Cruz will NEED GOPe and NRSC backing in the 2018 primaries. He NEEDS to run unopposed.
Because a Republican challenger in the primary will accuse him of defrauding the people of Texas by not disclosing his Canadian citizenship in 2012.
And it will work.
That’s an excellent point.
If Trump beats him in Texas (it is a toss up) it will be a sign of vulnerability as well.
Cruz will need his wife’s Goldman Sachs job (they currently pay his health insurance) to fall back on as well.