I guess we could pardon his proud papa.
Nobody said that Cruz needed to make this impact as POTUS. No matter how pluperfect his policy gets (and in the scheme of things, H1B is small potatoes) he’s still not of any demonstrated executive temperament.
His father is a lunatic imo. I can’t say for sure about Ted since no one has asked him about all the weird stuff his dad says.
But you’re right, the main reason Cruz shouldn’t get the nod is that he can’t win. I think he’s mostly conservative but he doesn’t have a prayer in the general. He doesn’t have the confidence and power to hit back hard at the moderators and to inject himself into the debates when the media won’t call on him. And he’s constantly whining about everything, rarely going out and doing something big.
Despite all the money Cruz has, I saw that only Trump and Bush are actually putting in the effort to get ballot access.