I don’t think he’ll do it, and I say this because this is about Ted calculating his political future. Ted has already alienated Trump supporters. What does Ted have left? Ted has his diehards who have stood by him, whether it’s trying to get Trump kicked out at the convention or whether it’s after he was resoundingly booed off the stage at the convention. They’ve stood by him to the point that they still make known on Twitter that they are Cruz supporters and go around bashing Trump and retweeting anti-Trump stuff put up by Hillary supporters.
At first, to Ted and his supporters, his stunt at the convention seemed like a good gamble because Hillary had her big convention bump in the polls and Trump’s poll numbers dropped after comments about Russia (of course he wasn’t encouraging espionage but media made it out like that), the Kahn controversy, and various other off the cuff statements. A series of high profile (establishment) Republicans came out in support of Hillary. They thought that Trump would lose and Ted could say, “See, I told you! Vote me in 2020!” However, Trump hired Kellyanne Conway and has turned things around and surged in the polls. For a while, the media kept speculating if he could act Presidential. You don’t hear them speculating on that talking point like they used to. He has a good shot at winning now with momentum on his side.
If Ted changes his mind now, he may garner some favor with Trump voters, but he figures other Trump voters will still remember his actions and think that he sees a Trump win possibility or at least the degree of Trump’s popularity and think he is doing it for their vote in future elections. Recall that Ted has to run for Senate in 2018. Also, he risks losing his base of diehards that still see him as their hero and lament over the fact that he is not on the ballot.
Ted is trying to calculate in his mind if he can support Trump and regain Trump supporters who once liked him while keeping his base of supporters or if he should stay the course. Yeah, he’s still bitter about Heidi and his dad (according to him after he was booed), but ultimately, Ted wants to be President someday, and political calculations are in mind.
Ted Cruz loves himself more than anyone or anything else. He views himself above the rest of US, much like his followers. Some people are set from birth, in their own self. They are unreachable and unteachable. I consider him calling Trump supporters ‘low information’ voters, on par with the wicked witch of the west calling us deplorable. I have not seen one incident wherein Ted Cruz put country above serving his own aspirations... not one. Ted Cruz has as much a mind of entitlement as any other Harvard Law School grad. One cannot fake love of country. Trump has demonstrated a natural love of and for country. Ted Cruz could learn much from Trump, but he appears to be one of those unteachable souls. His call to vote ones conscience was disingenuous at best. The man is not eligible to hold the office of president.