1. If Trump is the nominee, I'll vote for him.
>>Cruz is underperforming.
2. This isn't about Cruz. It's about what sort of damage control conservatives can expect to be doing as President Trump wobbles America down the path.
What sort of 'conservative' picks a campaign manager who has a history of collaborating with COMMUNIST oligarch thugs?
He also worked as an adviser on the Ukrainian presidential campaign of Viktor Yanukovych[9] even as the U.S. government (and McCain) opposed Yanukovych because of his ties to Russia's Vladimir Putin.[4] Manafort was hired to advise Yanukovych months after massive street demonstrations known as the Orange Revolution overturned Yanukovych's victory in the 2004 presidential race. [10] Borys V. Kolesnikov, Yanukovichs campaign manager, said the party hired Manafort after identifying organizational and other problems in the 2004 elections, in which it was advised by Russian strategists. [9]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Manafort
"On 10 July 2006 a new parliamentary majority titled the "anti-crisis coalition", led by the Party of Regions and including the Socialist Party and the Communist Party, was formed, nominating Viktor Yanukovych to the post of prime minister."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_of_Regions