Cruz doing well, now mostly over 10%. But, like every other “rising” candidate, once he gets near 20, he’ll get the full media assassination. So it’s early to judge.
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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