SIGHTS AND SOUNDS:

-- Ted Cruz. Wow: The most stunning scene of the convention so far unfolded Wednesday when the Cleveland crowd lustily booed Ted Cruz off the stage -- after he gave a speech devoid of praise for Donald Trump and in which he urged Republicans to "vote your conscience." So much was going on here: Cruz's eyes on his own future, the long-running (and very personal) feud between the two, a party desperately seeking unity around a divisive candidate and a stunning reversal from the start to end of the speech. Cruz arrived to huge applause, and the room was rapt when he spoke early. By the end, the crowd was chanting "Trump" at him and raining down boos.