You don't understand conventions. Candidates attempting to sway the delegates is how they have always operated. Unless the law in your state binds the delegates to vote a certain way, they are free agents, free to be lobbied by anyone. Both you and your candidate have the right to lobby the delegates or support people to run as delegates.
Very few states bind their delegates beyond the first ballot, because if a majority winner isn't found on the first ballot, some delegates will HAVE to change their vote to produce one on the second.
You don’t understand conventions. Candidates attempting to sway the delegates is how they have always operated. Unless the law in your state binds the delegates to vote a certain way, they are free agents, free to be lobbied by anyone. Both you and your candidate have the right to lobby the delegates or support people to run as delegates.
Have we always had elected GOP leadership meeting in secret with rich DEMOCRATS? Of course not. You presume this has been a fair fight and it has not been.
So say Cruz steals the nom from Trump. Then Trump pushes the GOP destruction button on his phone. What has Cruz gained? Nothing. Except a dogfight in 2018 to keep his Senate seat. The bottom line is Ted Cruz is never going to be POTUS and the sooner Cruzers realize that the better for everyone.