Whatever. I would be good with voting for either one, depending on what happens between now and March. I have probably voted for Cruz at least 3 more time than you have in the past. The thing all you Trump bashing people forget is that if it were not for Trump getting in, Jeb would probably be the one at 25%-30% and Cruz would likely still be at his 6% or so. There are some things I like about both guys and some things I don’t like. Trump did not vote for cloture on getting TPA for Obama and he did not vote yes on the Corker Iran deal. Trump also has not come out for a 500% increase in H1-B visas. Cruz has done all of that this year. It was once an easy choice for me to back Cruz but he is making it harder by the stuff he does.
Trump is half as good as Cruz but twice as good as everyone else.
Ultimately Trump appears to be sticking his finger in the wind and supporting what most of the public wants. The public is far more conservative on immigration than our government is now, so Trump’s right on that. The public wants absolutely no social security or medicare reform though, which is why early on Trump said he wouldn’t change those programs at all. Trump doesn’t seem to know what to say on the same-sex marriage/religious liberty issue because it’s a 50/50 issue in the polls.
It’s pure speculation whether Bush would be top of the polls now without Trump. Romney had a lot of challengers that pushed him out of the top many times. Other candidates are higher than Bush now besides Trump. Without Trump in, his support may have gone to Cruz or others, not Bush.
Trump is willing to criticize everybody who challenges his position at the top. He isn’t just targetting RINOs. He would rip a conservative like Cruz too if Cruz started getting close to him in the polls. I thought he was a great campaigner, but am surprised that he made the comment about Carly in Rolling Stone. That was a totally unforced error. It directly led to her hurting him in the debate and her rising in the polls. That lack of discipline is very worrisome and troubling in a candidate and could be a major handicap in the general election.