Ricochet, let’s have it out. Put it all on the line, and let’s hear the predictions for Indiana. Here is mine: I think this poll from NBC has it close, though I think Trump will exceed the 49 percent victory it predicts. For something closer to the final result, I look at this conclusion from the poll:
But 58 percent of likely Republican primary voters in Indiana say they disapprove of [Senators] Cruz and Kasich teaming up to beat Trump in the Hoosier State, while 34 percent say they approve of the move. What’s more, only 22 percent consider the Cruz-Kasich alliance a major factor in deciding their vote, 15 percent say it’s a minor factor and 63 percent say it would play no factor at all.
That, I suspect, is closer to the final result we’ll see tomorrow. Read together, those two statements indicate to me that the pact between Cruz and Kasich will suppress their aggregate turnout, as voters don’t care for the gamesmanship. Between that and Bobby Knight’s endorsement, I expect Trump to break 50 percent.
What say you? After this, we can all turn our collective minds to figure out what the heck just happened and why.
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If Bobby Knight’s endorsement is persuasive, it reinforces all the negative stereotypes of Trump supporters.
Don’t know much about Indiana, do you?
I grew up in Indiana. Â Bobby Knight fans are those who appreciate loud, obnoxious, arrogant, jerky, but highly successful men. Â Fame and success are more important than personal character.
That I went to Purdue has no bearing on the matter; I felt much the same way about Gene Keady.
I always found people tend to listen to loud success  rather than soft spoken failure because the loud ones get well known. People like success. Except Progressives.
I predict there will be a primary in Indiana on Tuesday. The rest is anyone’s guess.