Well Cruz has said all along that "Donald" isn't going to be the Nominee, regardless if Cruz himself was out before convention, and we know there's been irons in the fire for a long while to keep Trump from being appointed. Mostly because even Trump didn't appear to take this election seriously when he began his run. It was just another game 'challenge' Trump could aspire to that he far more enjoys more than any win. Remember he's referenced that several times along the way. ..it's not the win but the path to that he loves.
We also know that nobody was as surprised as Trump he got so far so fast.....we know also the media was certainly instrumental in selling Trump for ratings which assuredly prevented other candidates from being known as they otherwise would have. Add to that Trumps showmanship, style, and control of his audience it was sure to entertain the masses and did just that...because that's what they want...entertainment they can be engaged with and excited about. A celebrity apprentice for President is what they got.
Cruz and others were not prepared for the fickle public to jump on board that wagon, especially since Trump many times borrowed then tweaked Cruz's positions as his own. ..admittedly ....and 'studied' his positions long before he announced. So what we saw in Trump was in many ways Cruz's platform ' Hollywood Glamorized' in order to suit up Trump with what he really didn't have in himself......any who knew Cruz well could see that. ...I surely did and that effortlessly so.
Thus not only has Cruz had the most skin in this game long before he announced even, but to watch Trump plagiaris his years of work has had to be a tough pill to swallow throughout this race. It has has been said, rightfully so....the enemy of truth is not a lie, it's the almost true.....and Trump has not only pulled that off but he wears it well to an eager audience....he IS a counterfeit and why he could never speak in any detail on the issues and flip flopped all over...he's been transforming himself to appear as he knows the public wants to see. He can do that because of his experience at doing just that throughout his life.
And I will say one thing actors always understand that when you play a character you can become mentally that character and believe you are that individual. Trump will BE whatever it takes to win....just as we have seen and he believes himself to be that character for whatever duration to become President.
That said......How does any serious candidate stand against someone who has nothing at all to loose, no one to fear because he plays by his own rules of conduct, dares to offend and insult without remorse, and has pulled off one of worlds most amazing counterfeit schemes? You can't.....unless you utilize the tools available in the election process that are in place. Cruz has been doing so and did not drop out of the race because he was loosing but I believe to focus his efforts on what could be done at convention...the end of the line where the "Deal" is struck..... That's what Trump is fighting now IMO. ...NOT Cruz himself ....but the very process that could take him out...and it's not over til Trump has been 'officially' appointed.
Cruz has much invested, along with others as himself, in Washington set to go into action for this country he's worked on for years for this time we are in...and this not to hand over to to someone who hasn't a clue about how the halls of Washington work, nor cares to to co-operate to get these things actually done quickly, ....rather Trump does get in even his own way let alone the way this nation needs to go if he gets to Washington.....he'll be tripping all over his own feet, for sure, and that over others as well...he doesn't know that game nor the landmines.......this is why there's such a push to prevent him in power. There's no time for Trumps "show" in Washington.....
I will vote Trump only if there's no other way to keep Hillary away from Washington......because even though Trump's as green as can be and stubborn beyond measure.....there are those who we've seen can handle him.....but it's a long and painstaking path to get the man to see anything other than his own ideas, which often are fractured and beyond reasonable to carry out.
Thank you for this long reply .... although much of it I do not agree with. But I'm not sure what you answer is
@WAC to my question asking what Cruz gets out of this.
If reports are to be believed, Cruz is trying to change the will of 14,000,000 primary voters. Cruz was rejected across large swaths of voters and demographics, from conservative to moderate, from Evangelical to atheist, from middle class, lower class, the South, the Mid-Atlantic, the North, the Heartland and the West.
Cruz gave as good as he got. I really don't want to replay the primary tapes, but "Lyin' Ted" stuck to him like glue because it was so easy to prove. Toward the end of the campaign, Cruz was like a flounder flopping on a boat---teaming with Kasich, unteaming with Kasich, choosing a running mate while not within spitting distance of the nomination, "winning" in states w/o voting, declaring he would have the delegates prior to the convention right up to the day he suspended his campaign.
And remember, like it or not, Donald Trump won every county in his home state to the tune of 62% of the vote. Ted Cruz won 43% of the vote in his home state---the lowest percent in primary history. Ted Cruz, the man and Ted Cruz, the candidate, did not gain traction with the voters. Cruz himself bears the majority of that responsibility.
So, I'll ask again: What's in this move for Cruz? He's not going to be nominated. Any other Republican candidate will lose the majority of the 14,000,000 who voted for Trump. So all this serves to do is secure victory for Hillary Clinton.
I simply do not understand how Ted Cruz, Constitutional Conservative---American Extraordinaire could, with forethought, help put the US economy, homeland security, military and Federal and Supreme Courts in the hands of Hillary Clinton.
I need someone to explain this to me. And telling me that Cruz's feelings are hurt or he's upset that his attacks didn't gain traction with Americans are not good enough answers.
