"This is all about Trump attempting to take the Trump brand global like Nike and Coca-Cola without having to spend a dime. Trump has been all over the map. Pro-Choice; scolded Romney for his harsh anti-immigration stance; has given wads of cash to the Clintons, Pelosis’, has favored a single-payer plan; and has “evolved” on just about everything else.” While I must say I like his rhetoric and his take-no-prisoners attitude, he is unelectable on account of his super high negatives and the high percentage of voters who would definitely not vote for him. In short, he is taking us all for a shipload of fools. In some ways, he is making it harder for the likes of Ted Cruz to move to the top."
It's a free country ( for now ) and you can believe what you want, except for that last bit.
When you say something like that you are just beating around the bush and avoiding saying: "Offering another choice other than my guy is bad". That is an arrogant establishment position that has been used for example by the stupid party (R)epublicrats to scapegoat Perot for their loss in 1992, and to avoid accepting personal responsibility.
It sounds to me like you would be comfortable, like Bush or Jeb, of having your own pretend-primary coronation as long as your guy was the presumptive nominee. The distasteful thing is that some people actually believe our votes belong to them in the first place and that they would receive them if only there was no spoiler in there to ruin their party.
If you in fact are a Cruz supporter ( and I happen to like him very much ) then you are actually doing him a dis-service. It reminds me of that string of calls from the (R) dwarfs demanding Trump get out of the race when he spoke about Mexicans, and then McCain. "How dare you run!" I noted then that Cruz was NOT one of the dwarfs to do that. Perry, Graham, Bush, Rubio and a few others were.
Some people are their candidates' own worst enemy.
I’d be all for Trump if I can get myself to believe he is electable. But given the nationally high percentage of those who will definitely not vote for him, I think we must follow the Buckley principle. We elect the most conservative and the one who could win. In my opinion that leaves out Trump. Of those still standing I would like Cruz to capture the nomination. Absolute No to Bush, Kasich, Graham