PHOTO: Senator Ted Cruz celebrates victory in the Republican primary in Wisconsin on Tuesday
Is The Donald in trouble? Is this a “turning point” for Senator Ted Cruz? Are the Republicans heading to a brokered convention, with no candidate holding a majority of delegates, in July?
I discussed all those questions with BBC Radio Foyle on Wednesday morning, following Cruz’s big victory over Donald Trump in the Wisconsin primary.
There is also a quick look at the state of the Democratic race, with Senator Bernie Sanders winning by a sizeable margin in Wisconsin over frontrunner Hillary Clinton.
For the first time in weeks, I think we’re looking at the likelihood that there will be nominee by the time the Republicans go to their convention in July….You will have to have trading on the convention floor to decide whether it’s Mr. Trump, Senator Cruz, or someone else as the nominee.
There’s discussion of that possibility and a “compromise candidate”, given the Republican Party establishment’s dislike of either Trump or Cruz running for the White House:
I think it’s going to be difficult not to name Cruz at a brokered convention, but don’t rule it out. This is almost unprecedented — we have not been in this situation for more than 60 years.
And there’s examination of Trump’s downturn, noting that his recent controversial statements are in a context where “he has never had majority Republican support”: “That said, do not rule him out.”
