the thing is that the states that are left are not the right states - except maybe california. that would have been awkward, huh? kasich winning california, and preventing trump from clinching? then, what?
well, nothing, probably. he just wins on the second ballot.
like i say: this is only feasible now that cruz is gone. so long as cruz is running, trump wins in a landslide, because nobody wants to take the chance that cruz might win. but, when cruz is out, the stakes are not so dramatic, and there's a little more room to go with what they really want...
that's not what happened, though. what happened was that john got a call from head office, informing him that it's done: trump's the guy. and, they don't want to take the chance that he might frustrate the process.
this has been clear for a few days already, but watch it really pivot, now, in the next few weeks. he's going to be rebranding himself, more or less by the book. expect flip-flops on certain issues. expect gushing media coverage from people that were criticizing him last week. expect every ridiculous thing you can imagine.
....and hopefully, maybe, expect a little but of coaching and for it to begin to show.