I don’t buy the theory that Cruz was GOP-e all along. I think Cruz was willing to abandon conservatism once it became clear that conservatives weren’t going to give him the nomination with Trump in the running, and so he turned to the GOP-e for help instead. Cruz only cares about being President, and he is willing to stab both conservatives and GOP-e in the back to win the nomination.
Cruz is clearly stupid in that he thinks the GOP-e would give him the nomination in the instance of a brokered convention.
“Cruz is clearly stupid in that he thinks the GOP-e would give him the nomination in the instance of a brokered convention.”
He may be betting that he can collect 1237 delegates in the open convention. I doubt that he can, the GOP-e despises him as much as they do Trump, but he may be making that bet.