Fiorina Spins Cruz Defeat: He Can’t ‘Win in a Four-Man Race’

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SCARBOROUGH: “Let’s bring in Carly Fiorina. She, of course, is one of Ted Cruz’s supporters. You usually say Ted Cruz overperformed. Last night he seemed to underperform. What do you think happened?”
FIORINA: “Well, first of all, Ted Cruz cannot win in a four-man race, and until late last night we had a four-man race. John Kasich won his home state of Ohio. It’s his strongest play throughout this whole election. This needs to get down to a two-man race. The second thing I would say is Donald Trump tends to win where there are open primaries. Where Democrats, in other words, and independents come over and vote. Ted Cruz tends to win in Republican closed primaries. I actually think Republicans should pick their nominee. I actually think it matters that we elect a conservative, if for no other reason, what you were just talking about. President Obama is going to pick a supreme court justice and frankly I have no idea what Donald Trump would pick, but what I know is what he said, and what he said is he’s going to do a deal with Chuck Schumer and Harry Reid. And I don’t want a president or a nominee doing a deal with Chuck Schumer and Harry reed. I want Ted Cruz, a guy who will stick to his principles and convictions.”
STEELE: “Hey, Carly, Michael here. Real quick. Keeping the map the way it is, you’ve got Kasich is not going anywhere. You’ve got trump obviously and Cruz. Where does — where does the game plan go next? Where do you begin to get back in the game and win the states you need to win to make this thing much more of a two-person race than what it is right now, a three-person race?” 
FIORINA: “Well, first, let me just congratulate Marco Rubio on a wonderful campaign, very gracious and inspiring speech last night. He was statesman like and did the right thing. John Kasich, as you point out, has no path. A contested convention will be devastating for this party. Ted Cruz can be — will beat Donald Trump in a one-on-one race.” 
SCARBOROUGH: “Should John Kasich drop out?” 
FIORINA: “And so, I urge Republicans to get behind him. But I think what you’ll see is us moving on to places like Arizona, and Utah, and Missouri, Wisconsin. Pardon me —“ 
SCARBOROUGH: “Do you think John Kasich — “
FIORINA: “— and continuing to battle this out.” 
SCARBOROUGH: “Do you think John Kasich should drop out?” 
FIORINA: “I do. I do. Frankly, he doesn’t have a path. I mean, he’s a good and honorable man. He fought a good fight in Ohio. He’s been a good governor but he doesn’t have a path so apparently his hope is that he can be some kind of king maker, but ultimately this is not about him. This is about our country. This is about our party. I said the week that Donald Trump announced he does not represent me, he does not represent our party and I do not think he can be our nominee and we need to give Ted Cruz now a chance to beat him one on one which Ted Cruz can. “
BRZEZINSKI: “Thank you so much, Carly.”