I think that’s too simplistic. They all pretty well hate Cruz, but I can’t imagine any of them are rooting for him to lose next year.
The difference is that while they think he’s an ahole, he doesn’t say or do toxic things that they’ll be made to answer for. They aren’t Democrats. Menendez can have sex with underage prostitutes, but the media will see to it that it doesn’t even get reported let alone demand that other Democrats answer for it. Whereas, every single Republican will be smeared with Roy Moore’s actions from 40 years ago, and there are few charges more toxic than a 30-something year old man hitting on girls in their mid teens. I don’t like the hypocritical battlefield, but this is the environment we have to operate in or we lose.
If this were a midterm general election, Moore’s candidacy would have done incalculable damage. Look at Todd Akin’s comments about rape 5 years ago. All of them including Romney and Ryan disavowed them, but they still used him to trash them all. McCaskill was on life support, and he rescued her. I don’t think Romney would have won anyway, but I bet there were some marginal seats that we lost with his drag on the party.
The problem is the propaganda machine running in this country. It is not the candidates, it's the fact that the propaganda machine can spread lies faster and more effectively than a candidate can combat it with the truth.
Look up "Macaca."
The propaganda machine is, and has been for a long time, the problem. If we don't take it over, we should be working on destroying it.