Trump is a New York Street Fighter and playing by his rules. He is playing to win. This is a down and dirty campaign and if these guys don’t want to get in mud they lose.
It's only "down and dirty" if the candidates make it that way and the people buy it.
Trump knows that if it gets down to a 2 man race Cruz will evicerate him in debates.
10 min of generalizations works ok when a dozen people are on the stage splitting the time. When 2-3 people are on the stage Trump is hosed when he has to be detailed and specific. He didn’t even know what the nuclear Triad is. That is the tip of the iceberg of his ignorance.
So he need to try to bully Cruz to quit.
When he loses Iowa his bluster about being a winner and poll dominance is greatly diminished. He has a big ego like Obama and an equally thin skin.
Either Cruz stands up to Trump and shows he has the stomach for a fight or the chosen Democrat and the press will destroy him after he gets nominated.
There are only two viable GOP candidates: Trump and Cruz. We know that the others will fold and be left in a bloody heap before the general.
Exactly right...this is how its done nowadays...look what they did to Sarah Palin. Democrats refined this stuff....