I would say that most of us Cruz supporters don’t think Trump can beat Hillary. Head to head polls show that Trump is by far the weakest of the three Republicans still in the race (he’s down 9.3 in the RCP average). I believe that a Trump nomination guarantees a Hillary victory.
How strong will Cruz or Kasich be against Hillary if the perception (accurate in my view) is that they stole the nomination from the man with the most support using a crooked insider process?
You have to know that a contested convention will weaken the party. Since Trump is now the only candidate who can win on the first ballot the sensible thing to do is unite behind the frontrunner. Because no matter what pie in the sky polls say about Trump, the product of a nasty convention fight chances of winning are absolute zero.
The simple TRUTH is that ONLY Trump can beat Hillary; not anyone else can!
I know that you and other Cruzites don't want accept this fact, but it is so! She plays by her own rules and debates by her own rules, which Ted has NO knowledge of and even IF he did, there isn't ANY way that HE can best her in a debate nor win enough states to be president!
Polls less far out than those out now, had Carter beating Reagan by 30 points or more.