No. They'll give it to Romney or Ryan or whichever hack they choose, knowing full-well that such a move will give Hillary the White House, which doesn't bother them anyway.
“And when Trump doesn’t get 1237 (no chance for Cruz to even come close either), will the GOPe toss Ted the nomination as a reward for doing their dirty work?”
Nope. They will laugh at how they destroyed conservatism by pitting conservatives against each other. The GOPe, media and rats telegraphed this back in mid 2015 and instead of coalescing around our two best candidates we chose sides, tore their lives apart personally and professionally and basically turned the nominating process into a farce.
At the convention, the establishment will circle the wagons around the theme of “ now it’s the grown ups turn” and will present a Kacish/Rubio ticket. We did this to ourselves and we deserve everything that happens to us.
". . . toss Ted the nomination as a reward for doing their dirty work?"
I seriously doubt they "toss" Ted the nomination under any circumstances other than his walking into the convention with more than 1237 delegates and Trump promising to support him. What are the odds of that happening? My best guess on what they might have done to get Ted to toe the line is promise him the VP slot with whoever they, in their great wisdom, select for the Presidential slot.
That gets Ted out of the Senate which the GOPe sees as a plus, gets the "anyone but Trump" crowd more inclined to consider the ticket as dictated by the GOPe, and keeps the Cruzbots happy because Ted is still on the campaign trail go give them a good speech job now and then. It also sets up the facade that Ted has a better shot to be President in 2020 or 2024 when in reality, there are plenty of ways they can keep the VP from being the party choice.
Whether there have been ladies in Ted's past or not, the GOPe elite have something on Ted or he wouldn't have rolled over and started dancing to their tune so easily. For example, Ted has to know that Rubio has had the NE stuff and has been shopping it around for months. Amanda Carpenter has to have heard about it, if nothing else, and does anyone doubt she'd have told Ted even if their relationship is nothing more than here being a major fan of Ted's?
But, what do the GOPe crowed with Ted leading the charge have to say about Rubio and his none too nice campaign crew, at least some of whom are without a doubt sore losers? Nada. Zip. Crickets.
Sad as it is to see, Ted has now been bought and paid for by the very same people he railed against in the Senate. He's settled for far less than any promise to be the nominee due in no small part to the fact that his wife Hedi isn't going to put up with Ted being a former Senator with no connections to leverage. Hedi is as totally a part of the Republican machine as Hillary always has been a part of the Democrat machine and if Ted isn't in a position to play outsider while she leverages her insider game then either Ted or her ambition will have to go.
Which Hedi would shed is something for the reader to consider at their leisure.