Trump started out as my second choice but he behaved like an ass and then poisoned the well with his constant ad hominems and insults and his non-conservative positions and inconsistencies. I suspect he is near his ceiling; establishment support will align behind Rubio and a lot of Cruz supporters now wouldn’t urinate on Trump if he were on fire. Count me in the latter camp.
It seems clear that Trump has beaten Cruz; I don’t think there can be any other fair reading of the Evangelical vote in SC. But he has lost much of the potential support he needs to gain a true majority in the nominating contest, and the nation as a whole will never elect him.
Sorry, Trump only “behaved like an ass” is response to smears from Team Cruz. Fact is Cruz threw the first bomb with the NY Values smear. If you’re going to dish it out you better be able to take it, IMO.
Then you’re forced to acknowledge that Trump smeared himself, since he originated the “New York values” idea in the Russert interview.
I thought that was a stupid move by Cruz, but if it’s a smear it came from Trump himself.