Marco Rubio is going to slaughtered politically in the state of Florida on March 15th. He is as dead politically as Mitt Romney is now, and, will be forever!!! Av ote for either Cruz or Rubio is clearly a wasted vote. If Cruz had a brain...he would drop out of the POTUS race, endorse Donald J. Trump...and get the VP nod from Trump. I really believe a Trump/Cruz ticket would be unbeatable!!! Cruz is a fool...he is wasting his future. His ticket to becoming POTUS is through gaining the VP nod Form Donald J. Trump!!!
Cruz has two paths to the Presidency and neither of those paths include allying with Trump.
1. The GOP is now desperate to beat Trump and Cruz is in the best position to do so. Kasich is a joke and Rubio isn’t there. This is why Cruz is now making the argument that only he can beat Trump and then, only in a two man race. Even figuring Trump is an 85% lock on the nomination, Cruz holds the lion’s share of the remaining %. A 15% chance to be President trumps a 30-40% chance to be VP.
2. Trump wins. In 4-8 years, the GOP is going to have to pick up the pieces of an Arnie/Jesse populist in the WH. Who will be in a better position than the previous conservative candidate that starts with a base of support, an infrastructure, and an electorate chastened to fix its mistake.
Both pathways require Cruz to remain an alternate to Trump and not an ally.