[TheRealThing]

I see a lot of wishful thinking here but Trump supporters are getting hammered online. Cruz will be repeating his challenge to Trump from now until Monday. After that, he will be reminding voters in each state that Trump was afraid to face Megyn Kelly and he was afraid to debate Cruz.

This was a bonehead, classless move by Trump, just like all of the personal insults he has been tweeting. Today, he accused a minister who endorsed Cruz of demanding $100,000 for an appearance in Iowa. The truth was Trump received $100,000 for the appearance. He called Cruz a nasty man and a liar who nobody likes.

Trump's bizarre behavior is reminding me of Ross Perot withdrawing from the race because of some conspiracy theory involving his daughter's wedding.

Trump's campaign will be lucky to survive this incident but maybe this was the deal that he worked out with Reince Priebus. Nothing would surprise me about either man. The GOP establishment fears Ted Cruz almost as much as Donald Trump fears Megyn Kelly. :biggrin:

I seriously doubt the thing between Trump and Megyn has the first thing to do with fear. I'd say it's more like hate, and I am still quite comfortable in my analysis of that situation. John Bolton was the first one I heard make the suggestion that Trump supporters will rally behind him even more over the Megyn Kelly deal. Who knows?

I actually think Cruz will win the point with regard to Trump declining to a debate between them. But, if I was Trump I wouldn't because every other candidate will then make the same charge and why would he risk ceding a nearly insurmountable lead with a world class debater? He by all accounts, has won the debate phase of the campaign to date, why risk flushing what he has worked so hard to achieve in the establishment arena, in some sort of unsanctioned grudge match?