“Trump has already said that his conflict with Cruz in water under the bridge.”
Tell that to the Fox moderators tomorrow night. The first thing that’ll be asked of Cruz is why some felt like he cheated Carson out of a fair result in Iowa. Then Cruz will take 30 minutes to “apologize” and Carson will ask him has he fired anyone off his staff, and then Cruz will either lie and say he has or get defensive and blame everything on Trump. Trump will get to weight in and he will probably say it’s over and he wants to move on, but as his blood starts boiling he’ll let Cruz have it with both barrels. He’ll ask Cruz why he keeps lying about him and we’ll get to see them holler at each other until the walking donut tells them to shut up and that no one cares about Iowa anymore. So it’s not the candidates that want a fight, it’s the low-life Fox moderators who want to see Trump blow up, lose his cool, and either walk off stage or cuss Cruz out. Their job is the same as all other Fox debates. Get Trump off his game by any means necessary and have him implode on national TV.
You have got that exactly right! But Cruz has hired the best political advisers in the business. They are experts at pulling dirty tricks, but they are also smart enough to realize when it is better to call a truce at least temporarily. Trump isn't actually as gullible as the media seems to think that he is. He is like many of us here. He says it like he feels it is regardless of what the consequences are likely to be. He has already had this tendency used against him however and he will be a little more guarded in the future. This is still a dynamic and unpredictable primary.