Cruz is Mr. Conservative and the GOP hates him. We've tried centrist conservatives the last 2 elections and the voters failed to get excited and didn't vote. Trump is not a conservative and he will lose to Hillary for the same reasons as McCain and Romney. For once GOP, try putting a true conservative up for election just to see if the voters will react. It can't get any worse. Forget about the Independents and Blue dog Democrats, win the election by getting true fiscal and social conservative excited about a candidate.