You put words in my mouth that weren’t there. The majority of polls indicate that Cruz runs far stronger than Trump against Hillary.
So, I could rework your question. Is your goal simply to nominate Trump regardless of whether or not that means Hillary becomes President?
“The majority of polls indicate that Cruz runs far stronger than Trump against Hillary.”
If you’re going to go by head to head polls, I can only surmise you’re a Kasich supporter. He outdoes both Trump and Cruz by that metric. Oh, you’re not a Kasich supporter? Then you must believe, as I do, that head to heads mean nothing at this point in time.
I ask again, what is Cruz’s path to 270 after a contested convention? He will have to win NV, OH, VA and FL, all states where he came in a distant third. All states that were blue in 2008 and 2012.
What percent of disaffected Rep. voters in those four states will need to stay home for Cruz to have no chance to get to 270? Very few.
And polls showed Reagan losing to Carter. So using your logic you would have wanted Howard Baker or GHW Bush instead.