I don’t have any particular axes to grind here and I would not personally deny Cruz a vote due to the controversy. Still, I would like to hope some lessons are learned from the previous debacle.
Personally, Sarah Palin is still my sweetheart candidate. Being a devoted Christian as she is, Satan’s forces will be arrayed against her coming to the White House. However here is where an adjustment of world view would be very helpful for her. Satan is in chains and cannot move any further than God permits. And God has made a promise to her and every believer, that first she is more than conqueror in Christ and second all things work together for good for her, and third God explicitly calls her difficulties “trials.” It’s up to her what mindset she wants to bring, but if God wants her ministering (yes it would be a ministry) in the White House she should fight for that to the end to see the victory, remembering the foe is not people, the foe is Satan.
I’d like to see her run, but she still hasn’t made any moves in that direction. Cruz is out there testing the waters.