I realize that. And that is, under the circumstances, a good thing. However....attacking the only conservative, by questioning his eligibility, in the race is not a good thing. It’s not up to Trump to do what he’s doing....ie questioning Cruz’s eligibility. He is marginalizing and destroying Cruz’s campaign (or trying to). For that, I seriously doubt that I (and many more voters) will be able to forgive and forget, should Trump win the nomination.
The goal is to defeat the Democrats this November, or at least that’s what I thought the goal was. How, exactly, is what Trump is doing re: attacking Cruz in this manner helping towards that goal? Answer: it isn’t. It’s dividing and destroying the GOP’s chances of winning. So my other question is.....”what if” this was the reason and motivation behind Trump running as a Republican all along....?
Trump fights to win, and he goes for the throat. The dude does not mess around, and I respect that in him. I am tired of wimp men. It's not Trump's job to keep Cruz's campaign viable, it's Cruz's job.
There are a couple of other assumptions you make in your post, for example Cruz being the only conservative. Maybe he is, maybe he isn't. Maybe he's just good at pretending to be a conservative like almost all other members of the GOP. Ted has done some questionable things in that regard IMO.
And above is a photo of Trump's voting record. I suppose that he is running as a Republican because he is a Republican and has been for a considerable length of time as his record indicates.