But Cruz can’t win. He’s toxic in the general election. Trump has a shot, it’s a remote shot, sure, but at least it’s a shot.
Trump would do far better in the general election than Cruz. He's getting crossover votes from blue collar Democrats and independents that Cruz would be very unlikely to get. So yes, at least Trump has a shot at beating the Shrew. In contrast, Cruz would just be a designated sacrificial GOP version of Walter Mondale, creating the illusion of an election prior to the Shrew's coronation by Uniparty.
Trump has far more than “a shot.” The key to a Trump victory is to use his charisma on TV to explain the fuller context of issues to the public. Almost no one in politics today is doing this. Our politics have been dumbed down incredibly since the days of Webster, Clay & Calhoun. The crop of politicians trashing Donald do not even have the aptitudes to respond effectively, if Donald will simply use his best personal effort to explain the whys of our problems in a context that will trip the levers of credibility in the minds of the public.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3422096/posts
Same stuff said about Ronald Reagan 40 years ago, and he came from way behind to win convincingly in 1980, and then overwhelmingly in 1984. Conservatism is a winning message.