as Ted Cruz. He is fingernails on chalk personified.

I am certain Hillary would have beaten him silly in all groups other than Christianists.

That said, I'd like to thank the Republican voters who humiliated him last night.

Here's how Josh Marshall framed it.

"It's a bummer for Dems that they won't get a shot at presidential nominee Ted Cruz. Don't get me wrong: I think Trump will be a historically weak general election candidate. But Cruz would be the choice you'd want if you're running the general election for the Democrats. Cruz is a conventional right wing candidate who would almost certainly go down to a crushing general election defeat. He is conventional and predictable. He's a new version of Barry Goldwater, only Goldwater had some personal appeal.

Trump is not at all conventional. That introduces a lot of unpredictability into the equation.

I think there's a good chance that Trump would lose even worse than Cruz. But he could also do substantially better. Do I think Trump will win the presidency? No. Let's be clear: nominating Trump is an epic disaster for the GOP. I think he's too unpopular with too many key segments of the electorate. But he has more upside potential than Cruz."

The one downside is that I would enjoy seen the clueless Foxbots argue that had Ted been true to his conservatism, he'd have won handily. It's the only reasons Republicans ever lose--and only that because of the media.