If Trump and Cruz are drawing from the same voter base, then of course Trump hurts Cruz and sucks all of the oxygen out of his campaign.
Sure the GOPE hates Cruz and will attack him if they view him as a threat. Cruz can certainly defend his record.
With Trump, any attacker on his record will find no shortage of ammo.
Cruz knows what he is doing. He’s being patient. And, with each passing day, Bush is sinking deeper and deeper.
“If Trump and Cruz are drawing from the same voter base, then of course Trump hurts Cruz and sucks all of the oxygen out of his campaign.”
Cruz met with Trump a few weeks ago.
If I think my assumption of their apparent stagey of détente is correct, then what they are doing would be unprecedented in primary history and fairly darn brilliant.