In Case You Didn't Already Know

The NY Times reporters will go to court and to jail to protect their sources, unless they don't feel like it.

And not to speculate as to agendas, but is there any reason to doubt that they would be more protective of the candidate they endorsed, Hillary Clinton?

Comments

[narciso]

Judy Miller's memoir, is rather an eye opening look into the perfidy at Carlos Slim's

[Captain Hate]

The best way to resolve this imo would be to have Ben Smith and Reince Priebus hanging from adjoining streetlights.

[narciso]

fuggetaboutit:

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/robert-libutti-donald-trump-gangster-edith-creamer/2016/03/07/id/717840/

just getting ahead of rick

[Old Lurker]

Cross posted because it slays me.

Obama and Kerry...the gift which keeps on giving:

Wash Free Beacon "The head of the international community’s nuclear watchdog organization disclosed Monday that certain agreements reached under the Iran nuclear deal limit inspectors from publicly reporting on potential violations by the Islamic Republic. Yukiya Amano, chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA, which is responsible for ensuring Iran complies with the agreement, told reporters that his agency is no longer permitted to release details about Iran’s nuclear program and compliance with the deal. Amano’s remarks come on the heels of a February IAEA oversight report that omitted many details and figures related to Iran’s nuclear program."

[NK]

he was in the AC Casino business and he met Mafia wiseguys? Shocka! where is the fainting couch? RFK/Peter Lawford used a mobbed up PI to murder Marilyn Monroe.... what?... we are not supposed to say that?

[Porchlight]

OT but sort of the same vein (integrity dependent upon party) - a good comment at the RRH Elections pollwatching site:

LEFT COAST LIBERTARIAN March 7, 2016 at 1:08 am

I learned with Katrina that if the mayor is a Democrat, the governor is a Democrat, and the President is a Republican, then it’s the President’s fault.

I learned with Flint that if the mayor is a Democrat, the governor is a Republican, and the President is a Democrat, it’s the governor’s fault.

[Buckeye]

High rollers get comped all kinds of perks by casinos. Helicopter ride from NYC to Atlantic City, no biggie.

Stephanie probably has expert insight on the subject;)

[NK]

They sure do keep giving to the Mullahs. IRS Commish and Kerry should both be impeached.

[narciso]

phrasing:

https://twitter.com/GrayConnolly/status/706918700952248320

[jimmyk]

From the last thread, it was suggested that Cruz's best shot is one-on-one vs The Donald. I'd be concerned that if Kasich and Rubio stay in till after the 15th, and if Trump takes a couple of those winner-take-all big states, it might be too late. I haven't done the math, but it seems possible Cruz could beat Trump the rest of the way (not in every single state, but in most) and still not keep Trump below 1237. So maybe he does need Rubio to win FL and Kasich to win OH?

[narciso]

so I don't get the message here,

http://therightscoop.com/cbs-news-more-than-40-of-trump-university-students-received-refunds/

[narciso]

nothing to see here,

http://hotair.com/archives/2016/03/07/obamacare-to-begin-rating-health-plan-network-size/

[Thomas Collins]

Under Jay Cost's numbers, jimmyk, Trumpster needs 58% of the remaining potentially committable delegates (some delegates go into Cleveland uncommitted) from here on to get to 50% plus one. Not happening whether or not Rubisich stays in. The problem is that if Rubisich stays in, Trump might secure enough delegates so that he'll have Trumpmentum in Cleveland. Rubisich can't stop Trump; only Cruz can.

Re Trump's supporters: They are far more likely to move over to Cruz in the general election if Ted beats Donald mano a mano before Cleveland than if a deadlocked convention awards the nomination to Romney or Ryan after Trump goes into Cleveland in the low to mid 40% range in delegates.

What Cruz needs is to present the voters with a clear choice between a conservative and a wheeler dealer Rockefeller Republican. That only happens if Rubisich bows out.

I understand the argument against my view that Cruz won't come out as the nominee in a deadlocked convention. The argument is that the delegates, on the second ballot or third or whenever, will come to realize that nominating Cruz is the best way to keep The Donald's disappointed supporters. That's not my view of what's going to happen. My view is that Team Mittster will be strong enough to engineer a Mittster or Ryan nomination.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Reposting from last thread;

Perhaps this would help Jane decide;
Monmouth poll of Florida: Trump leads Rubio by eight — but Rubio leads Trump in early vote by 25.

