Cruz is good! He gets his audience, he knows the target, he knows how to dope and aim, and he knows how to squeeze (not jerk) the trigger, and the follow through.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/ted-cruz-council-national-policy-20150605
"But as the forum got underway, it became apparent that most of the speakers hadn't prepared themselves accordingly. In fact, five of the six candidates gave some version of the standard stump speech they offer the public, attendees said, ignoring what one described as "the elephant in the room, this idea that people want to coalesce behind one candidate."
The lone exception was Cruz. "He was the only one who bought into that and tailored his entire speech to it," says the attendee, who, despite working for a rival candidate, gushed that on a scale of 1 to 10, Cruz's speech was a 14. "He was pitch-perfect. He got briefed well by his staff. He came in like a lawyer making his case, effectively saying, 'I am the only one who can unite the movement.'"
"Cruz blew everyone else out of the water," says a second attendee.."
He’s a world-class lawyer, so yeah. Why are they surprised?
He’s the reason Al Gore never became president. For that one deed alone he deserves the nomination. LOL