[kjam22]

Since he has suspended his campaign, they needed an insider to be a place holder for the delegates and that turns out to be Cruz, who will control those delegates until the Convention, then, after a few slight of hand tricks, they are slated to go back to Jeb, or maybe Mitt.

This makes no sense. Trump could just as easily been the place holder and then no one would be the wiser. They'll vote for Cruz.....

[Balding_Eagle]

Trump couldn’t be the place holder......what are you thinking?

They have no control over trump.

It needed to be someone who is an insider, preferably Jeb, but since he and a bunch of others are out for the moment, they chose the only guy they (GOPe) can control. The guy who already has a Bush brother on the inside of his team.

Cruz.

And eventually the delegates won’t be voting Cruz, they’ll be voting Jeb or Mitt.

[cincinnati65]

"Trump could just as easily been the place holder and then no one would be the wiser."

Huh? You forget that Trump still has a shot at 1,237. If he gets to 1,237 in committed first ballot delegates, it's game over for the gopE.

The gopE wouldn't take that risk. The game was to block Trump now and to do that they needed a block of candidates capable of getting to 1,237 before Trump does. That's why they threw in with Cruz. They know that Cruz realistically does not get to 1,237, but he gets enough to block Trump, and that's all they care about right now.