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If Don­ald Trump goes onto to win In­di­ana’s primary Tues­day, all but guar­an­tee­ing him the Re­pub­lic­an pres­id­en­tial nom­in­a­tion, the story of the GOP cam­paign will be the party lead­er­ship’s ac­qui­es­cence to the bil­lion­aire busi­ness­man. Former House Speak­er John Boehner, at a crit­ic­al mo­ment, pub­licly pro­claimed his hatred for Ted Cruz this week (“Lu­ci­fer in the flesh”) and said he would vote for Trump, an oc­ca­sion­al golf­ing part­ner and “tex­ting buddy.”

Donald Trump’s romp through the Northeast corridor last week shattered all expectations. It also positions Indiana’s contest on Tuesday as a desperate last stand for Ted Cruz and the #NeverTrump movement.

Something has shifted. On April 19, Trump carried the New York counties bordering Pennsylvania with an average of 57 percent, in a state in which he was to some extent a favorite son.

There are three big states left on the Republican calendar. There’s Indiana, which votes Tuesday and gives out 57 delegates. There’s California, which votes in just over a month and hands out 172. And there’s New Jersey, a winner-take-all state offers up 51 and votes on the same day as California.

We’ve known for a while that the question of whether Donald Trump can clinch the nomination will come down to June 7, the day the last few states vote.

Eric Trump, son of the presidential candidate, tweeted out today that Ted Cruz’s selection of Carly Fiorina “is truly one of the greatest acts of desperation I have ever seen.” This is true, of course, and even Cruz had to admit that it was “unusual to make the announcement as early as we are doing now.” But however unconventional it is, the only thing that matters is whether it works.

Ted Cruz got crushed in Virginia on primary day, but even Donald Trump’s forces believe he’s about to stuff the state’s national convention delegation full of supporters anyway.

Virginia GOP insiders with knowledge of the state’s delegate selection process expect Cruz backers to overrun this Saturday’s state convention and use their numbers to guarantee that the 13 statewide delegates to the national convention lean Cruz.