Everybody here liked Cruz when he worked to shut down government to force concessions from Obama, helped defeat the gang of 8 bill, and called the turtle a liar.
He isn’t liked by the media or the GOPe who distort his record and comments. I have concerns but I think he has the best actual record of anybody running.
Cruz probably does have the best record for a Senator with backers he has to answer to. He supported legalizing immigrants or Rubio's "wall first then we'll talk abut it position" for years then backed off. I assume his sponsors saw that Cruz can't win with that.
But what Cruz can't get out of is his support for TPA. He co-authored an article advocating fast track, pushing for more power for Obama. Then both Cruz and Rubio voted against an amendment to block China from TPP and for cloture on TPA.
Ted Cruz joins the establishment
I know Ted voted nay on the final bill but as I've said before, that's like Pontius Pilate washing his hands after he'd set everything in motion.