[Old Lurker]

Or this from Fox today: "SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea on Monday issued its latest belligerent threat, warning of an indiscriminate "pre-emptive nuclear strike of justice" on Washington and Seoul, this time in reaction to the start of huge U.S.-South Korean military drills."

Ya know.

About that line "our friends not trusting us and our enemies not fearing us..."

Yes we can track the NK's ICBM capability OK so we will see that threat to the US atleast as it matures. But of course since we know they have the bomb(s), and we know the Potomac River is connected to the bay then the ocean and it is easy to get decent size boats up to Georgetown, a truly crazy Nork leader could nuke DC with his existing capability. And MADD is not the deterrent to a crazy man with nothing that it is to a real country...

So. The incoming R Potus should set the tone for the new reality by just Nuking N Korea on, say, January 21, 2017.

You know RR got the hostages back from Iran because they thought RR might do something that Jimmah would not. But since then we have let so many red lines get ignored that we should redraw expectations, so to speak.

:-)

[Dave (in MA)]

Perhaps this would help Jane decide; Monmouth poll of Florida: Trump leads Rubio by eight — but Rubio leads Trump in early vote by 25.

Maybe she can accidentally vote for Pat Buchanan. (Wrong county, I know--but same state)

[Jeff Dobbs]

Here are the latest stats on early votes in FL from the Sec of State website:

That's a pretty small graphic. 602,971K Republican votes between early and absentee.

There were just short of 1.7M total primary votes in the Republican primary in FL in 2012. This article says that early voting in 2012 was ~600K:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/31/final-poll-early-voting-gives-romney-a-leg-up-in-florida/

Early voting in FL ends 3/12 - so six more days for early votes (absentee ballots no longer being accepted).

[Threadkiller]

On Medved's show, he said Rubio is winning the Florida early count. 48 to Trump's 24.

I am running around so I can't check anything.

Are there already results coming in from FL?

[Appalled]

I don't presume to understand what percolates through the grey matter of those who presume to be the GOP establishment, but even they can't be so hubris saturated to figure that they can make either Romney or Ryan the nominee. Seriously.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

I vote we let Noth Korea nuke DC first, then let em have it.
Sorry guys; omelet/eggs. :P

[Old Lurker]

OK, I clicked on this Fox tease, I admit it.

But you know I am over the hill when all I concluded in looking at the picture is that she has the same mirrors I used in our Nantucket house bathrooms.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2016/03/07/kim-kardashian-poses-completely-nude-months-after-giving-birth/?intcmp=hpff

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Early voting TK; my 3:18 link.

[Old Lurker]

Iggy, I'm willing to take that one for the team, but then you need to do more than North Korea to make it worth my while.

[Buckeye]

but even they can't be so hubris saturated to figure that they can make either Romney or Ryan the nominee.

Romney's boys from 2008 are spending a lot of OPM on negative ads and given what Romney said on NBC yesterday, somebody is hubris saturated.

[Jeff Dobbs]

The Rubio early vote lead is based on Monmouth's poll. They asked people if they voted early, and if so, for whom did they vote. Allah says the sample is . . . 80 voters.

I'm going to say there's a very big chance that that number does not accurately represent reality.

[Skoot]

CORRECTION: Monmouth's polling director tells me that the unweighted early voting sample in the FL poll is 72 people, not 77 as I assumed.

— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) March 7, 2016

A huge caution flag on the early voting numbers in the Monmouth FL poll: it's likely based on a sample of only 77 people.

— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) March 7, 2016

[Thomas Collins]

Sure they can, Appalled, or at least Mittster can. If Mittster weren't maneuvering, he wouldn't have refused to preclude himself from accepting the nomination. That stuff about not being able to say no if nominated is BS. Mittster knows the convention would not turn to him as the savior. It would only turn to him after back room wheeling and dealing.

[Appalled]

TC:

I can only marvel at the bubble the Mittster and a few others must be gliding around in. Must be as pretty and opaque as the one for Glenda the Good Witch. Either that or Mitt is Hillary's real stealth candidate, because I can't imagine anything that would implode the GOP faster than some elite inflicted Mitt nomination.

