Don’t give up hope. Trump’s support has peaked and there will be a consolidation of the other 80% of the vote. Let Trump decline on his own and make sure that Jeb (and certain others) do not benefit from consolidation. For now, I see Trump as a useful tool. He is providing a venue of discussions on important issues that would otherwise be chosen by the MSM. (In other words, every liberal idea and cause out there)
I'm not giving up hope. I'm looking realistically at what it would take to win the general. If Cruz is the GOP nominee, GOP is much more likely to lose. Even today, with the mounting evidence of Hillary breaking the law big time, and with her entire track record, the left is airily dismissing her blatant criminality and venality. We simply can't send an intellectual/lawyer/debater with a perpetually worried facial expression and little positive name recognition into this contest and hope to win it decisively, not just for the presidency, but for the Senate and House races that will go along with his campaign. The only reason Dubya won was name recognition and the Bush machine already built for decades behind him. Cruz does not have that.