“I’d still prefer Cruz to Perry.”
That’s like saying you’d prefer death by army ants, over being burned at the stake.
Not much of a choice, really.
Fortunately since I don’t live in Texas now and don’t vision returning before 2018 it is a mental exercise for me to chose between these two. It is a hobson’s choice for different reasons. Cruz cut his own throat and tried to take down Trump
which was a stupid thing to do at the time he did it. His undermining him did much harm. Perry on the other hand talks a good game but when the chips are down he is a RINO mostly IMO. Also I cannot forget how he did a mental freeze during the 2012 campaign.