I actually heard Chris Matthews say Cruz had a very good night. Now we will probably never hear that from his lips again, but he did say it...I flipped through the dial the moment the debate ended just to see what they said
They all hated Trump, that was clear. BTW I loved Cruz answer about.... has God spoken to you, to me he won the debate with that from the heart line
I caught a clip about a year ago on C-SPAN or one of the other cable networks where a few newsies had caught Cruz in the hallway on his way to somewhere and were asking him questions—his extemporaneous answers were fluid, forthright, and good. I have been paying attention to him since. IMHO, he is the best in the field.