This "Establishment Strategy" is plan that has not been matched in quality since von Papen convinced Hindenburg to appoint a new Chancellor.
LOL. If you hate Cruz the most, and Trump slightly less, but still hate him, what is a better plan, that is, ah, legal?
Have them both split the angry, anti-establishment vote (60% of the vote at this point I'd guess) while the 40% or so of regular Republican voters coalesce around some regular Republican. duh.
Exactly. Try to keep Cruz and Trump roughly neck and neck while bribing and threatening the establishment also-rans to drop out. But that would be much too smart a strategy for the GOP establishment.