I hope that's what will happen. I think the others who'll claim to be conservative will have many skeptics after some of their issue positions of recent years.
Of course, the MSM will try to make Cruz look like a crazed and dangerous right-wing nut. Some are already trying, but everyone will have to work against that.
We need to act in two directions.
1. coalesce around a conservative candidate - I like governors better than legislators. Cruz would be fine, but I’d like to see the field first.
2. We have to wound Democrats and liberals potential candidates. eg stop calling the ACA Obamacare and call it what it really is: DemocratCare.