Thinking about this. What initially looked to me like a career suicide by Cruz was actually a career Hail Mary. He wants Trump to lose and he is putting all his chips in on that occurring, figuring after 4 years of Hillary people will clamor for him as the only hope left. Or banking on Trump winning but not governing well. It’s a strange strategy given he alienated 14 million primary voters and the party he belongs to.
The alternate explanation is he is simply a globalist shill trying to pry enough people from Trump so Hillary can win.
Randy Mandy Carpenter on CNN predictably defends Cruz, and goes a step further. She says she doesn’t know anybody who trusts Trump. Rock solid #NeverTrump, and that aligns directly with Cruz. She says the GOP is dead if Trump wins. You know they are going to work to elect Hillary, that is their route to wining in 2020 or later. The party is split? You better believe it is.
There is a third option: that he really believes he is acting “on principle” and he will be seen as the “principled” conservative.
Alienating people like Sheldon Adelson probably isn’t great.