Donald Trump got lucky-ish on the calendar.\u00c2\u00a0 The New York primary was in just the right spot for him, to curb the slow momentum of Ted Cruz, and instead launch Trump on to the momentum to claim the big prizes for the next week’s primary matches.<\/p>\n
If New York had been one primary on a larger primary night — one of more than one states, maybe Ted Cruz would have had a chance to do something.\u00c2\u00a0 IE: By skipping New York entirely.\u00c2\u00a0 But since New York was sitting there and he was involved in the fight, he had to put himself out there… somehow.\u00c2\u00a0 And the problem was… there is nobody worse than Ted Cruz to do this.\u00c2\u00a0 So Ted Cruz wanders around in the heaviest of Democratic districts in hopes that there might be an enclave of, say, Conservative Orthodox Jews to get him something from the troubles of landing in New York, and having his “New York Values” line thrown back at him by the city.\u00c2\u00a0 But the die was cast.<\/p>\n
Who knows?\u00c2\u00a0 Maybe if the “Republican Establishment” choice (even by default) had been someone else, someone might have had a chance to crack New York, and curb the momentum from what had been petering out to a second round balloting to a first round Trump win.\u00c2\u00a0 But the problem is… there is no worse pick for The Republican Establishment alternative.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, the former speaker gleefully unloaded on Senator Ted Cruz<\/a> before a crowd at Stanford University, colorfully describing the Republican presidential contender from Texas as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Lucifer in the flesh<\/a>.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em> And so it goes to the hail mary in Indiana — which still probably won’t curb the first call win for Trump.\u00c2\u00a0 Carly Fiorina is Cruz’s running mate.\u00c2\u00a0 Which is all very… weird.<\/p>\n I’m getting “John Kasich — Stop Trump — Stop Hillary.\u00c2\u00a0 OREGON VOTES” ads on the internet.\u00c2\u00a0 Yeah.\u00c2\u00a0 Sure.\u00c2\u00a0 If you can, go do that.\u00c2\u00a0 Ignore the crickets.<\/p>\n
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Mr. Boehner, who has made previous disparaging remarks about Mr. Cruz in both public and private, though without comparing him directly to Satan.<\/em>
\nAn affronted Mr. Cruz, fighting in Indiana to keep his presidential bid alive, responded<\/a> that he barely knew Mr. Boehner.<\/em>
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153If I have said 50 words in my life to John Boehner, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d be surprised, and every one of them has consisted of pleasantries,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Mr. Cruz told reporters, noting that he had never really worked with Mr. Boehner.<\/em><\/p>\n