Cruz is not independently wealthy so like nearly all candidates in the last 100 years must accept donations and get Super Pacs funded.
He knows what these donors want before he walks into the fundraiser/speaking forum/party and he speaks to what they want as any other candidate would do.
And, such a system has a consistent ability to shape the narrative of the candidate and acts as a fairly reliable predictor of their policy position.
Unless Ted Cruz is different than nearly every candidate that preceded him.
Unfortunately, Cruz is another “organ grinder’s monkey” for whomever is giving him large donations. What is off the hook is how Trump has run his campaign with very little expenditures to date. That’s what happens when you tell a straight story about the problems facing our country. He’s letting the MSM “finance his campaign” for free because they have to cover him for the bucks he brings in in ad revenue every time he’s on. This is a new paradigm in elective politics, and collectively the MSM and the GoPee haven’t an effing clue as to how to stop it. Trump is playing “rope-a-dope” with all of them!