Via Washington Post:
In a terrific new piece by The Washington Post’s Ed O’Keefe detailing Ted Cruz’s multiple-ballot strategy at this summer’s Republican National Convention, there is a startling acknowledgement by Donald Trump’s chief strategist, Paul Manafort.
“Just because [Cruz] has won some delegates in a state where we have the delegates voting for us is not relevant until and unless there’s a second ballot,” Manafort said. “There’s not going to be a second ballot.”
Read one way, Manafort’s quote is simply an assertion of what he has been saying since he came into the top job last week: Trump is going to get to the 1,237 delegates he needs to be the nominee before the convention. So when the first ballot happens, Trump will be over the number he needs. Case closed.