You have missed my point. The issue isn’t whether Ted Cruz will be better than Obama. Because he is right on so many issues and a Constitutionalist he will be better by default. So would nearly all the Republicans, with perhaps the exception of Jeb Bush. Heck, even Bush is to the right of Obama so arguably he would be better.
The issue though isn’t whether Cruz is better than Obama, the issue is whether Cruz can govern better than the other conservatives running in this election. My point in bringing up Obama is that when you look at his political career and Cruz, they’re at the same point when they each ran for President. Obama was a two year Senator, so is Cruz. Obama had no executive governing experience, neither does Cruz. There’s a lesson to be learned from Obama based on how poorly he’s managed the executive branch. That lesson goes beyond ideology, it hits at actual governing and decision making.
Obama has gotten remarkably little done legislatively, not because Republicans impede him but because he’s an incompetent negotiator. He got very little done when he had a filibuster proof Congress, again because he doesn’t know how to build relationships or negotiate. These are the sort of things you learn how to do when you’re a Governor or a Senator for more than two years before you run for President.