[okie01]

To accomplish this Cruz would need to be GOPe insider.

Not necessarily. Cruz just needed people on his staff who were familiar with the rules governing Louisiana delegates.

Cruz did. Evidently, Trump didn't.

Whose fault is that?

[MarDav]

And testimony to the “deal-making” we can all look forward to.

People keep citing, “Politics ain’t beanbag,” apparently,it ain’t real-estate deal-making, either.

[Lopeover]

The oligarchy. The structure. Stealing the will of the electorate to ensure its power. Founders did not envision a political elite class that has since been created with all these circumventing “party” rules.

Cruz is the perfect GOPe establishment candidate.

[gov_bean_ counter]

This is at least as clever as buying all the property around a winery you also want to purchase then putting up "no trespassing" signs to give the impression that the property is land locked, thus scaring off other buyers...
(all for the purpose of forcing the winery owners into bankruptcy where you can clean up)