“Cruz will soak up the votes of most of the lower tier candidates. “
well, he will likely take Huckabee’s and Santorum’s for sure. The biggest add would be if Carson drops.
Now way he would take Jebbie’s or Kashich’s.
Don’t know about the others.
Probably not Kasich’s but I think he ~could~ all probably aside take Jeb’s voter (the majority) since Jeb has been so anti-Trump and anti-Rubio..