[Tom Bowler]

but Rubio leads Trump in early vote by 25.

Isn't this the same as exit polling? I thought announcing exit poll results before the polls closed was illegal.

[Miss Marple]

Appalled,

I still can't get over that speech. I can't think of anything that could have screamed "elitist" more than that one did, plus his patronizing tone was just SO off-putting, like Trump supporters were are teenagers who were going to get grounded.

I think Mitt's been in a bubble so long that the oxygen is starting to run out.

[Dave (in MA)]

https://www.rt.com/usa/334846-romanian-hacker-guccifer-extradition/

[Dave (in MA)]

Wonder if they'll stick him in the same prison that held Nakoula.

[derwill]

If there is a brokered convention it will be because Trump and Cruz--the two "outsider" candidates--have pretty much divided the delegates and votes up between them. So if the GOPe wants to destroy their down ticket candidates, forcing those ultimate insiders Romney and/or Ryan on their voters in the mood we're in, after back room wheeling and dealing, is the sure way to do it. Not only would Trump voters bolt the party completely, but I would venture to guess that a hefty proportion of Cruz voters would as well. If they can't see how self-destructive that is to the party as a whole in the general they are too stupid to govern.

Gov. Otter of Idaho just called me from Las Vegas (well, his voice recording did), urging me to vote for Kasich tomorrow to stop Trump. Yesterday evening when I got home after being out of town for three days, I had FIVE messages on my phone from other Idaho state republicans urging me to vote for Rubio, because only Rubio can stop Trump.

Come on, the only candidate who seriously has a chance of beating Trump in Idaho is Cruz, so why aren't they pushing him.

I'm more than ever convinced that the GOPe isn't going to allow either Trump OR Cruz to get the nomination, no matter what they have to do to stop it. Hello, President Hillary.

[Frau Edith Steingehirn]

BHO's tinted windows bubble gliding around with ValJar at the controls is marvelous, too Appalled.

[Stephanie]

I try to choose the least bad option from all the bad choices before me. this time around i see what crony -capiltalists and mercantilism have done to this country over the last century,more specfically the last 40 years and i see Bernie as what we need for the most pressing issues before us now. My second choice would be Kaisch as i said and my 3rd is Trump.

Interesting comment on FB today from a Bernie supporter...

Bernie then Kasich then Trump???

===========================

Freebies at the casinos are da bomb! Just back last night and here's what it cost me:

$14 in tips for meals
$20 in gas and
$10 to the valet/bellman
$20 in tips to the spa

**3 nights room comped
**all food comped
**$25 food voucher for candy/ice cream/beinets
**$600 in free play dollars (put it into the machine and as you win, you convert it to cash - two weeks worth as my 'week' rolls over on Thursdays at midnight - which is why I go on Thursdays)
**Two free rounds of golf
**$100 anniversary free play money since my first card from them was in March 2014
$185 Spa visit comped

And... I was playing in an invitational 'hot seat tournament' where they call out two players every ten minutes for 3 hours each night to play the big plinko board (think Price is Right) and win money... and I got another $300 in free play money.

Already booked for March 31 and I'll get all of the above except the anniversary $$, but my birthday is April so, I'll get $100 in birthday free play money... plus next month the week I am going there is an additional $100 in kiosk free play money. Plus there are car drawings on Fridays and Saturdays every week.

[derwill]

Wow, Stephanie. I guess the idea is that after you lose back all the money they give you, you'll start gambling with your own?

[Texas Liberty Gal]

This is why I'm surprised that people especially women like Clarice support Trump - he's nasty & crude.

http://hotair.com/archives/2016/03/07/anti-trump-ad-features-his-vulgarity/

[Jeff Dobbs]

Man, I really wish you would at least use quotation marks when quoting someone, Steph. Or something. Anything.

You REALLY were freaking me out there for a minute.

My heart is still racing.

[Texas Liberty Gal]

TK - http://therightscoop.com/boom-judge-throws-out-another-ted-cruz-birther-lawsuit-this-time-in-new-york/

[Miss Marple]

I believe clarice hasn't given her preference, Texas Liberty Gal. I have.

