[The one that liberals and Democrats fear the most are the ones they always talk about and try to denigrate.]
Not in this case. They promoted Trump to block out a conservative challenger to Hillary. It is a win-win in there eyes because they know Trump is a Democrat.
Speculation and hopeful wishing. Cruz has only demonstrated mastery of the rules to the detriment of real honest to goodness voters that can go somewhere on one day and make their feelings known.