[Hoot Gibson]

You're wrong. There are only 1049 delegates left to be had. Cruz has 423 at present which leaves him 814 short. Now I realize if we're down to the time of splitting hairs here, and I'll admit I took the liberty to round up from the hard number which is 78%, but 80% for the sake of this argument is entirely satisfactory. There is none the less no way Cruz will get 814 of the remaining delegates. Can we at least agree on that?

Republicans will coalesce around Mr Trump in spite of the manufactured case against him, and unless Republican leadership goes completely rogue, he will beat Hillary.

No, your math is right on delegates, but, as I said winning 78 percent of the remaining delegates does not require Cruz to win 78 percent of the votes. 54 percent will suffice and it will take less than that to win a plurality over Trump and deprive him of a majority.

Most Republicans would vote for Trump in the general election, but millions will not. The latest national polls have Hillary with a 13-14 point lead over Trump and a Cruz vs. Clinton contest within the margin of error.

The bottom line is that most Republicans do not support Trump. Most will end up voting for him over Hillary as the lesser of two evils, but millions of us will not. Trump is a very bad general election candidate and nothing that the GOP can do will change that fact.

Trump is the most likely nominee, but Cruz still has a slim, but realistic chance to win the majority of delegates. There is also a good chance that Trump will not win the majority of delegates needed to win the nomination in the first round of voting.

As for the "manufactured" case against Trump, there is nothing manufactured about it. Trump, to be kind, is a shady character.