I do not clutch my pearls due to swear words or insults, so you're wasting your breath with me.

I wasn't going to post this, but you have caused me to do so, since fair is fair:

http://www.thepoliticalinsider.com/man-lived-trump-50-years-ago-just-dropped-bombshell-whoa/?utm_source=SailThru&utm_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TPI%20Newsletter%2003-07-16%20Curated/Horizon%20Tier%201&utm_term=Tier%201

[Stephanie]

Sorry, jeff.

I just found the comment weird. Bernie then Kasich???

[henry]

Bloomberg not running. No NY 3-way this time.

[maryrose]

Appalled
Mitt as nominee will not happen
Take it to the bank
That is a democrat trick

[Malene]

Florida has started early voting and we noticed a few intrepid Cruz supporters with signs at the Sarasota County building. We've also noticed guys holding signs at several intersections that say "Repent!"

[maryrose]

MM
You remind me of my husband
He doesn't want to hear anything negative about Trump
Trump is a New York street fighter
If you ever watched Apprentice he took no prisoners.

[Marlene]

Good Lord,I can't spell my own name. Blame the wine. : )

[Porchlight]

No NY 3-way this time.

Gee, thanks for that visual, henry.

[maryrose]

I totally get Bernie
Kasich
Trump
They all tell it like it is and no one is calling them a liar

[maryrose]

Porch
My son just asked me why I am laughing out loud at your comment wrt
The 3 way
I am a Catholic school teacher
Why does my mind immediately head for the gutter!

[Marlene]

LOL,maryrose.

[Theo]

I agree with jimmyk. "if Trump takes a couple of those winner-take-all big states, it might be too late." That means, as Willard suggests, vote Rubio in Florida and Kasich in Ohio. The report -- not confirmed of course -- that Rubio has done well in early Florida voting reinforces that notion. The worst thing would be for Cruz to play spoiler in Florida and end up giving a yuuge chunk of delegates to Donny Boy.

[Porchlight]

Heh, maryrose. It's that kind of election.

[Miss Marple]

maryrose,

I don't mind hearing anything negative about Trump. I am used to it, and I am sure if he wins the nomination I will hear a lot more.

8 years of "Bushitler" sort of toughened me up.

I was just pointing out to texas Liberty Gal that she is wasting her time with me, and clarice, as near as I can tell, has been impartial.

If Rick Ballard hasn't driven me away or changed my vote, I think I am pretty much immune. LOL!

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Surprise: Cruz to unveil endorsements this week from more than four senators.

[henry]

Iggy broke typhus pad this time?

[Miss Marple]

Carl Cameron came on Fox and announce the Governor of Mississippi endorsed Trump.

After about 5 minutes of talking he corrected it to say he was wrong, the governor had endorsed Cruz!

Crack journalist!

[maryrose]

MM
The journalists always say some one is for Rubio or Trump
Cameron hasn't had Much practice with Cruz's name
Whether he wins or not Cruz is finally starting to get the respect he deserves and my vote on March 15th

[Thomas Collins]

Sounds as if he was reading from the same type of card as that Miss Universe host, MM.

[Miss Marple]

LOL, TC!

Indeed. When I heard it thought, what? That's big news! How come I haven't seen that on Twitter?

Answer came after about 5 minutes.

It's hard enough to keep track of all this stuff, but I sure don't need someone messing things up like that!

[centralcal]

I think from everything I have read here that she posts and on her Facebook page, that Clarice is very much a Trump supporter.

[henry]

CNN just announced Rubio was dropping out-- single anonymous source --denied by Rubio campaign.

Real pros there.

[Miss Marple]

http://dailycaller.com/2016/03/07/marines-will-spend-50-million-airlifting-hundreds-of-tortoises/?utm_campaign=atdailycaller&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social

[Miss Marple]

henry,

I believe I could call those doofuses up and say "Kanye West and Spike Lee have announced support for Trump" and they would run with it in order to get a scoop.

Between Carl Cameron and CNN, we are not dealing with geniuses.

[henry]

MissM, I saw several tweets from "anonymous sources" referencing activities of "CNN's mother." The amazing part was Wolf Blitzer apparently wouldn't shut up about it even after the campaign got a chance to declare bs.

