Same here. I like Ted Cruz but he's been consistently in that 5-8% range in poll after poll all summer long. Obviously he has a die-hard base but it's not growing. Many here have the notion that if only Trump could be moved out of the picture, that Cruz would surge into the lead and get the nomination. I just don't see that happening at all. We conservatives love him but his appeal outside our little circle drops off pretty quickly.
If anything, Trump has probably protected Cruz by taking the arrows that would otherwise be directed at him.
We see eye to eye on those thoughts.