This is exactly how Trump will have the nomination snatched from him right under his nose; it won't be the party establishment, but Lyin' Ted that will take it from him
Ted will have the Establishment's full support in this endeavor.
I am predicting that Cruz will edge out Trump at the convention in the narrowest possible fashion. It will be "Winning Ugly", but it will the best of all possible outcomes for those who have been vested in the GOP on an ongoing basis.
Yeah but what about if/when Trump wages a write-in campaign and dedicates himself to attacking "Lyin' Ted" Cruz? With relatively little effort he ensures that Cruz will never be President. Out of spite. Because why not.
It's won't be like the GOP was going to win WITH the sniveling coward at the top of the ticket anyway. And with Cruz on top and getting creamed the "establishment" GOP can 1) neutralize Cruz in future presidential primaries, and 2) finally tell the social conservatives, religious nuts, and Tea Party, "We ran your real conservative and gave him all our support and he still lost".
Lol. Ted wins. The establishment will try to pull a John Anderson (Trump) and Trumpie/ Hillary are Cruzslid. Twice. Then Teds vp does it twice (Ted will get a vp who was better than HW)