If Trump can do as well as I think he can at shaking up Congress, he'll get around to shedding that mandate along with a lot of others. If not, it'll use it as a means to keep Congress critters in line by putting roadblocks in its way when they want to horse trade on something he wants.
I notice Ted came out for "phasing out" that mandate just like I figured he would, not exactly the brave stand he started out with. Of course, he made sure his being "against" that mandate got a lot more press than his saying it should be phased out, typical.
Palin knows the difference between someone who can get things done and someone is a a, "My way or the highway", bag of hot air that gives good speech and never gets anything done. She probably thought there was a chance Ted would get things done when she helped him in Texas.
Now that Cruz is running for President before finishing his first term in the Senate with nothing to show for his time in the Senate, her opinion has obviously changed.
IIRC, during the GOP-E scam in Mississippi (2014), Cruz stayed silent on the sidelines and did NOT speak out on the GOP-E voter fraud that stole the election from a Conservative.
Perhaps Sarah noticed that silence and decided Raphael Edward Cruz was not the person he claimed he was and just another fraud.
Really. You did, did you. You didn't notice that Ted has been for "phasing out" that mandate for years ...?