{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Why Ted Cruz's Big Gamble Failed","description":"You could tell when Ted Cruz started speaking in the past tense that he had finally come to grips with the inevitable. Standing in front of a bank of flags, surrounded by family who had gathered for a final stand in Indiana, the Texas Senator dropped his bid for the White House on Tuesday night.\n\n“We left it all on the field,” Cruz told supporters with evident sorrow. “But the voters chose another path.","author_name":"TIME's Top Stories","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/3380207-time-s-top-stories","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/21570407/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}