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“Cruz can’t make 1237. All he is now is a spoiler.”
“You’re right ontheball...”

I thought the same ten days, two weeks ago.

Cruz is (or was) an `outsider’. At least that’s what we keep hearing here from his supporters. He didn’t listen to McConnell, he was a rogue.

And the GOPers tried to talk him out of running, or at least running so soon. And they weren’t happy when he threw his hat int he ring. They didn’t like Trump either.
They were trying to decide who to put their cross-hairs on, then Trump got up a head of steam.
Back in late February the GOP-e was excreting bricks when he and Trump were coming in one and two, right?

And Cruz is a smart guy in many ways, very smart in others. Are we agreed on these things?

Cruz knows the GOP-e can’t stand him, anymore than Trump, so a reasonable conclusion is that he has a snowball’s chance in Cleveland if things go sideways for Trump, for whatever reason.

So why doesn’t he pack it in if he knows eventually, sooner or later, he’s going discarded like a used `candy wrapper’ at a hipster festival?
(Now I suppose some will say, “But he does stand a chance!”, an admission which pretty much cuts the legs out from under his `Rebel’ persona.)

I think there’s more here than Cruz simply being a `spoiler’—although that might be true, with him accepting some sort of deal less than the White House.
He’s too smart to be used without expecting a quid pro quo, something valuable in return.
If it isn’t the nomination, what is it?