CNN’s King: Cruz ‘Got Spanked by a Guy Whose Central Premise Is the Art of the Deal’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
KING: "Some of the establishment are still hoping Rubio gets this moment. We’ll get to that in a moment. I want to start with the Ted Cruz comes in third place behind Marco Rubio. Behind Donald Trump, significantly behind Donald Trump, a little behind Marco Rubio, in a state if you look at it is billed for Ted Cruz. He spent more than a year organizing the state. More than 7 of 10 Republican voters yesterday were evangelicals. It’s a state that put the tea party on the map. Ted Cruz’s whole campaign, strategic premise is the tea party guy that will not bend. I will not McCain. I will not be Romney. I will not be Bob Dole. He got spanked, forgive me, but he got spanked by a guy whose central premise is the art of the deal. Everything Ted Cruz campaigns against Donald Trump is and Donald Trump beat him in a state built for Cruz."
KUCINICH: "Part of it is — I do think his trustworthiness was eroded with the dirty tricks narrative we heard last week. The daily beast reported this week he tried to meet with Ben Carson in a broom closet to try to dull down this roar of, you know, Ted Cruz isn’t playing by the rules and maybe you should take a second look at him."