Do you play chess? At the level this Game of Thrones is being played any move made by the existing ruling class will have back up. Already we are seeing the delegate system is rigged where the unbound are almost all inside party people.
So already that’s massive block of delegates to play blockage on the 2nd vote. Then you have the Fact the Trump crowd is very large and very energized ensuring Cruz cannot get the 2nd vote. Once it goes to the third all are unbound - Many of which are not as they appear but even more insiders. Then its simply a matter of arm twisting by hook crook money threat etc to get the number they need.
We are fighting the largest criminal enterprise in the world, they have no ethics no morals and no conscious so imagine what they can do to get people to vote as they want...
I actually believe some are still bound until after the third ballot.
Yeah, the corrupt GOPe still has a good hand—but there is a potential path for Cruz’s machinations. Once Trump-supporting Trump delegates give up, they will IMO largely go to Cruz rather than to Ryan.
I still want a Trump/Cruz ticket, but I don’t think the chances of that are very good right now.