If Cruz comes out tomorrow night and commits political suicide on national T.V., it hurts no one but Cruz. It certainly wont sway crossover Democrats or Independents not to vote for Trump. On the contrary. Most of those voters probably hate Cruz, and any lack of endorsement from him would probably make them like Trump all the more. As far as Republican NeverTrumpers, a good portion of them will finally see Cruz for the self serving fraud that he is, and get behind Trump.
I don’t think the Never Trump people will. I think that is who Cruz is appealing to, his base so devoted they are refusing to vote because he is out of the race. They don’t want him to endorse Trump. If you check them out on Twitter, their posts against Trump are indistinguishable from the Democrats. Their profiles usually are similar. They say ex-GOP, Christian Conservative, R.A.T. (Republican Against Trump - coined by Sarah Palin I think), and #NeverTrump. Their heroes are people like Bill Kristol.
>>As far as Republican NeverTrumpers, a good portion of them will finally see Cruz for the self serving fraud that he is, and get behind Trump.<<
100% disagree. They would rather have SWMNBN and will actively work against Trump, right up to and into the voting booth. It happened here in Delaware and today we have a self-avowed Marxist Senator. In November, he faces the GOP designated loser.
Cruz base of support was small and is even smaller now. He lost every group he was supposed to lead. He's made a complete political and personal fool of himself. Who wants or respects a person that keeps insisting on relevance long after they have been defeated, rejected, and shown to be an outright liar. Lyn' Ted has no present and no future.
As I have noted elsewhere on FR, I'll donate to his Democratic opponent if that is what it takes to see him kicked out of the Senate. He, especially, and Cantor and McConnell need to be dumped, dumped hard. Trump is the instrument of that party purge--either support him or be tossed.
To back up your post, there are Cruz supporters in this article that want Cruz to get behind Trump. Don’t know if they were in the #NeverTrump movement though.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/rnc-2016-ted-cruz-donald-trump-endorsement-225850