i think that s a big part of it. a big audience was tuning in for what was largely a good night for ted cruz. but really what s behind these numbers is he s consolidating a lot of conservative support. you have seen ben carson slip over the last month or six weeks or so. ted cruz is getting all of that support. marco rubio has slipped a little as well. the decision by ted cruz to go hard after marco rubio on immigration. e we heard him mention it on stage last week in las vegas. he said amnesty. it takes marco rubio awhile to explain his immigration position. he supports overall comprehensive immigration reform. ted cruz says he does not, although there are some nuances. conservatives hate that. that s one of the reasons he s rising here. he s also been campaigning sort of under the radar for most of the year here. a lot of conservatives, a lot of faith activists and all that is coming into play now at the end of the year. at the debate when he was explaining immigration, it was a
but with ted cruz, you know, he is i ve gotten along with him very nicely and i very cutely said it it was very well accepted, because he said nice things about me. when people say nice things about me, i think i generally reciprocate, and i was being little bit cute and it got a big laugh and that was the end of that, yeah. okay. look, let me ask you about something joe said here the other day after the debate, when he saw your behavior with senator cruz on stage. joe said there s an inside deal between these guys, whether it s a direct deal or an indirect deal, donald and senator cruz have decided not to go after each other because that s in their political interests. is that true? well, it s not true, but we got along very well prior to the debate. we re standing up. we didn t talk about this, we didn t do that, but i mean, we did speak, not about this, not about let s get along. it wasn t like that but we got along very nicely. and i really didn t know what to expect. look,