Donald didn’t attack Ted until Ted’s poll numbers increased.
At first Ted ignored it, or made jokes about it, but when Trump got really outrageous, Crus had to fight back, and DID.
Anybody notice how Rubio, and Trump both attacked Cruz at the debate?
Hmmmmmmm
Cruz even started out the debate not attacking Trump. He only did so after Trump went after him. Trump is the one who is driving the negativity in this campaign. He has attacked EVERY Republican who he thinks might beat him since he got into this race, starting with Jeb.
In this way, among many others, Trump is the “Romney” of this race. Gingrich said he didn’t want to attack any Republicans and wanted to stay positive. Nevertheless, Romney launched a scorched earth campaign on him and then on Santorum later.