Agree with all your points. I also think Cruz is a tool for the GOPe's efforts to take out Donald Trump. If that's accomplished, the GOP will dump Cruz like yesterday's garbage for Romney.
It’s hard to figure out all the machinations. Someone posted yesterday that the big difference between republicans and democrats is demonstrated by the fact that not one republican voted for obamacare. I’ve been pondering that. My democrat rep didn’t ‘make up his mind’ to vote against until it was safely assured of passage. I’m wondering if that whole thing was complete theater ... that republicans didn’t vote for it because they didn’t have to.
Once you start thinking you’re being played, who knows what they have in mind for Cruz - perhaps even with his consent.
I’m to the point where I wouldn’t put anything past them.