Or, this is an unfounded rumor with Super Tuesday this morning.
Or, my pipe dream, the GOPe got together with their Democrat allies and convinced them that Cruz would agree to endorse Rubio in return for a SCOTUS appointment. After all, this could be a win-win. Cruz would be only one of nine votes and represent no change in the current court. Hillary has a better chance of running against a putz like Rubio who she can easily beat. The U.S. Senate gets rid of a watchdog whom most never liked.
That's as likely to happen as you juggling flaming chainsaws while riding a unicycle.
I have no idea of the validity of this rumor, however its politics, these are politicians, whichever option they fell gives them personally the best outcome as they see it will be the one that they take.
I expect someone to drop out by 3/15 at the latest... the money just won’t be there if neither Rubio or Cruz shows any real momentum by then and Trump has taken the majority of the contests handily by then, the backers just won’t feed 2 fish long after that.
Cruz will likely have at least 2 state wins by then IA and TX... Rubio probably won’t have one, yet he’s the more likely to stick around because he’s more of the boring same old same old.
Kasich if he wins Ohio may try to pivot and stick around for a little while after that, but he’s no threat.. if anything he and Rubio would end up dipping from the same pool of voters.
If Cruz wins TX he may stick around a little longer, if he loses TX its hard to see him lasting much longer... Rubio will get creamed in his home state but will still stick around....
Its insane that the GOPe can’t seem to grasp what their electorate is telling them, they are in denial and think if only the establishment would setting on one candidate Trump would lose.... and while that might have worked a while ago, after Super Tuesday, let alone the other big back 7 days later, its just too late for them to have any shot to stop Trump.
The more Trump Wins, the more he will win... human nature. Success breeds success... And by 3/15 Trump is looking to be not only in the lead, but in the lead by leaps and bounds.
Time will tell.
Few Cruz supporters will care who he endorses. They’ll go to their #2. I prefer Cruz but approve of Trump; Cruz endorsing Rubio doesn’t change my mind.