It’s Going to Be Hard to Stop Trump

Mark Halperin: “Cruz is making noises about winning Texas and Arkansas; Kasich is making a big play in Michigan and his home state; and Rubio is eyeing his own home state. But the reality is that Trump is in a position where he could win all or nearly all of the 30 states that vote in this period. Even if he lost a few, his most ardent opponents in the party now concede, based on his performances in New Hampshire and South Carolina, that he will win the lion’s share of the delegates in this skein. Republican rules allow winner-take-all contests to begin on March 15, making a delegate comeback more feasible than in the other party, but it would be unheard of in the history of modern politics for a candidate to win almost all of the first 33 contests and the bulk of the delegates and then lose the nomination.”

“A weekend of pressing strategists in both parties for the most likely scenarios under which Clinton and Trump don’t have their nominations effectively sewn up by March 15 produced nothing that sounded plausible as of now, let alone likely.”