[CincyRichieRich]

95% of me loves it; 5% of me is paranoid that Trump sucked Cruz in at the behest of Hitlary and the GOPe to get rid of Cruz...

[mmichaels1970]

95% of me loves it; 5% of me is paranoid that Trump sucked Cruz in at the behest of Hitlary and the GOPe to get rid of Cruz...

I think you've got the 95% part right. If this were a Hitlary scheme, they would have gone after:

1. Carson - the only one currently polling in double digits behind Trump and somebody Trump hasn't lambasted.

2. Rubio - the candidate who currently polls with the highest favorability rating of all the candidates.

I don't think Hillary, at this point at least, is all that concerned about Cruz.

Also, imho, while they may do a few things together that are cool, I would highly doubt it's going to be something like a VP announcement this early on.