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Most already realize that Cruz is not going to get a majority of delegates before the convention. Many do not seem to realize that it will be mathematically impossible for Cruz to reach a majority in just two or three weeks. Their big hope is that Trump will not reach a majority before the convention and on the “second ballot” that Cruz will win. Realistically, this is not going to happen, and deep down they know it. The establishment support that Cruz is currently getting will just poof, disappear once the establishment does not need him anymore. Carl Rove, Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney, Reince Priebus, Lindsay Graham, Mitch McConnell and the rest have all said repeatedly that Cruz will not get the nomination at the convention. Some have changed their tune in the last week or two, but this is complete BS. Cruz is not establishment.

This just reinforces what I've been saying: if Cruz's supporters realize that he isn't going to get the 1237 delegates he needs, and that there is no way in Hell the RNC will allow him to be the nominee in a brokered convention, surely Cruz realizes this too. That brings up the question of why he's serving as the RNC's loyal attack dog. Either they offered him something in return (perhaps a promise not to back an establishment candidate in the Senate primary in TX), or he's just doing this out of spite.

This just reinforces what I’ve been saying: if Cruz’s supporters realize that he isn’t going to get the 1237 delegates he needs, and that there is no way in Hell the RNC will allow him to be the nominee in a brokered convention, surely Cruz realizes this too.
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Of course, he knows the establishment doesn’t want him. Why do you think he has been lining up delegates like crazy for the second ballot? Sure, they have some power over some delegates in certain states. However, most delegates are just people that tend to be a lot more conservative than the republicans in Washington.
Cruz will win on the second ballot, and there is nothing the RNC can do about it.

Either they offered him something in return (perhaps a promise not to back an establishment candidate in the Senate primary in TX), or he’s just doing this out of spite.

I think we have to try and put ourselves in Cruz’s shoes to understand what is currently motivating him. This has been a vicious contest; he has worked very hard; he is very ambitious. He believes in himself and what he believes he can accomplish. It is easy to lose your perspective when you get in this deep. I believe he is a Christian and I believe that he will be led to do the right thing once it becomes clear that it is no longer mathematically possible for him to reach a majority of delegates before the convention. The right thing will be to work together with Trump. I believe that it is going to happen, but the transition will have to be made carefully. It is time for all of us on both sides to begin coming together, so that we can win this thing.