Ted Cruz and the Tea Party were made for each other. The TP is the opposite of low-information voters. They know how dangerous Big Government is and how important it is to restrain it.
There are a lot of people out there in the grassroots that are waking up. Ann Coulter and Thomas Sowell, are you listening?
I'm willing to give Thomas Sowell a mulligan for his recent uncharacteristic remarks, but Ann Coulter went full-on RINO a long time ago. No reprieve for her.