I believe that Cruz is hated more, but he’s also easy to ignore when he’s in 3rd place.
Of the two, I believe that Trump would be the better President (barely) in this current situation, but mostly because he seems to have the will AND the popular clout to kick some serious ass in Washington and throttle the establishment.
After 4-8 years of that, though, Cruz would be the best choice, at least that I see at the moment. I believe that Trump would work best as the deconstructionist President and Cruz would be a truly awesome reconstructionist President, especially if he reconstructs a Constitutionalist government.
And both of them scare the crap out of the establishment. Bwaaa ha ha ha ha.
The commenters on the NYTs are split between those who despise the elecorate and those who believe they are the electorate. They live in their little liberal bubble where anything can be made to happen if they just fool the voters enough.
They actually think that Barry has been good for the country.
The disconnect between them and reality is enormous.
There is a serious chance that they will be hit with reality squarely between the eyes.
A couple of serious commenters put out the truth, and most of the rest simply ignore them.