Cruz was subject to a near complete media blackout, while Trump has been steadily kept afloat by the media.
There is no assassination possible with Cruz, which is part of the reason for the blackout instead of attack.
Cruz has wisely revealed every element of his life in print, thus inoculating himself from any significant attack.
The media will soon run out of mediocre candidates to puff, and at that point the noise level will recede and Cruz’ true numbers will be discernible; presently they are not, and guesswork is worthless.
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Ah, so Cruz can’t get above 10% cause he can’t get media coverage. Ok.
No one car argue that Trump is the 500 lb media gorilla in the room, but you have to play the hand you are dealt, if Cruz, or anyone else isn’t getting traction because Trump is in the race, that’s not Trump or the media’s fault.
As much as I like Cruz, and was glad to seem him about face on the incompatible stand he had on the H1B visa program up until last week or so, there is no getting around he’s a divisive figure. He has a very real general election electability problem. I don’t see a calculus where he is the nominee, and I certainly don’t see a calculus where he is the nominee and he wins as much as I might personally like that outcome.
Cruz could be a fallback if Trump fails, or if trump pulls out and throws his support to him, but I think the most likely route for Cruz is either back to the Senate or VP on the ticket with Trump. Though I suspect the GOPe is likely to force Rubio onto the ticket with Trump (or someone like him) like they did Bush I to Reagan... in a backdoor deal to prevent them from simply burning the whole damned nation the ground in order to get Hillary in so as to not lose their power.
We shall see...
Amen, Donald Trump is truly a media created creation candidate..... His numbers has been puffed up by the media.