With Ted Cruz exposing himself that he will do anything to help the corrupt establishment, he is damaged goods, and at this point, there will NOT be a next time. You are going to have to eventually deal with this fact.
CGato
I disagree. VERY few candidates anywhere have 50 state ground games and Sen. Cruz just spent tens of millions on one.
Those connections, combined with being the runner up here (assuming keeping his powder dry) makes him the front runner in the next open GOP contest.
In the meantime, so long as Sen. Cruz sees possibilities with the current scenario, he’ll pursue it.
When he doesn’t, he’ll move to maintain viability for next time.
Let’s assume for a moment, and it’s still an assumption, that Trump is the nominee. Sen Cruz will have all of you here commenting very favorably about his convention reconciliation speech. Best speech you’ve heard in years. That’s the way these things work.