The Senator is far too fond of symbolic actions for his own (or our) good, but he also tends to be lied about quite a lot. Some faction or another seems quite invested in making him come off as a dangerous loon. That said, strategy does not seem to be his thing, speaking is though. He scares the pants off somebody.
Getting cornyn on record as having voted for obamas American destruction is not symbolic. It’s taking names
Hand wringing is going out of style
Imus and Bernie love to look forward to saying that Cruz is creepy. That propaganda will backfire as people realize they are at least as creepy, if they believe the rhetoric
Cruz defends the constitution. If he can articulate that theme he walks in and fixes this mess
Cruz