Emotionally, I think Trump won, but if you listened with any kind of a critical ear, it was a tie between Cruz and Rubio. Trumps soundbite answers without any substance plays well, but the act is getting a little old. Trump said nothing new tonight and his excuses on his tax returns were lame. If someone charged him with anything, say hiring illegals to work on his properties, his response was just to insult and bluster. Will Hillary just let that go? Will the media let him get away with it? I doubt it.
YMMV but that's my $.02
Trumps soundbite answers without any substance plays well, but the act is getting a little old. I think we're at the point in this contest where the old master needs to buckle down and bone up on delivering his policy statements with more detail and eloquence.
Bluster has carried him this far, but I think it's about exhausted. The elbows only get sharper from this point on, and he'll have to do a better job of combating his foes with sharper, fuller, and more substantive answers.