Of course, he will be under fire not only for Democrats, but members of his own party, with the cooperation of the lapdog media. And there is the problem of campaign donations. You can be sure that the liberal Republican hierarchy will do all it can to ensure that more donations go to their handpicked candidate, Jeb.
But I believe we ordinary people can put Ted Cruz in the win column. We just have to get up off our duffs and make it happen. It's not enough to whine and moan in front of a computer screen or just cast a ballot. Ted can win, but we will have to work for him.
At about this point in the Texas US Senate race he was polling at 3%. As I’m sure you know, he won that seat.