“Cruz pledges his 600 delegates to Trump putting him over the top again.”
Perhaps, but I’m guessing that if these numbers are correct, most of them are Cruz supporters trying to get Cruz in, rather than a Romney or somebody like that.
I would need to look at what the rules are, but I always thought that it was up to the individual STATES on how the delegates are required to vote. There are about four states (North Dakota is one), where the delegates can vote their conscience if they like.
Here in the state of Washington, all of our delegates are Cruz supporters - but they are required to vote for the winner of the state’s primary (Trump) on the first ballot. I’m not sure what happens to them if they don’t though. Do their votes go to Trump anyway as required. Do they get fined? Dumped from the GOP? Get their Republican bumper sticker torn off?
Anyway - I’m thinking it is a state thing, not something that can be changed at the Convention. But I might be wrong.
The main witch mentioned is the Colorado woman who decided the population of Colorado did not need to vote in the Rep primary. She and other did their voting before the actual public did. If you recall the voters in Colorado were highly PO’d.