[SZonian]

I don’t think he’s a conservative, but he’s doing a damned good job of separating the wheat from the chaff...

All one has to do is look at all the RINO’s clamoring for coverage to try and shut him up...and the squealing from the leftists...says about all I need to hear.

He’s taking a lot of flak, probably clearing a path for a legitimate contender like Ted Cruz.

[BA63]

I don’t think he’s a conservative, but he’s doing a damned good job of separating the wheat from the chaff...

He is not a conservative he is the other dreaded "C" word, he is a Capitalist! - OH DEAR - Hide the children! /s

[C. Edmund Wright]

I don’t think he’s a conservative, but he’s doing a damned good job of separating the wheat from the chaff... All one has to do is look at all the RINO’s clamoring for coverage to try and shut him up...and the squealing from the leftists...says about all I need to hear. He’s taking a lot of flak, probably clearing a path for a legitimate contender like Ted Cruz.

All true, and what I've been saying for weeks, right down to the point that this will ultimately redound to Cruz. But the kool aid drinkers refuse to see this, and will not confront facts.

[cornelis]

he’s doing a damned good job of separating the wheat from the chaff

That should make these folks happy, don't you think? Are clueless how to take advantage of something in their favor?

[katana]

Your last sentence is what I'm thinking, or hoping. I doubt it's intentional on Trump's part, but Sen. Cruz seems to realize that having a major league bombast open some holes and prepare the ground ahead is helpful. Trump's taking flak from the squishy tremblers in the party that would otherwise be going in Cruz' direction. And the sight of those recent polls is shifting the whole conversation.

Of course, another effect of the Trump phenomenon is to distract attention from Hillary Clinton's missteps and felonies. And based on past political alliances of the Donald, that one could indeed be intentional.