Cruz had almost three months to establish himself before Trump even announced. He failed, then Trump addressed issues Americans really care about and Cruz was left looking pretty weak and timid on critical issues.
Ted’s attempts to flip/flop and catch up haven’t been very impressive.
I suspect that internal polling has Trump in a position to spend some political capital. In other words — to late to stop his nomination.
Now he is free to do the ‘spooky things’ well before the primary is even over — if my suspicions are correct. By looking spooky to us, he can corral the Establishment and remould it.
If my suspicions are wrong, self-sabotage? I doubt that.