Frank Cannon is president of the American Principles Project and a respected conservative political strategist with over 30 years of experience.

The interesting dynamic, I think, in the debate is going to be how the other candidates treat Ted Cruz. He has clearly broken into second place to become the alternative to Donald Trump, at least in Iowa. Nobody else is challenging Trump in any other state. So, the dynamic, I think, will be how Trump treats Cruz, how the other candidates treat Cruz, but most importantly how Cruz responds to that set of attacks.

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