"And, unfortunately, it looks like Trump will be in the thick of things. Crazy prediction number one? Trump drops out to pursue his legal problems, of which there are legion, but gets back in at the last minute, shafting everyone else in the process."
If Mr. Trump gets behind in the polls, I predict he will drop out just like he did when Pat Buchanan got ahead of him when competing for the Reform Party nomination.
The Republican Party should use ranked choice voting in their primaries to reduce vote splitting so the candidate with the broadest support wins the primary.