Yes Cruz is at the end of his 15 minutes just like Huck and Santorum. He’s not going to be a big factor going forward.
It’s been 36 years since we nominated a candidate who won NH but lost Iowa and then went on to win the presidency. And we just tried twice in a row. NH is not a good bellwether of the country. They’re much less socially conservative than most of the country.
The last time we tried nominating a candidate who won Iowa but lost NH, it was Bush and he won the presidency. Iowa is a much better indicator of electability.