Here's the script I see being followed now that Trump has bowed out.
I would bet $50 against a donut that once the debate is finished, NO MATTER HOW WELL CRUZ PERFORMS, without Trump on the stage, the Fox pundits will declare RUBIO to be the winner.
It's the ONLY outcome that the Fox "establishment" can allow.
Fox is actually MORE anti-Cruz than they are anti-Trump.
You might very well be right.....I can see that certainly as a possibility. At any rate it would be fun to watch and see how they play it.