I’m not too sure you could consider Col. West “establishment”....
No, I don't. Neither do I consider Cruz "establishment."
My point was, and I had hoped to make that clear in my post (but obviously not), that the anti-establishment wave is so strong this year that *anyone* who holds or who has held a GOP office (like West or Cruz) is suspect. I was a Cruz supporter from the very beginning, and scratched my head for the longest time why he never got more traction early on and towards the end.
My conclusion: the anti-establishment mood this year is so overwhelming that even anti-establishment types like Cruz (or West) are being rejected in favor of a *purely* non-establishment Trump.