Halperin: If Cruz Loses Texas on Super-Tuesday, He’s Out

‘If Cruz loses on Tuesday ... he’ll be out’

SCARBOROUGH: “I don’t know. Mark Halperin, it’s just one of the things we just have not understood about this Republican race.”
HALPERIN: “Well, the problem is, you know, as we’ve all seen, taking on Trump is easier thought about than actually done. And right now Cruz has to survive in the state on Tuesday, he must win or he’s out. And I think what the Rubio people are counting on is maybe Cruz loses here, Trump is competing in Texas, although not with paid media. If Rubio — if Cruz loses on Tuesday no matter what else he does around the country, if he loses in Texas, he’ll be out and at that point Kasich and Rubio will then be up to say, ‘All right, maybe we can win our home states, maybe we can slow him down.’ But I agree with Mike, the posture that they’re taking remains thinking as much about doing well to finish second as it does to stop Trump. And these one-off comments about he’s not good enough on Israel or he doesn’t have the right temperament, there’re no indication in political history that that’s going to slow a guy like Trump with all of his skills and all of his support [dun.]”

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