I think that you are missing the larger agenda, and I will ask a few questions to drive that home.
1) Cruz is quietly going about his business and garnering supporters and laying a solid campaign framework. Why would Cruz seek to enter the limelight now still 5 months from the first vote being cast?
2) Cruz has not attacked Trump nor even mentions Trump in his speeches. Why?
3) Trump doesn’t mention Cruz or any position taken by Cruz. Why?
The key here is that I believe that Trump and Cruz have a gentleman’s agreement to not work against each other. Not to poach campaign staff, or speak of the other. In this way they both benefit. The agreement: if not me...then you.
Trump can go out and be Trump. If he wins great. If for some reason he should falter, where are Trump’s supporters going to go? Straight to Cruz, that’s where. So don’t fret. These two guys have this worked out somehow.
Cruz has a solid staff, and a good organization, and he is neither rising nor falling in the polls.
Ted is building state campaign organizations at
a fast pace so it will serve him in good stead in
the long run.
While I could vote for Trump if he is the nominee
my choice is always with the Constitutional conservative,
and that choice is Ted Cruz.
I also believe there is some kind of meeting of the minds between Trump and Cruz. I think each benefits the other, really. Trump’s biggest value is in snuffing out the also-rans AND to do everything in his power to make sure that Jeb Bush does not get the nomination.
In this regard, Trump has performed the most valuable service of reinvigorating the debate about illegals and whatever form of amnesty/citizenship the other also-rans are talking about. In essence, it’s okay now to say the word illegal when speaking on the campaign trail.
I am a Cruz supporter, first and foremost - always have been, and my opinion is that if Cruz is okay with Trump running, then I am too. Until such time as that changes, then I’ll reevaluate.
Off the top of my head I can think of two recent instances when Trump talked about Cruz. During the last debate, and during his interview with Colbert. Both times his comments were favorable.
Exactly! CRUZ is doing exactly what he has planned and they are devoting their energy to Trump. TED will be so well established by voting time that he can sit back and watch the losers. I said it before and I’ll say it again, I look for a tsunami of voters for TED CRUZ! Of course, that’s just my opinion.