I dunno... I believe Huck and Santorum are working for the GOPe. The strategy is to eliminate Cruz, moving Rubio up to second place. Then the other stooges will drop out, consolidating the non-trump vote behind Rubio. Then, maybe count on crossover primary voters to put them over the top?
Rubio/Bushes are toast. This contest is between Trump vs Cruz. A two man race.
The huckster is clearly for Trump, wearing Trump tie and all. The huckster wants to take out Cruz in Iowa. This is a proxy war, but the attacks are only one-way for now. Trump is using his lapdogs like huckster to attack Cruz. In the meantime, Cruz is not fighting back.
Cruz needs to fight back.
No offense, bro, but you shouldn’t be so quick to ascribe their actions to a conspiracy, when good ol’ fashioned hubris and vanity does just fine. Those two managed to catch lightning in a bottle once, and think they can do it again, if only...(fill in the blank). I recall Huck pulled this shit on Sweatervest four years ago.
They’re like those losers hanging around the Dairy Queen, still wearing their old letter jackets, always mumbling about how, if coach had just put them in, they coulda won state. It’s pitiful.
That is precisely the plan.