs to accept and anoint Cruz so that he can out-delegate Trump, or just go form a new party. We need to dispel with this fiction that Rubio still has a chance. Rubio had his chance and he screwed it up. Rubio had his chance and he screwed it up. Rubio had his chance and he screwed it up.

Let Trump win the nomination, and the party is toast. Let Trump get to the convention with the most delegates and nominate someone else, and the party is toast. Get behind Cruz. Talk Rubio into quitting and endorsing Cruz. Let him get to the convention with the most delegates, then let him demonstrate that with the country's current makeup, a far-right candidate can't even beat a D that a large number of Ds dislike. Then run a more moderate candidate in 2020. Any other path, and it sure looks like the party is toast.