Here’s my take on all of the talk of a brokered convention.
It may be possible, but I do not trust for any instant someone like Lindsey Graham or other GOPe individual pushing for it. Trying to make any promises regarding it.
Neither should Cruz or Trump.
The GOPe will try and use Cruz to get to a brokered convention and try and deny the nomination to Cruz at that point if they get there.
I believe it is patently obvious that the GOP voters are saying VERY LOUDLY that the do not want any GOPe candidate on the ticket.
IMHO, one of two things is going to happen.,
1. either Trump is going to win the nomination out right...with no brokering needed.
2. Trump and Cruz will fight for the nomination up to the convention with Trump having a lead, but being just short, and Cruz have a very sizable number of candidates.
If number 1 is the option, the trump should choose a non-establishment running mate and deny the establishment any position on the ticket.
If number 2 is what happens, then Trump and Cruz will have the delegates to hands down win this thing and that is what they should do. Combine...unite...and have a completely non-establishment ticket of Trump/Cruz with something like 80% of the delegates.
The interesting thing for me is to look at he raw numbers of votes cast in the aggregate for Republican candidates versus the raw number of votes cast for the two democrats. I’m not sure it’s a solid comparison, but there seem to be a lot more republicans out there voting in the primaries than there are democrats.