[maryrose]

Henry
He does not want to lose Florida
If it looks like he is going to lose Florida to Trump he should get out before it happens

[jimmyk on iPhone]

"I think from everything I have read here that she posts and on her Facebook page, that Clarice is very much a Trump supporter"

Clarice can speak for herself of course, but my impression is that she's more of a defender than a supporter. I'd put myself in that category too: even though he's my 3rd or 4th choice, if he gets the nomination I want him to beat Hillary (or whoever the Dems throw out there).

[Threadkiller]

Thanks, TLG!

More:

Judge David A. Weinstein's ruling was procedural, stating that the petitioners, Barry Korman and William Gallo, failed to submit timely objections, which stripped the court of jurisdiction over the petition. His ruling did not consider the actual merits of whether Cruz, who was born in Canada, qualified as a natural-born citizen in this year's presidential election.

http://m.wesh.com/politics/judge-dismisses-attempt-to-kick-ted-cruz-off-new-york-ballot/38385440

The facts are simple...

[Miss Marple]

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-israel-idUSKCN0W92BR?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

Netenyahu declines meeting with White House.

[narciso]

Ditto, Jimmy just as I'm still for cruz, but I see tds popping up in many places, likewise Marco has made some mistakes siding with the top men, but I see his positives.

[narciso]

The Rubio story seems more nuanced on cnn, in other words they couldn't find anyone on the record.

[narciso]

Intersting about that other hot air tale, Dan sullivan has been well since the steyn hearing.

[narciso]

I noted the guccifer story last weekend.

[Miss Marple]

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/272086-poll-trump-leads-kasich-by-small-margin-in-ohio

[Miss Marple]

http://freebeacon.com/issues/veterans-affairs-cut-miapow-scholarships-by-1-million-under-duckworth/

[clarice]

mm and jimmyk are right and both share my view--IVR. If I seem to be a trump supporter it's because I seem to be batting away a lot of carp about him and the race. All sides are doing it, of course, but I do not think anyone of them is perfect . None of them are satan incarnate either, and the lie mongering and foot stamping all around turns me off. None of us know either who is more likely to beat Hillary--yet. OTOH the enthusiasm I'm seeing around the country from a broad cross sector of people and my visceral impression of Cruz so far suggest to me he has a better shot at it.

[new lurker]

Well, it seems to me that the GOPe has now switched their sights to Kaisch and Romney. What fools they are! I agree with clarice re Trump and my guy Cruz--whom I voted for. BUT, I do not think he can gather, at this late point, the votes. All in all, a most interesting election season. I did watch some of Hillarity on Fox News. She has certainly become quite large!!

[Jane on Ipad]

Did no one watch Bret's Townhall with Sanders and CANKLES. I was depending on you.

[narciso]

I tell you they thirst for death@van derleun, mailman's son is the least worst option there but still.

[Miss Marple]

Funny story:

As you know my daughter and my granddaughter (now staying with me) are Bernie supporters.

When the Town Hall came on, I turned it on out in the family room. Daughter came home and I gave her my recliner seat and I came into the office to see comments.

I went out to get a glass of wine in the break, and they had turned the TV to CARTOONS!!!!

Bwahahaha!!

Next time I am told something about the dems, I will say, "You didn't even bother to watch what they actually SAID!!"

This is a key to democrats. They really are uninterested in politics so vote democrat because of peer pressure, what they think is "fair," and tribalism. Honest to gosh it dumbfounded me.

When I was young and a democrat, back in the 60's and early 70's, I watched EVERYTHIING about politics. I sat through all of the Watergate hearings and my son (then 4-5) watched, too. He actually could identify some of the people involved.

Seems to me that dems have been left with a bunch of people who do not really like politics and are uninterested, but vote based on feelings and muddled ideas of what is fair.

The GOP should address this, but they won't.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Andy McCarthy on the delightful Hillary;
Clinton’s Laughable Claim: Petraeus Offense Was Worse

[clarice]

Yes, you did, narciso. You were the first person to notice it.

[Captain Hate]

I just saw a campaign commercial for Rodham and it was an absolute train wreck where she sounded like a vengeful harpie taking on some eeeevil drug company which raised prices tremendously while 404 was in office. It was one of the most unappealing things I've ever seen.

