Krauthammer Outlines Two Scenarios for Defeating Trump

BAIER: "Charles, you thoughts a day after digesting all the results?" 
KRAUTHAMMER: "Well, seven out 11 states is a pretty significant victory. But even more important for Trump is the way that it all ended up. It was like a break in the game of pool. The balls ended exactly where Trump needed them, where there are still two evenly matched contenders, Rubio and Cruz, and neither of which is going to get out. As long as they remain with equal strength, roughly, below Trump, he wins plurality in which -- coming up now are states or with a plurality in the 30s or 40s, it's winner take all. So at this point, up until now where the vote was split, it was okay to lose states but now you can't. The question is what will -- will one of them drop out? I think Cruz right now has a stronger claim. He's won four states. He's got strength across the board. And then if you play it out theoretically, you could see the Rubio people headed largely into a Cruz camp. With Cruz it's not that certain that a lot of big number, perhaps even a majority would go to Trump, since this is the so-called outsider lane. So if you are planning it that way, you'd say that Rubio should cede. The other way to play it is they all stay in and then they deny Trump a majority of the delegates. Then he goes into Cleveland with a plurality but not enough and then you have to do some kind of coalition where the other candidates pull their delegates, win the nomination, and decide among themselves who gets it. There is one caveat with that. If that happens, Trump walks out with 1,000 people walking out behind him, and that would be a calamity."