Yes, he is. I have seen three great national conservatives in my lifetime and two are dead: Ronald Reagan, Jack Kemp and Ted Cruz. People of my generation of conservatives spent sixteen long but joyous years postponing our non-political lives to get Reagan into the White House. Then we made the mistake of retiring without adequately recruiting vetting the next generation. BTW, we scorched the earth reflexively until we got what we wanted. Maybe we have one fight left before we are dead or confined to nursing homes.
Cruz: 2016! He is a candidate for whom none of us will ever have to apologize. He is a candidate for whom we can go to political war. If we can coalesce around him early enough, he will be nominated and elected.