HUFFPOST HILL - Paul Ryan Finally Finds His Batman

Jeb Bush is meeting with Donald Trump’s GOP opponents to provide the advice that only someone who won three percent of the vote can give. GOP establishment officials are beginning to move to Ted Cruz -- not in a zealous, enthusiastic way, but more in a “Princess Leia and Jabba the Hutt” kind of way. And Paul Ryan had a cordial phone call with Donald Trump, which makes sense, because if anyone is John Galt, it’s probably Donald Trump. This is HUFFPOST HILL for Wednesday, March 9th, 2016:

YOU LOSE, YOU CRUZ - Cool kids forced to make nice with theater dork. Katie Glueck: "Republican elites are begrudgingly embracing Ted Cruz — and hanging Marco Rubio out to dry. Panicked at Donald Trump’s dominance and dismayed by Rubio’s continued inability to do anything about it, some top Republican power brokers are turning to Cruz, putting aside their policy and personal misgivings to back the candidate they now openly label as their best hope to stop Trump’s GOP takeover….'Most people now think Ted’s the best vehicle to defeat Trump,' said Charles C. Foster, a Bush family loyalist from Houston who served on Jeb Bush’s national finance team. 'I would say some are enthusiastic for Ted, some are just saying, ‘OK, Ted’s not my first choice, but anyone that can beat Trump, I’ll support.’' 'That’s a big motivating factor,' he continued. 'I think Ted is the only possibility to stop Trump.' … Foster was on a list of eight Bush backers who transferred their support to Cruz that the campaign touted last week. Foster is trying to expand that list, bringing on board people like Chase Untermeyer, a former ambassador and Jeb Bush supporter who worked in both the George H.W. and George W. Bush administrations." [Politico]

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