Trump is now unstoppable. It's game over for Cruz, Rubio, Kasich and Carson (Fox News)

[HAPPY2BME]

What's ahead is a Republican Party that either becomes part of his movement or splinters into many pieces. No matter what Trump does or says, the nomination is his for the taking.

Edward Rollins
By Edward Rollins Published March 02, 2016 FoxNews.com

Game over! This was a rout, America. Winning seven states and the vast majority of delegates is a landslide. Donald Trump and the millions of his supporters have changed American politics and the Republican Party for the foreseeable future.

The nomination is within his grasp and if he does what he said he would do Tuesday night: "[I will] be a unifier!" he may be a very viable candidate against Hillary Clinton in the fall.

After his victories Tuesday night in multiple states and his second place finish in others , Trump is in an unstoppable position. Whether the junior senators from Texas and Florida choose to pursue him, it doesn’t matter, the end is near.

Trump, who is an unconventional candidate, to say the least, has tapped into the anger and frustration across America and has mobilized voters to turn out in record numbers.

Love him or hate him, be inspired by him or be appalled by him, Trump has totally dominated a political cycle like no other politician I’ve seen in decades.

I admit I was a total skeptic, like many others.

At first, I didn’t think he would run.

Then I thought there was no way he could beat the all-star cast of elected officials running against him.

Then I underestimated his lack of substance and trite answers in the debates.

Then I underestimated his lack of a real campaign.

Then I was convinced the political establishment was going to spend millions and take him out. And like the Energizer bunny he just keeps going and winning!

Trump is getting stronger by the day and his supporters are locked in and not going away. And no one has mastered the media like this since Teddy Roosevelt and his rough riders.

What's ahead is a Republican Party that either becomes part of his movement or splinters into many pieces. No matter what Trump does or says, the nomination is his for the taking.

Winning politics is a game of addition. Trump needs to be more careful in his words and in his thoughts. He needs to be a more gracious winner.

He has convinced many voters that he is a leader and a change agent. Now he needs to add substance and surround himself with some advisers who can add to that substance.

Thursday night’s GOP debate should be taken to a higher plane. All sides need to back away from the name calling and argue over the differences in policies.

All the candidates need to tell us how they will make the United States a better place and how they will beat Hillary and the Democrats this fall and why they should.

In the very near future, the Republican leadership of the Congress and the nation’s Republican governors need to sit down and do a "Trump negotiation" session.

Why? Because they need to see if they can find common ground to run on.

Trump is the ultimate salesman and he needs to sell these guys on his candidacy and convince them that together they can make it work.

If not, a holy war lies ahead that will destroy the Republican Party as we know it. And worse, Hillary Clinton may end up becoming president. -- Just as I underestimated Donald Trump, Republicans will be foolish if we underestimate Hillary Clinton.

My last advice is this: Mr. Trump, if you’re going to reward Governor Christie for his endorsement by letting him introduce you, get him off the stage once he's done.

No one seemed more unhappy than Christie watching you speak in Florida Tuesday night and frowning throughout your press conference.

A gracious loser he's not!

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/03/02/trump-is-now-unstoppable-its-game-over-for-cruz-rubio-kasich-and-carson.html

[Free Vulcan]

Once again:

We are almost a third of the way into allocating delegates out of caucus/primary contests.

Right now Trump has less than a quarter of the delegates per CNN.

We will be nearly halfway done March the 14th before the winner-take-all contests start the 15th.

Given the current scenario, if Trump doesn't out perform he will barely have a third of the delegates going into the 15th.

Which means he will have to win nearly two-thirds of them from the 15th on just to barely get over the nomination hump.

So how is he unstoppable?

[andy58-in-nh]

Once again:

We are almost a third of the way into allocating delegates out of caucus/primary contests.

Right now Trump has less than a quarter of the delegates per CNN.

We will be nearly halfway done March the 14th before the winner-take-all contests start the 15th.

Given the current scenario, if Trump doesn't out perform he will barely have a third of the delegates going into the 15th.

Which means he will have to win nearly two-thirds of them from the 15th on just to barely get over the nomination hump.

So how is he unstoppable?

In brief: he's not unstoppable, especially if Kasich/Rubio/Cruz can keep him from winning in Ohio and most certainly, if he falters in Florida. Even if he wins both states, there are many obstacles to Trump winning an outright majority of delegates prior to the convention. Carson is clearly dropping out, Kasich will, almost certainly, post-Ohio primary, and then it's up to Rubio or Cruz to make a decision to leave, and I guarantee you, one of them will.

[musiclady]

In brief: he's not unstoppable, especially if Kasich/Rubio/Cruz can keep him from winning in Ohio and most certainly, if he falters in Florida. Even if he wins both states, there are many obstacles to Trump winning an outright majority of delegates prior to the convention. Carson is clearly dropping out, Kasich will, almost certainly, post-Ohio primary, and then it's up to Rubio or Cruz to make a decision to leave, and I guarantee you, one of them will.

I agree with your scenario.  With Cruz' and Rubio's forces combined, Trump can't win.

And I would bet that NO Carson supporters (decency, honor) go to Trump.  And I doubt that any of Kasich support will go to Trump either.

I'm going to vote for the most likely candidate to beat Trump in Ohio, regardless of which of the other three it is.  This man HAS to be stopped.

[Fishrrman]

The writer above:
...I admit I was a total skeptic, like many others.
...Then I underestimated his lack of substance and trite answers in the debates.
...Then I was convinced the political establishment was going to spend millions and take him out. And like the Energizer bunny he just keeps going and winning!

[R4 TrumPence]

The writer above:
...I admit I was a total skeptic, like many others.
...Then I underestimated his lack of substance and trite answers in the debates.
...Then I was convinced the political establishment was going to spend millions and take him out. And like the Energizer bunny he just keeps going and winning!

:thumbsup2:

[libertybele]

In brief: he's not unstoppable, especially if Kasich/Rubio/Cruz can keep him from winning in Ohio and most certainly, if he falters in Florida. Even if he wins both states, there are many obstacles to Trump winning an outright majority of delegates prior to the convention. Carson is clearly dropping out, Kasich will, almost certainly, post-Ohio primary, and then it's up to Rubio or Cruz to make a decision to leave, and I guarantee you, one of them will.

First of all lots of scenarios play into this.  In Florida, we now have what is called a Presidential Preference Primary (PPP). "In the PPP, voters registered with one of Florida’s major political parties express their preference for the presidential candidate they would like to see representing their party on the General Election ballot in November. After the PPP, designated political party delegates from Florida formally nominate the preferred presidential candidate at the respective party’s national convention. These national conventions are typically held in July or August. Based on the party rules governing delegate voting procedures, the party decides at the convention which presidential candidate will represent the party on the General Election ballot."

So, with that being said and from rumors that I have been told; Jeb originally had things set up this way so that the voting was held in March rather than in August as was typically done in past elections and then in August it would be decided by convention according to party rules..

If you listened to Marco last night, he was extremely confident he would win Florida and he stated he knew how to win Florida.