Agreed
I think this stuff about “Canadian Cruz” is baloney, he’s no more Canadian than anyone else living in the U.S.A. and reading this. His time in Canada seems to have had no liberalizing effect in the same way as Kamala Harris who grew up in Montreal. Calgary FYI in the time when Ted was there was as conservative and pro-American a place as you could find in Canada (the h.q. of the Canadian oil industry). That was then, this is now, and Calgary has shifted a bit to the left like most Canadian cities.
So if it’s Ted Cruz vs a number of swamp creatures, take Cruz and overlook the Canadian aspect, you could do far worse than Ted Cruz. He likely wouldn’t oppose Donald Trump and would make a great vice presidential choice if de Santis is not available.