Think about these two sentences.
If Ted Cruz is on his way to the nomination, romney will save the country from the conservative firebrand.
What kind of twisted, pretzel-like mindset must it take to write that contradiction in terms.
If Cruz is on his way to nomination, romney could piss up a wet rope in a down draft, and be more successful than stopping Cruz.
I interpret this to mean that if Ted Cruz wins the Republican nomination, then Romney will run as a third party candidate.