Cruz's voting record is one long list of grandstanding and accomplishing very little, while simultaneously holding one or two contrary positions at the same time and lying about his record to make it sound better. Case in point, him calling Rubio a liar for accurately pointing out that Cruz supported permanent legal status for illegal aliens in the USA, but without voting rights. Cruz supported that position after the Gang of Eight fight was over as well as up to the campaign. During the campaign, he refused to answer questions when asked, would occasionally deny he held the position, then would later go back to refusing to answer direct questions.
Cruz was a Bush-league Republican who just wanted to stand out as a "firebrand." He's only consequential in that he made lots of noise and fooled a lot of people into believing he was something other than just another huckster.
Spot on...Great posts.