[Will88]

Ted Cruz has pledged not to attack other candidates, and to stick to his own message, most of which has actually formed Trump’s Johnny-come-lately rendition of same!

Not quite. Trump stirred up 20% plus support in the polls in early 2011 with basically the same rhetoric. I like Trump and Cruz, but Trump is not following Cruz on the issues.

[editor-surveyor]

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Trump is following the polling with his attacks; that is an old Clintonian postulate.