Hey, screw your dismissal of the most conservative states in the union such as Texas and Utah.
If Trump fails to hit 1237 delegates, he does NOT have a majority of the delegates, and does not represent a majority of the party.
The majority rule (in place since the party’s founding) is crucial as only someone whom can unify a broad coalition of the party. It is imperative so the party can get behind that person for the general.
If someone is unable to obtain a majority of the delegates in the nomination process, how could one possibly expect them to win in the general?
He better hopes he hits 1237, or else he is toast, because there are PLENTY (about 60-70%) of folks in the party whom do NOT like him, myself included.
If I were a delegate, I’d vote against him.
I have nothing against Texas. If Cruz won big states elsewhere and showed that he could be a formidable national candidate, I’d support him enthusiastically. But Texas alone, with a handful of other states, most of which would vote Republican anyway, does not impress me.
I want to win this November. Not be landslided by a Marxist Witch or a befuddled socialist from Vermont.
I gave Cruz the chance to show us he could win nationally. He failed. And I’m not impressed with his inside baseball parlor tricks of purloining delegates that were rightfully won by somebody else.