focussed on ted cruz right now. rather than the broken up establishment vote on to the huge vote in the republican race. that leaves open space for your guy to continue to breathe. i would love to give an illusion right now what happened between ted cruz and donald trump. instead, i m stuck going back to the land mark american film talladega nights. you know what they were doing last night? the shake and bake. it was the shake and bake. if you have seen talladega nights, that s exactly what they were doing. he was protecting his guy so nobody else could swap paint with him. stay with us. ron, thank you. still ahead on morning joe,