Cruz showed his true colors back during the 2014 midterms when he got on his knees before Mitch, performing an ‘indecent’ act, signing the pledge NOT to endorse nor campaign for any primary challenger to entrenched, incumbent Republicans. Thus failing to possibly change the make-up of the Senate by passively working AGAINST adding a few conservative ‘allies to the cause’. This has enabled him to continue his claim to be the Senate’s ‘lone wolf true constitutional conservative’, a status he has done NOTHING to help change. Now he’s bringing on Bush people....
He went on Hannity with Rand Paul and they both stated unequivocally that they wouldn't be supporting anyone running against an incumbent.
In Mississippi, he stayed out of the McDaniel mess until Thad was elected, then called for any investigation of the Mississippi.
When he left the NRSC vice chair position to focus on his presidential campaign, he gave 250,000 to the NRSC. He wanted to show the establishment he was in with their agenda and he had conservative grassroots as well.
He is always pretzeling to support both sides until the situation requires a passive, safe action, then he comes out. He is a situational compromised candidate.
You are so right about him not wanting any new, younger charismatic conservatives to displace good ol Ted, the Messiah.
And now, with his alternatives depleting, time to step back into the establishment cradle. What a fake.