Wishful thinking. RCP average has Cruz tied for 5th-6th place with Rubio (7.3%), behind Trump (22%). Bush in second (10,7%), Carson and Walker in single digits. As for the “TEA party favorite” that’s now clearly Trump. Finally the GOPe will never support Cruz. If he somehow ever did win the nomination they would do everything they could to make sure he loses.
It's early, very, very, very early. As a Cruz supporter I'm glad he's not number one in the polls at this point. Around this time in the past presidential elections we had Rudy, Newt and Herman Cain as the frontrunner and they fizzled out. There's plenty of primary left, plenty of debates to unfold and plenty of time for FOX and the MSM to recognize his candidacy once the other scrubs drop out and they have to talk about him.