[so_real]

I am and have been a Cruz supporter. He's not been perfect (ie TTP). But he had all the right enemies in the Senate for all the right reasons. I respected and admired that.

But with that being said ... I can't defend him on the Trump exchange. I won't. It seems like ever since he started taking campaign advice from Mitt Romney and Neil Bush, he's sunk to newer lows with each news cycle. It's a shame. I too think he is damaging his political career, perhaps beyond repair.

[JeffAtlanta]

But he had all the right enemies in the Senate for all the right reasons.

The senate is essentially a social club; Cruz is unpopular in the senate because he is creepy and generally insufferable - not due to any sort of ideological reasons.

Cruz is part of the establishment - the establishment would have had no problems with Cruz if he didn't come across like a slimy televangelist.

[Dr. Ursus]

I was a Cruz supporter until I heard Trump taking about the middle class that is being destroyed by the Globalists and was going to actually do something about it. Cruz is so brilliant that his entire pedigree is that of a D.C. Insider,but he positioned himself as one outside the system!

[NorthMountain]

. It seems like ever since he started taking campaign advice from Mitt Romney and Neil Bush, he's sunk to newer lows with each news cycle.

Gee ... the proven constitutionalist starts taking advice from a couple of RINO scumbags, then crashes and burns. Think maybe that's what Romney and Bush had in mind? It's almost as bad as taking advice from the Washington Post.