I hear some liberal doofus GOP lady on the radio right now trying to spin this as being about Ted and his awful conservative social issues. She is loony. Ted did better against the Rump than any of the moderates did. In the end it is just that thuggery works. Being a jerk and a bully is what too many voters wanted. Issues were not even important to them. When they were, the Rump could please everyone because he took all sides of every issue. And the Rump lied and lied and smeared EVERYONE who got in his way. The media aided him big time. All things considered, Cruz did remarkably well precisely BECAUSE he is a solid and trustworthy constitutional conservative, NOT in spite of it.
I am amazed at what passes for a lie in the world of Trump. Expressing an opinion on the impact of Trump's stated past positions (not his fraudulent position papers written by Jeff Session's flunky) became lies.
Further amazed that these "debates" were allowed to be turned into clown shows by Trump. Anyone who thinks the general election debate moderators won't cut his MIC when he starts talking over Hillary in a debate is delusional.
Trump is not capable of either explaining why his "policy proposals" will work and why Hillary's won't. She is going to hand him his behind in debates, because the moderators will insist on a demeanor that that the Pubbie moderators didn't. It is going to get ugly. Hope Jr. has the paddles handy, because Trump is going to need them.