It is interesting to watch the ongoing war between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.  If you listen to the main stream media, both men are equally guilty of launching wild accusations at each other.  However, that is not true at all.  What we really have here is a reality TV star who blundered his way into a legal pissing contest with one of the best attorneys in the U.S.  If your life depended on it and you needed one attorney to argue your case in front of a hostile jury, Ted Cruz would be that man.  What the media has either missed or ignored is that Cruz has documented facts backing him up.  Trump goes off script and bluffs all the time.  Cruz doesn’t bluff at all.  He is far more disciplined than Trump.  He has called Trump’s bluff and challenged him to go ahead and file a lawsuit.  That puts Trump in a pickle.  If he does not file a lawsuit, it will be obvious that Cruz backed Trump down.  But if Trump does file a lawsuit, Cruz will absolutely crucify him in a court of law.  As soon as Trump files a lawsuit, Cruz can and will subpoena him to testify in deposition.  If Trump does not respond, that will really hurt him.  On the other hand, he cannot afford to testify under oath. No competent attorney would let a client like Donald Trump testify in a deposition conducted by someone like Ted Cruz.

Meanwhile, the WSJ and the NBC News Poll just came out and the results are earth shattering.  It shows Ted Cruz ahead of Trump nationwide.  Even if that poll is wildly inaccurate, it matters because the news media is reporting on it and it creates an image of Cruz surging past Trump.  If people start believing Cruz is winning, he is winning.

In addition, if you are wondering who is winning the show down between Trump and Cruz, consider the following:

Dana Perino, who is closely connected with the Bush family, was on the Five when that poll was released.  Dana almost certainly hates Cruz because she is close to “W” who doesn’t like Cruz.  Her response was:  “Donald Trump just announced he is filing a lawsuit against NBC.”  Ouch!

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