[HotHunt]

The fact that Cruz is disliked by those in the Senate because he is a burr in their saddles politically-speaking, is good for his conservative bona fides. He's going against the grain of the establishment system of big government and operating outside the Constitution.

But what bothers me about Cruz is not that he is an insider pecking away at the system from outside the good ole boy circles, but it is that people who have worked with him or dealt with him in some way, tend to highly dislike Cruz as a person. They dislike his know-it-all personality and condescending demeanor. He's not known to be a person people want to associate with.

I was for Cruz before Trump got into the race but I would still vote for Cruz if it meant keeping Hillary (or Bernie) out of the White House. I don't think Cruz would be able to draw many voters outside his conservative, evangelical base he has now, in the general.

I still say Trump is the only one who can beat Hillary in the general election. He draws big crowds and from across political lines. Against that dull, screeching, wicked witch of the Left, I think The Donald wins going away in November.

[El Cid]

I agree with pretty much all of your comments in post 41.
Trump leans left, but he still comes off as someone who loves America, and who will try to do the right thing.

I agree with Cruz on almost all (if not all) of his policy statements - but he pretty much lost me in the way in reacted to the Chicago Communist mob who shut down a Trump rally. I understand politics is dirty - but he (as did the other GOP candidates) picked the absolutely wrong time to play politics. He put his campaign ahead of the Country. The Move-On, BLM, Soros-Funded mob needed to be completely, and unequivocally, rebuked for their actions. Instead Cruz tried to play it both ways. 'Yes, what they did was bad -- but Trump was also at fault'. He gave the Media a platform to excuse the attack.