[lentulusgracchus]

Yes. Beck was the kiss of death.

I missed that story. What did Glenn Beck do, go off his meds and endorse Cruz while sitting naked atop a flagpole?

[TontoKowalski]

I think Cruz ran before his time. The inept campaign may even stall a future run. Who knows>

Worst of all was the debate. He lost an excellent opportunity. After the initial question could have opened with:

"I'm not here to talk about Donald Trump. I'm here to present my optimistic vision for America's future, and I want to inform the voters of Iowa and the rest of the nation how I will lead us to that vision."

I would have been strong and powerful and mature, not second fiddle, a chance to steal the stage and set things up for a dominating performance.

Instead, he made the lame joke pretending to be Trump, feeding the narrative that Trump was winning a debate he wasn't even at.