If the Republican Party goes to the July party convention without a clear front-runner,
Politico reports this would be the only way of stopping Donald Trump from capturing the presidential nomination.
However, virtually every GOP member of the Politico Caucus noted that the "door has closed" on the possibility of another candidate clinching the nomination after Trump's performance on Super Tuesday.
"Trump has not gotten over 50 percent of current delegate allocation," said a Florida Republican, who, like all respondents, completed the survey anonymously.
"The establishment will try and keep him from getting there to push for a brokered convention. It's the only way to stop him."
A North Carolina Republican noted however that "Republicans need to figure out a way and rationale to fully support Trump assuming he does as well in upcoming contests as he did on Super Tuesday."
"The door is swinging shut on the others and will slam shut if he wins on March 15," continued the anonymous North Carolina Republican.
"I'm not a Trump supporter; however, he is winning fair and square. If the Republican Party tries to support some disingenuous alternative, that will have the same effect as throwing a case of hand grenades in our own tent."
Working against anti-Trump forces is the fact that the real estate mogul is projected to win most caucuses between now and March 15. Those caucuses include, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Louisiana, Idaho, Michigan and Mississippi.
In the Hawaii caucuses, insiders were split between Trump and Marco Rubio, Politico reports.
"The calendar favors Trump and [Ted] Cruz," said a Virginia Republican. "The turnaround date is March 15 with Ohio and Florida winner-take-all. A Trump win there will end it."
Despite Trump's advantages in the days leading up to March 15, some Republicans are confident that the caucuses in Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, Illinois and Missouri could derail him.
"[March 8] will be the last day of the Trump romp. Road gets much rockier from here," said an Ohio Republican. "We will stop Trump."
"Party elders and other level-headed types — those who remember how Goldwater broke the GOP brand and the way McGovern shredded Democratic futures — may well puzzle out a solution that turns Trump a new shade of angry orange in Cleveland," added another Ohio Republican.
On the Democratic side, Politico reports that "insiders predict the current dynamic to persist over the next week: Hillary Clinton is favored to win the majority of contests over the next week, but Bernie Sanders will add at least one victory to his total."
Four-in-five Democrats also predict Trump to win the GOP nomination, while the rest are predicting a contested convention.
"A contested convention will almost certain reject the plurality of primary voters who support Trump," said a Florida Democrat. "This kind of direct rupture with the actual voters would lead to chaos."
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