Oh boy, you stepped right into my trap - so predictable - and so easy to nuke.
There is not a damned thing, not a DAMNED THING, similar between the careers of the LOOOOOOOOOONG TIME go along to get along Senators you mentioned.
Again, a shallow thought process, no originality. No intellectual analysis...just the idea that because McCain and Dole are Senators and were bombs, that Cruz will be too.
Sheesh, how pathetic. Cruz work in the Senate at the moment, but he has zip zero nada in common with the others. Like I said, Rush and Levin made fools of this theory last week. I guess you missed it.
I'm not even suggesting the guy wouldn't be a great president. I'm talking about how his candidacy is going to be viewed by the people who matter most: voters and financial supporters.
When you have a candidate whose only major accomplishment to date was his heroic stance against ObamaCare in the U.S. Senate back in the fall of 2013 ... for which he was roundly criticized and beaten down by his own fellow party members .. you can understand why a lot of us are skeptical about his prospects in a national campaign.