Thanks for the insight and comparisons. There appears to be a link besides being Ivy League Lawyers and first term $inators.
Yes, maybe the two have more in common than meets the eye. Your list is almost uncanny...like one of those online riddles that describes all the similarities of two different people. When the identities of the two people are finally revealed—what a shock.
One huge difference between Obama and Cruz is malignancy. As in, Obama is one-hundred percent Malignant Narcissist, and that’s what makes him so destructive. Take just one example. The ROE he oversaw for our armed forces. No sane person can look at them and not realize they are DESIGNED to get our troops killed. That is their very purpose—and they are working like a charm. Obama can only be pleased; his particular Personality Disorder thrives on absolute power—including the power of life and death. (Don’t forget, Obama actually said, ‘I’m very good at killing people.’)
There is none of that in Cruz. He may at times be truth challenged—and it certainly appears that he is—but he shows no signs at all of Malignant Narcissism. In that sense, he is in a different category from Obama altogether.