When You Get Egg on Face, Make Custard

Good Thursday morning, Friends,

I really blew it yesterday. My prediction of what Ted Cruz's "big announcement" would be was way off (not to mention that my salutation said it was Thursday morning, not Wednesday!).

Oh well, such is the life of the pundit. Sometimes the egg hits you smack in the face, and you've just got to make some custard out of it and move on.

In a way, though, I think Ted Cruz would have been better off if my prediction had been correct, and he hadn't wound up announcing Carly Fiorina as his vice presidential running mate instead.

What do you mean it's all over? I've only been running for vice president for five days! 

I speculated that Cruz would get Marco Rubio's endorsement and 2/3 of his delegates who are unbound. That didn't happen, but it really could have helped.

Instead, Cruz presumptuously announced his selection of another loser as his VP, even though he's on the precipice of elimination from the race.

Fiorina's got to be as delusional as he is if she really believes Cruz stands any chance of getting the GOP nomination, even if by some remote possibility Donald Trump doesn't take it on the first convention vote.

This was a desperate attention sucking stunt by Cruz, in an attempt to snatch the narrative after taking a thorough stomping on Tuesday. To that extent, I admit it partially worked. The media is talking about it.

And I think Cruz may believe that Fiorina will be an asset in her home state of California, if the race gets beyond Indiana next week.

Polling in Indiana is notoriously bad, but information coming out of that state is that the race is very close. Trump, however, has the obvious momentum going in.

Aside from the visible hundred or so supporters in the audience surrounding Cruz and Fiorina who seemed excited when Cruz announced his running mate, the move is not having much of an impact on Indianans who've been interviewed by the media.

So, there are just five days until the Indiana primary, and if Donald Trump takes it as he most likely will, he virtually clinches the nomination.

I predict Trump will clinch in Indiana, and Carly Fiorina's vice presidential run will be the shortest one in history.