Anyone who had any common sense rather than some hangup with becoming President before they were fifty would have made a deal with Trump for the VP slot back when Cruz had the perfect chance to do so.
Unfortunately, Ted and his Dad along with their good buddy Beck were sure God wants Ted to be the King right now so realism, common sense, and even periodic contact with reality aren't possible for Ted.
Ted decided it was cool to talk about Trump behind his back and that ended Ted's chance to be VP. Of course, he doesn't realize that and for all his talk about Trump being evil, that's exactly what he's trying to recover by hanging in beyond all reason; the VP slot on a ticket headed by Trump.
He and his Homies probably already have some rationalization worked out to explain why God really wants Ted to be VP first then King four or eight years from now. A rationalization that no doubt includes Bible verses taken out of context, a magic decoder ring, and Mormon Hat Book prophecy.
As usual, what Ted is incapable of achieving by reasoning with people rather than talking down to them and playing dirty games, he is now trying to achieve by being such an obnoxious SOB that people will make a deal with him just to shut him up and get him to go away.
Too bad for Ted that "Donny don't play dat".
You are entitled to that opinion, of course, but I hope more people on FR will eventually read the objective facts - not single tactical votes taken out of context, but the actual complete voting record. There is a reason Cruz is ranked as one of the top three conservatives in the US Senate by every organization that does rankings, including liberals who hate him the most, and it's not because of those rare positions that were taken to make a point. If his biggest flaw is not giving up when Trump was winning, in the long term that's not really as terrible a problem as some seem to think.
Trump is going to be the nominee, and eventually we'll find out if the Trump voters were right, but eight years from now (if not sooner) we will need to replace him. I hope we will have recovered from the silly season and started recognizing facts again before that time comes.
It worries me that so many even on FR treat Cruz as Hillary's evil twin, when that is the opposite of the truth. Cruz is the most conservative candidate in the race this year, and Kasich is so close to Hillary's positions that the differences between Kasich and Hillary only barely matter. I miss the days when republicans paid attention to reality.