Ted Cruz is losing because Donald Trump decided to run. Cruz would have crushed the rest of the pack with ease and soundly defeated Hillary or Bernie or Whoever.
This isn’t Rocket Science. I know. I studied Rocket Science. You open a bottle of Coke, take swig, put your thumb over the opening, shake it like crazy and then remove your thumb and point the bottle at your buddies. Lots of fun and you get to earn How Rockets Work.
Ted left the ground open for Trump to step in and occupy on the issue that is propelling Trump.
If he had been as forceful about illegal aliens when he announced as he is now, it may have been different.
Cruz could bring himself to use words like deportation and enforcement before Trump did.