Since clarice is being so reasonable on the GOP candidates, the time is right for an Article V push.

[clarice]

If it's unclear--my 8:55 reference to more enthusiastic response refers to Trump.

[narciso]

So cruz's virtue signaling seems to have backfired, the actress he fired now endorsed trump.

Its such an interesting story, yet besides the new york post and volodya's Wurlitzer few seem to be covering it, maybe gawker.

[Miss Marple]

Thanks, clarice. I was confused.

Of the Trump supporters I know, the only one who waffled was me, because of his comments about Bush.

The rest were completely unfazed, and they are looking forward to voting for him.

[Miss Marple]

narciso,

I posted the link to the story about the porn actress earlier today, but no one seemed to notice.

[hrtshpdbox]

Rubio needs to drop out, before Florida, and endorse Cruz. I'm pretty sure he'll do the first part, drop out, maybe on Wednesday morning, after tomorrow's wipe-outs. I don't blame Jeb for not endorsing Rubio, Rubio wasn't "supposed" to be running against Jeb in the first place. And Jeb feels wounded, I wouldn't be surprised if we don't hear from him again until after the next president gets inaugurated. Romney is being despicable, I have to admit it even though I like him; he's just watching from above, a vulture dreaming of a brokered convention. It doesn't matter if that's exactly true or not, what's important is that he doesn't even care if it looks that way - not very statesmanlike. But Romney can't help Rubio in any case. Cruz has to be the anti-Trump, Kasich just doesn't have the fortitude to slug it out. It would be great if Rubio realized this and set the "GOPe" on course to unify behind Cruz. As it is, it's tough enough for Rubio to realize he has way to get to the finish line regardless of a Monday poll that puts him just 8 points behind Trump in Florida. He's running fourth in every single Michigan poll, and he needs to salvage his career. Wednesday morning, and I hope he endorses Cruz.

[clarice]

Cruz says 4 senators are going to endorse him. Anyone want to guess who?

[Miss Marple]

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/272155-ryan-discusses-gop-agenda-with-trump-cruz

[hrtshpdbox]

s/b he has *no* way to get to the finish line

[clarice]

Rubio is certainly not going to drop out before Fla and I think he's delusional enough or his consulatants greedy enough for what's left in the cas drawer to hang on lonber.

[Captain Hate]

Can Rubio salvage a political career after this? He's taken some major shots which might be rough to recover from.

[new lurker]

CH, I may be wrong, but I think Rubio's toast after this.

[narciso]

Well logically it should be sasse who he worked with, cotton and a few others, but logic never enters into these things.

[Porchlight]

No, MM, I waffled after the Bush comments, too.

Trump is never going to be the candidate we hoped for. But I think that unless he catches fire, Cruz is a big risk. His appeal is limited even within the party.

Also, I believe that without Trump the GOP would be wasting a huge opportunity to shatter the categories and draw a crossover vote the likes of which hasn't been seen since Reagan.

Also I have been waiting twenty years to see Hillary figuratively smacked around. Yes, it's immature, but I think there needs to be catharsis of some sort after eight years under the lefty yoke. Call it a reset.

[narciso]

Well he's got top men from tpaw, maverick and w's men so what could go wrong?

[Miss Marple]

clarice,

He's already declared he is not running for re-election to the Senate.

I would be interested to know if he has been promised a lobbyist or think tank position for big bucks, on the premise he keeps his opposition up and stays in the race (hurting both Cruz and Trump).

This was suggested to me by a local friend today, and I think it was not out of reason.

[new lurker]

mm, That sounds about right. Rubio is petty enough to do just that. I am very disappointed in him and also my husband who voted for him in early voting here in Ga.

[narciso]

They meaning the commentariat, seem to be more interested in their own shopwarm memes, than looking at what is actually going on.

[jimmyk]

I think Rubio's toast after this.

I don't think so, he's young. His mistake was running this time instead of getting more experience and maturity. He should run for governor of FL. He's not a bad guy. He's made some youthful mistakes and can recover.

As far as dropping out, he really needs to ask himself, "What do I offer that Cruz doesn't already provide?" The answer is clearly "nada." Time to show some class and depart gracefully.