[Road Warrior ‘04]

But the delegates realized what was happening and coalesced around one of the Cruz nominees and he beat the establishment guy by 1 vote.

Isn't a Cruz nominee the same as the establishment?

[Dr. Sivana]

Isn't a Cruz nominee the same as the establishment?

Not in the Third District it isn't, just two branches of anti-Establishment, possibly taking some reluctant free riders on board. One of top families in the District (from my experience) is the Frost family, and young Brant V would NOT cast a vote as a delegate when Romney set it so no other names could be entered (Frost was going to be voting Ron Paul). Young Brant Frost V wittheld his vote, which made some negative buzz in some circles. That didn't stop Katie Frost from having the most overall support, being on both the Cruz and the "Trump Unity" slate.

[spintreebob]

Cruz and his supporters are very definitely not establishment.
They are closely alligned with the Trump people in most parts of the country ... at the grassroots level.

The media and movement egos need something to write about to justify their existence. So they try to create stories and divisions where none exist.

[Hoodat]

Isn't a Cruz nominee the same as the establishment?

Nope. Not even close. Did you read the part about the Cruz delegates running against one of the establishment delegate? It would have been nice to have some Trump supporters try to take out the other establishment delegate, but they seem perfectly OK with letting the GOPe seat their delegates for them.