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Should Republicans let history (and Ohio?) be their guide?

Should Republicans let history (and Ohio?) be their guide?

Ted Cruz's decisive victory in Wisconsin over Donald Trump now makes the possibility of a contested convention, once dismissed as remote by many commentators (myself included), ever more likely. To clinch the Republican nomination, a candidate must obtain a majority of delegates to the Republican National Convention, the magic 1,237.  In order to win outright, Trump now needs 55 percent of the remaining delegates in up coming contests.

Ted Cruz's decisive victory in Wisconsin over Donald Trump now makes the possibility of a contested convention, once dismissed as remote by many commentators (myself included), ever more likely. To clinch the Republican nomination, a candidate must obtain a majority of delegates to the Republican National Convention, the magic 1,237.  In order to win outright, Trump now needs 55 percent of the remaining delegates in up coming contests.…