[CatherineofAragon]

Cruz wasn’t deemed to be worthless, incompetent, or whatever else BS until conservatives allowed themselves to be distracted by the new loud, shiny thing. That’s what irritates the crap out of me. I thought we were smarter than that.

Cruz isn’t flailing around, yelling about what he’s going to do. He’s intelligent, cool, sharp, and he can effectively destroy a liberal’s argument without looking like a fool. On the other hand, Trump is on twitter yelling about kicking somebody’s a##. Is that what you want for a president? Seriously?

And then there’s the inescapable fact that Cruz has a solid conservative record while Trump is a liberal. But it seems we don’t let details like that bother us anymore.

After all, Trump is telling us what we want to hear, so that’s enough, right? I wonder how he’s going to make Mexico pay for that fence...has he gotten back to you with any details? Because the last time I asked one of his fans about it, he huffed, don’t be stupid, there are all kinds of specifics. And when pressed, he called me a fraud and refused to talk to me, LOL.

[BlackAdderess]

Cruz gets nothing done.

[BlackAdderess]

Cruz is a brilliant guy and a fabulous lawyer, but he is not a leader. We need a leader.

[DouglasKC]

Cruz wasn’t deemed to be worthless, incompetent, or whatever else BS until conservatives allowed themselves to be distracted by the new loud, shiny thing. That’s what irritates the crap out of me. I thought we were smarter than that. Cruz isn’t flailing around, yelling about what he’s going to do. He’s intelligent, cool, sharp, and he can effectively destroy a liberal’s argument without looking like a fool. On the other hand, Trump is on twitter yelling about kicking somebody’s a##. Is that what you want for a president? Seriously? And then there’s the inescapable fact that Cruz has a solid conservative record while Trump is a liberal. But it seems we don’t let details like that bother us anymore.

Like it or not a big part of being a candidate is marketing. As a businessman Trump understands this completely. Most politicians don't. They have "experts" to help them "craft" an image. Trump is brand of his own and has been for decades. He takes advantage of it.

I love Cruz and think he would be a great president. But right now Trump is MARKETING the very things that Cruz stands for. That's not a bad thing. It's great. He's penetrating the consciousness of people and putting these issues into their heads. Cruz so far has failed at that. That's not a knock, but nobody else can do what Trump is doing right now.

Now I think Cruz is smart enough to realize all this which is WHY he's standing behind the ideas that Trump is putting out there. Notice what I said...he's standing for the IDEAS.

Cruz is probably, or should be, thanking Trump for this.