The GOPe does not like Cruz. However, Cruz is a tool of the GOPe. He voted for TPA and coauthored an article with Paul Ryan in the WSJ supporting TPA. Once the TPA passed the procedural votes necessary to lower the threshold for passage he came out in opposition.
Cruz cut a deal with McConnell not to support any insurgent candidates against GOPe sitting Senators in return for McConnell’s allowing him to run for President.
Cruz voted for the Corker amendment that allowed Obama to have the Iranian nuclear deal without having a vote in the Senate afterward.
When the GOPe must have his vote they have it.
Cruz’s wife is a VP at Goldman-Sachs. Enough said.
Agree with all your points. I also think Cruz is a tool for the GOPe's efforts to take out Donald Trump. If that's accomplished, the GOP will dump Cruz like yesterday's garbage for Romney.