Fear and loathing on The Donald's campaign trail

Marion McKeone on the battle for the make-or-break state of California

Trump at a campaign rally in Alabama Pic: Getty

Ted Cruz didn’t have the best of weeks. But I suspect few weeks are good weeks in the strange world inhabited byTed Cruz. After being soundly trounced by Donald Trump in five primaries on Tuesday, his cobbled-together bromance with John Kasich was over faster than you could say Brokeback Mountain.

He compounded his errors by naming Carly Fiorina as his running mate, thereby uniting two of the most unappealing presidential contenders in memory ...