"Robot, oh Robot, where for art thou?"Exclusive: Marco Rubio rejected 'unity ticket' with Ted Cruz
“Among the Cruz supporters who have been vocal about forging an alliance has been Doug Deason, son of billionaire megadonor Darwin Deason, who has deep connections in the Charles and David Koch fundraising network.On March 2, the day after Super Tuesday, the younger Deason reached out to Cruz campaign manager Jeff Roe. By that time, Deason had been talking to a number of major Rubio donors, but now wanted to go to the official campaign to pitch the unity-ticket idea.
In an interview, Deason recalled telling Roe he wanted to call Marc Short, a senior Rubio adviser and former operative for the Koch-founded Freedom Partners political operation. After Roe didn’t object, Deason connected with Short and gave him his pitch.
Rubio wasn’t interested.
'Rubio was too pompous to act on it. He believed his own internal polls and there was no swaying him away from staying in the race through the Florida primary,' Deason said."