On Morning Joe, Chris Matthews made a stunning admission. At the conclusion of a discussion about the Cruz “filibuster”, Matthews said that Cruz was playing to his crowd. He went on to say: 

We all know this country is balkanized..and he’s playing to that 20%-30%…they’re there and they are rooting for him…Harry Reid doesn’t have 30% of the country behind him.” Mika and Joe agreed. 

Yes Chris, I think that is the point.