Cruz campaign predicts RNC second ballot would be 'the biggest run of Donald Trump stock since Enron'

Ted Cruz's presidential campaign is feeling a little cocky, for a candidate polling dismally in Indiana and relying on a second ballot to hopefully secure the nomination at July's Republican National Convention.

"I believe that after the first ballot, you will see the biggest run of Donald Trump stock since Enron," spokesman Ron Nehring told Fox News on Monday, referring to the company's 2000 scandal.

Cruz's strategy has been snagging delegates at state and local conventions, many of whom would become unbound from Trump should he fail to secure the party's nomination outright in the first ballot.

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