The Donald Trump "steamroller" might have won five states Tuesday but "Donald has a very limited window here," political strategist Dick Morris told
Newsmax TV.
"Things are not all great," Morris told host Dennis Michael Lynch on "America Votes: 2016" in an interview. Trump won primaries in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.
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That's because Trump could still fall short of the 1,237 delegates needed to win the Republican nomination — and he would need to woo as many as 250 independent delegates, Morris said.
"Those guys will basically decide whether Trump gets on the first ballot or not," he told Lynch. "When it goes to the second ballot, Trump is in serious trouble because he hasn't back-filled these victories with delegate victories.
"That's going to be a big problem for him. That's where it stands now.
"He's almost scored a knockout, but he's got to win Indiana," Morris said. "If he wins Indiana, it's over.
"[Ted] Cruz can go home and we can all stop watching, but that's going to be a tough one for him."
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