For Ted Cruz, there could be no better way to stop Donald Trump than for the GOP to unite by his side. And it seems like he is now pushing for the two-man race strategy more than ever.

Cruz is still optimistic that a unified stand from the conservatives can win it all for his cause. However, he also said that getting support from other anti-Trump GOP forces could very well put a halt to the real estate magnate's presidential aspiration.

The Case for the Two-Man Race

"The more it gets down to two-man race, the more decisively we will win, because in a two-man race, Donald Trump has a hard ceiling of 35 to 40 percent and he can't get them up," Cruz rationalized.

According to Cruz, Trump benefits when there are multiple oppositions as votes get split among them. "Donald wants the other candidates to remain in the race because it splitters his opposition. When the opposition unifies, Donald loses," he added.

Ted Cruz's Two-Man Race Could Backfire on Him

GOP's Katie Packer of Our Principles PAC, an anti-Trump Super PAC, said that they are one with the other Republican factions in trying to stop Trump from getting the presidential nomination. In order to secure the party's outright nomination, a Republican candidate would need 1,237 delegates. However, Packer also said that they do not believe that there is a need for the two-man race strategy ahead of the Tuesday contests.

To the contrary, Packer said that in order for their goal to materialize, Rubio and Kasich should win their home states for the upcoming elections. A Trump victory in each of those states could dim the chances of the other candidates.

"Our best chance of stopping Trump is that he doesn't win Ohio and he doesn't win Florida, and we happen to have two very strong, favorite-son candidates that are in the race," Packer said of Kasich and Rubio. "So why would we want either of them to not be in it next Tuesday?"

While the GOP elites are not too keen on supporting Cruz's presidential bid just yet, they are also losing the campaign against Trump. It's only a few days from now when the big states make their vote on March 15. If Trump gets both Ohio and Florida, both states that are delegate-rich and have a winner-take-all mindset, then they could very well hand Trump the outright nomination.

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