That’s your opinion. My opinion is that Cruz and Rubio have similar intellects. A bit lower than yours.
Not my opinion but just go look up what Alan Dershowitz(former law prof for high level law courses at Harvard) about Ted Cruz. Called him off the charts brilliant and is not to be underestimated. His critical thinking and thought process is unmatched on capitol hill right now and any self professed intellectual reporter will get their head handed to them before this campaign is over.
I used to be a big supporter of Senator Marco but he is a has been with me now after his debacle “gang of 8” mess.