The GOPe had no other choice but to go with Cruz at this point if they want to derail Trump. Rubio, who was last week’s designated GOPe candidate, has tanked big time. At least Cruz still has a fighting chance. What they will do then, who knows?
Ok, going with that rationale and rationalization... Do you think they're telling Cruz up front that he's being used to dump Trump and at the convention he'll be dumped himself after the RNC Convention Rules Committee changes the rules?
Or do you think they're lying to him and he thinks they'll actually let him be the TrueConservative/Anti-Establishment nominee in Cleveland?
See, that's the thing... Cruz can't have it both ways. He's either:
1. a covert Establishment candidate from Day 1 who has acted as one of the "splitters" in case Jeb couldn't make it.
2. a willing accomplice with the GOPe to dump Trump, and he actually believes the GOPe will let him win, because... well, they promised.
3. a true anti-Establishment candidate who now hates Donald Trump so much that he's willing to throw aside his alleged convictions for immigration control and then align himself with the Bush brother, the Bush campaign organization, the Club for Growth, Goldman-Sachs, and Willard RomneyCare.
A number 4, anyone?