When Ted Cruz gloated over his primary wins in Wyoming, and other small states, he said “This is how elections are won in America.” Maybe I’m missing something, or is Cruz living in a fantasy world of his own making? He was crushed by Donald Trump in the delegate rich states of New York and Pennsylvania, and Trump is leading in Indiana by four points, and California by more than 17. In addition, Republican insiders are reporting that some of Cruz’ supporters are moving towards a charging Trump.

It appears that Mr. Cruz is not very good at mathematics. Trump needs only 277 additional delegates to win the nomination outright, while Cruz needs 708, which is a number impossible to reach in the remaining primaries.

While Trump’s support among the Republican establishment is growing, Cruz is experiencing diminished enthusiasm. Maybe it’s because he failed to challenge Trump effectively, although GOP leadership spent millions of dollars in ads criticizing Trump in support of Cruz. Or maybe it’s because they are remembering how much they despise the junior senator from Texas.

Cruz’ only hope is a contested convention. The problem is that an important number of delegates pledged to Cruz are now vacillating. Polls claim that neither Trump nor Cruz can defeat Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders in November, but if Trump fails to receive his party’s support, it is possible that as many as 40 percent of Republican voters will be absent from the voting booths.

“Honestly, we didn’t think he could get this far. And he did,” Jonathan Barnett, the Republican national committeeman for Arkansas, said of Mr. Trump.

Barnett supported another Mike Huckabee failure but now says: “There’s just as many people that would question whether they could get behind Cruz,” speaking of Trump’s detractors.

So, get ready America. The Convention in Cleveland may not be as much fun as I anticipated. It could be somewhat civil, and Donald Trump will emerge as the standard bearer for what’s left of the Republican Party.

To be brutally honest, Trump would be a far better choice. Although I doubt that he can challenge Clinton, he is less of an extremist than Cruz, who has proven himself a danger to our nation’s system of government.

If you’re exhausted from listening to Trump, it is highly likely that you will be forced to endure his tantrums until November 9^th. If ‘hell freezes over,’ and he wins the general election, be prepared. If you invest in the stock market, you might want to invest elsewhere; Wall Street fears a Trump fiscal policy. If you are a wealthy American, prepare for a revolution. Hispanics and black Americans will surround the White House in protest of a racist and bigoted president.

It has been said far too many times that this is a history-making election year; and not in a good way. But, don’t be fooled by the media; Trumpenstein is the creation of a failed Republican leadership. As Reince Priebus, John Boehner, and Mitch McConnell destroyed the GOP with a ‘do-nothing’ attitude, Trumpenstein was in the early stages of creation.

The problem I have with Trump is that he’s not funny any longer.

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By James Turnage

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