[hinckley buzzard]

Trump talked about being able to "cajole" people into making deals. He has gotten rich by succeeding at that. Cruz has great red meat credentials but he does come across as abrasive, and not very likeable. He has found that bashing fellow senate republicans may be satisfying to his base at a gut level, but it has not paid off much in results.

[over3Owithabrain]

Trump isn’t doing anything to Cruz he hasn’t done to every other GOP challenger who moves into second place. I realize it will make a lot of FReepers angry but it’s his way of campaigning - and winning. It’s worked every time so far and it will probably work on Cruz but we’ll see.

It was bound to happen and truth be told, Cruz opened up this line of attack when questioning Trump’s temperament. Yes he did it in a more mild way but Trump hits back on everyone 10 times as hard as they hit him.

It was nice for all of us to think they had some secret deal to never go after each other. But it’s looking like it’s coming down to those two so all bets are off.