[Cboldt]

Cruz could have made a more radical departure from his usual stump speech. He knows the audience is not friendly, and he knows he isn't going to take the state. So this was a "freebie," a place to try something different, with almost no downside risk at all.

Trump's speech was different from his rally and town hall remarks. Stuff that wasn't directly relevant to politics, but showed how he worked, a bit of insight into what got his attention, the fact that he got lucky, that he looked to others for help when projects were stalled.

[ELS]

Trump's speech ... showed how he worked

I didn't know the role he played in building the Javits Center.