No the GOPe needs to sell out to back Cruz. No one is saying Cruz needs to change...the message is the GOPe needs to pick a horse.
Really it comes down to 3 options for the GOPe.
1) Trump - then hope he doesn’t hurt down level candidates
2) Cruz - then hope he doesn’t hurt down level candidates
The GOPe is looking to protect their jobs...which in this case who will hurt them the least. If they don’t back Cruz that means they are siding with Trump. So then Trump is the GOPe candidate. If they back Cruz that means Cruz is the GOPe candidate.
So all those calling Cruz GOPe...that means Trump will be GOPe if the GOPe doesn’t back Cruz all-in. So that means Rubio needs to drop out today (before the debate...or if not before he needs to be all out against Trump or Cruz). That will be telling if Rubio attacks Cruz and not Trump (and vice versa). But he also needs to get out before Florida if he’s backing Cruz. If GOPe wants Trump Rubio needs to stay in until after Florida.
so if they broker a deal using Cruz (whether they follow through on promises they make to him or not) - just what do you think tens of millions of Trump supporters are going to do to the GOP when it comes time for reelection to those cush Senate and House seats?
A sleeping giant has been awakened
I don’t think people are going to forgive and forget
Is that what Neil Bush did by joining the Cruz team, sell out? Has the GOPe decided to support anti-establishment policies after all? Or has Cruz decided not to push those policies?