Its clarified in the recent Q post that Trump was pushed (by the MSM and Hillary) because they felt they already had what was necessary to control him.  They already had FISA working towards collecting the evidence necessary to blackmail/prosecute him (President Trump) should he win.    They similarly had warrants collecting data on Cruz.  I'm sure as shit that had he been the front-runner and had somehow won that this same narrative would be going on against him. The remaining R candidates were all swamp creatures, bought and paid for years or even decades before (ie, Rubio (bubble parties and worse I'm sure) Kasich (RINO), etc).  Looking back at the previous candidates this is obvious (Romney, No-Name)