Cruz has all the technical debating skills down cold, skills that win in cold hard ‘facts only’ situations. Donald’s skills aren’t technical, but they’re persuasive to general audiences.
He’s loud, boisterous, domineering, in generally a friendly way for everyone except his target.
His target gets hit with the entire blast. Those are skills that Cruz doesn’t have, and those are the skills that will overshadow Cruz.
Meant to include you on my post #160