I disagree. They decided back in August, 2015, well before anyone imagined Trump would do so well, that Colorado would not have a primary. That was most likely a decision to make sure Cruz didn't do well - the establishment hates Cruz only a little less than they hate Trump. Cruz didn't outmaneuver Trump. The establishment outmaneuvered itself, and Cruz benefited because he studied the rules carefully in Colorado and in every other state.
I'm a Trump voter, but the whining about "cheating" and "stealing" isn't helping Trump. Trump need to buckle down, read the rules in the remaining states, and make sure his staff has him competing for every single delegate under the rules in effect for each delegate.
There's no crying in politics, except for Boehner, and he's not a conservative.
August 7, 2015
(CNN)It was the most dramatic opening to a presidential debate in recent memoryand Donald Trump stole the show before he'd even said a word.
Perched comfortably at the top of the polls and lapping his closest rivals by double digits, Trump was expected to do well at the first GOP presidential debate of the 2016 season on Thursday night.