Trump leads Cruz 46-37 in hypothetical two-man race . . . with 12 percent undecided

A new Quinnipiac poll seems to give the lie to the theory of many - myself included - that if you could get John Kasich out of the Republican primary race, Ted Cruz would win a two-man matchup over Donald Trump. Qunnipiac polled Republican primary voters and then broke down scenarios in which Cruz and Kasich, respectively, were removed from the race and their supporters' respective second choices were allocated accordingly. With Kasich out, Cruz draws close, but perhaps not close enough. It's 46-37 Trump, but with 12 percent undecided. So if you assume those numbers are accurate, almost all of the undecideds would have to break for Cruz for him to win in that two-man race. There are another 5 percent who named someone else entirely, so those voters might be in play for Cruz as well.