I think you are correct. The GOPe would be much happier with a Clinton victory than letting Trump win, so threatening the Republicans with a third party run and subsequent loss is fine by them. They will still be at the table and getting the bennies of being the junior partner in the Washington corruption party.
thanks for eloquently expanding on my statement.
wish I would have written that :)
The people who cast the votes don’t decide an election, the people who count the votes do.
Joseph Stalin and RNCe