He needed Trump in the beginning to absorb the fire that would normally be directed at him. He later needed the collection of delusional dwarf candidates to get the F*** off the stage much faster than they did.
The obstinance on the part of people who never had a prayer hurt Cruz far more than they hurt Trump.
Cruz had a lot going for him at the onset of this race...the best factor is he was seen as the truest conservative. I don’t know what happened to him. Someone should have polished up his image. His playing the Elmer Gantry role did not help and perhaps hurt him a lot.
There are people who are perpetually aggrieved at any introduction of religion into campaigns, and there are people who like it. I think he played the religion card a little too much, because of course it gives the New York Liberal Democrat Media opportunities to mock him for it.
His real difficulty lies in the fact that Trump has been waging media driven wars of words with people for Decades, and Trump knows exactly how to skewer people on television.
Trump knows how to use the media far better than does Cruz.
Trump knows how to use the media far better than does Cruz.
Good point.