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Published March 16, 2016
Editor's note: The following column originally appeared on The Resurgent website.
This is the moment of reality vs. The Land of Shoulda-Coulda-Woulda
The reality is that Donald Trump leads in delegates for the Republican nomination, but still has a difficult path forward to secure the nomination outright.
The reality is that John Kasich has no mathematical path forward to win the Republican nomination.
The reality is that if Donald Trump has the most delegates, though not 1,237, all the people saying Trump can still be stopped are fooling themselves.
The reality is that the only person now able to stop Trump from getting a majority or plurality of delegates is Ted Cruz.
In the land of shoulda-coulda-woulda, had Marco Rubio not competed in Texas, Cruz would have gotten all the delegates. Had Cruz not competed elsewhere, Rubio could have done well. Had Rubio dropped out after last Tuesday, it might have been enough to change dynamics elsewhere.
We can argue about all that stuff, but it is in the past. It is in the land of shoulda-coulda-woulda.
In reality, Donald Trump is still headed toward the Republican nomination. He must be stopped.
The past fights have to be set aside and everyone must focus on the future fight ahead. That requires, in reality, that Cruz and Rubio align and donors pressure Kasich to shut down.
It may mean that guys like me who were opposed to Kasich and even, at one point preferred Trump to Kasich, must also come to terms with reality that Kasich may have a role to play, though not be the Presidential nominee.
At this point, if we are all in this to stop Trump, we must get Cruz to win. That is reality.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/cruz-is-the-only-way-to-stop-trump-and-beat-hillary-lets-stop-the-shoulda-coulda-woulda