I think you may be on to something. I momentarily got sucked into that populist we gotta go with the one who can win and didn’t want to see the glaring signs from Trump that he does have New York values and they are not mine. Cruz has always been my first choice but I will again hold my nose if I must vote for Trump like I did for Dole, McCain and Romney. Hillary come hell or high water will be the dem nominee even if she is wearing an indictment at the time. So those not willing to vote for Cruz can always vote for her if Trump goes Howard Dean.
my thoughts too
I really liked Trump, until he felt it necessary to go instant nasty. If he was truly in the lead there is no reason to act the way he now is.
Trump well knows that if he does not run the tables in early Primaries, he is done. He will not be able to turn the Convention delegates into his Pied Piper lemmings with cute soundbytes like he has with lots of sheeple.