Rick Klein: “In Indiana, Ted Cruz got the stakes he wanted, the matchup he craved, the air cover he needed, the teammate he chose, and even – thanks to an accommodating Donald Trump supporter on Monday – the debate he practically begged for. If he loses Indiana, though, he won’t have been giving the voters what they wanted. That, at its most fundamental level, is what makes the Trump train roll on: voters are voting for him, not against the other candidates, unless you define his rivals broadly as the same establishment Trump presents himself as a threat to. Trump is winning by winning.”
“The question soon enough for Cruz is whether he see himself as winning by losing. If his goal is to elect a Republican president in 2016, the math makes that answer easy enough, and the Republican Party coalesces behind its all-but-certain nominee. If Cruz’s goal is to elect a particular Republican president in 2020 or beyond, the clear strategy is to stick around to the end. But he won’t get another Indiana – a moment where he can plausibly claim that a state’s voting could determine the results.”
Politico: How Cruz got Indiana wrong
