[mtrott]

Trump can’t resist a cheap shot at Cruz in his closing statement. “We will win”. Wow, how profound.

[Mean Daddy]

Douchebag is how I would describe Trump’s closing shot.

[stratboy]

Yea, I didn’t like that shot at Cruz and I support Trump. Kinda like he wanted to get the last word when it was safe.

[Jim W N]

Uh, Cruz shot first at his “two major competitors”. Trump as usual counterpunched.

[UnwashedPeasant]

"Trump can't resist a cheap shot at Cruz in his closing statement. "We will win". Wow, how profound."

Petty and cliched. That was a sour not to end on.

[Charles Henrickson]

Trump can't resist a cheap shot at Cruz in his closing statement. "We will win." Wow, how profound.

Trump had some sensible moments tonight, but he did go all Trumpish a few times, including that cheap shot at the end.

[MyDogAteMyBallot]

Trump can’t resist a cheap shot at Cruz in his closing statement. “We will win”. Wow, how profound.

Trump usually has the best sound bites, but if I compared transcripts of Trump and Cruz, I would definitely choose Cruz for substance every time. As much as I cheer The Donald on when he comes out with a good zinger, there is NO there there.

But Cruz is doing his best to shift my attention away from substance with his extremely annoying delivery. The "you know" that precedes every answer (attempt to relate to us plebs?), the incessant tapping (Cruz, aka the Larry Craig of the debate podium), the too-sincere head shakes of agreement during questions are highly distracting.