[grania]

FWIW, a lot of the bad stuff we said about Huck was planted by the invisible hand. Huck, Santorum, Gingrich, Quayle, were never part of their scheme, so they were marginalized. They're all good guys. With the dems, it was Kucinich who got the treatment. He was marginalized early on.

It doesn't work? Then why do folks still laugh at these guys?

[enumerated]

I’m 100% for Trump, but I think Cruz is mostly innocent, as are Huckabee and the other candidates you listed.

Cruz is not deliberately conspiring with the GOPe. He sincerely believes (wants to believe) that the support he is getting from delegates in places like Colorado is the real deal. He’s dead wrong - they are GOPe operatives who’s marching orders are to throw in with Cruz to block Trump from reaching 1237.

Personally, I can imagine how tempting it is for Cruz to believe that he still has a shot at POTUS, and to embrace this appearance of delegate support in places like Colorado. The worst you can say about him is that he has allowed himself to be used as a pawn in someone else’s game. For a supposedly smart guy, he should have known better, but he’s not evil.

I’ll say the same about Cruz’s supporters and campaign operatives. I don’t think they are sneaky, underhanded or dishonest. I don’t think Cruz operatives are being dispatched state to stare, cultivating sophisticated ground games, out organizing and outsmarting the other candidates.

The ones doing the evil, sneaky stuff are GOPe operatives that have been in place the whole time. I suspect the Cruz people are pleasantly surprised each time another handful of delegates throws in with Cruz. I don’t blame them for being glad their guy picked up some delegates. Heck, they want him to win.

I bet that within two weeks Cruz will give up the ghost, suspend his campaign and say something like this to his supporters:

“Donald and I have certainly had our differences, but we do agree on one thing; Hillary Clinton must be stopped! As Ronald Reagan used to say...”