“Ted Cruz is expected to use his speech Wednesday night in Cleveland to tee up a future presidential bid.”
I find this hard to believe. I watched the convention this evening and that’s a pretty vocal crowd. They’d boo Cruz off the stage if he tries to pull something like that, and being booed off the GOP convention stage would be political death for him. I can’t believe he’d be stupid enough to do something that would risk such boos.
My guess is that he’s going to give a ringing endorsement to Trump; anything less means his political career is over.
There is just no way. I don’t think he’s stupid enough to bash Trump in his speech*, but I believe he will avoid talking about Trump. He’s “addressing the delegates,” so he’ll thank them and toot his own horn. There is just no way this guy can bring himself to say something nice about Trump. He’s consumed by his hatred. Oh, and he wants him to lose so he can be our savior in 2020.
* - With Cruz, one shouldn’t underestimate his capacity for stupidity. He showed it throughout the campaign.