[...] the prospect of Donald Trump clinching the nomination in the Golden State has scrambled the party's political fault lines in advance of its pivotal June primary, forging unexpected alliances that blur those longstanding divisions. Tea party favorite Ted Cruz was endorsed Saturday by former Gov. Pete Wilson, a centrist governor who raised taxes and feuded regularly with conservatives. The state's Republican presidential primaries are usually low-profile affairs, occurring after the nomination has been clinched. "Do the Republicans actually think they can win an election scaring every Hispanic in this country to death?" the other remaining GOP presidential candidate, Ohio Gov.