Did it ever occur to you that in those big crowds in Louisiana, South Carolina, Alabama that Trump is drawing are a large number of conservatives? They’re tired of being lied to by Republicans of all stripes, and seeing no pushback against the left. To them Cruz is just another GOP politician. There are great divisions in the party, but I blame that more on the selling out done by Boehner, McConnell, and Ryan than anyone else. A big portion of the party has had enough with elected Republicans, and that hurts Cruz in a big way in this primary season. That’s the reality today.
People's anger is so great they are jumping on the bandwagon of a world class phony and turning their backs on one of the few men who went to DC and never sold us out.
Cruz doesn’t have great name recognition among anyone but political junkies. That’s his weakness but it also means he has great potential for his support to grow once he gets his story about being an anti-establishment Tea Partier out there. To have a celebrity with no consistent record of supporting conservative reform drop in and steal the election from someone like Ted Cruz who has earned the nomination would be a disaster.