The Choice for Iowa Republicans: Trump's Strength or Cruz's Purity

As Iowans finally prepare to caucus Monday evening, the state’s Republican voters and the dozen candidates jockeying for their support agree on one big thing: Barack Obama’s presidency has been disastrous for America and the next president’s mission must be, in front-runner Donald Trump’s trademarked phrase, to “make America great again.” But the two leading candidates, Trump and Ted Cruz, are offering these disaffected voters two very different solutions for how they would achieve this.

As he’s crisscrossed Iowa, Trump has touted his own personal strength and resolve as the only thing that can sweep away the entrenched political order in Washington. “When somebody doesn’t treat you properly, you gotta be tough, you gotta be strong,” he said at a rally on Friday. “That goes for the country.”