Ted Cruz had a super Tuesday.<br />The Texas senator has suffered through a string of rough news cycles, from losing evangelicals to Donald Trump in South Carolina to firing his communications director and finishing behind Marco Rubio in Nevada.<br />But Cruz finally caught a few big breaks last night, and he could now emerge ) as the best bet to stop Trump.<br />He won his home state of Texas by 17 points, the neighboring state of Oklahoma and the caucuses in Alaska .<br />He lost Arkansas to Trump by just 2 points.<br />Rubio, meanwhile, had a very disappointing night and continues to not live up to his potential.<br />He won only the Minnesota caucuses and wound up losing Virginia, which was fertile territory and where he campaigned hard.
