I don’t need to “win” the argument. Cruz snaring the nomination will do all that and more. Politics can get very nasty and neither Hillary nor Bernie will be playing by “nicey-nicey” rules.
If Ted could ever pull a dirty trick and not get caught, maybe you’d have a point. But so far, he’s dirty and incompetent too. Not good.
Using dirty tricks to fool the voters into voting for you is not a good way to get elected. Yeah you won the election however all you have really won is the distrust of the people. Good luck governing when nobody likes you and everyone thinks you are a crook, a cheat and a liar.