Well, that's one theory, but Ted could have gotten (and should have gotten) in front of the immigration issue five months ago when the primary began. It's the single most important issue to the American people, yet Ted let Donald seize, then own that ground as his own.
It was a huge tactical error, but even more disconcerting (for supporters like me), is why he remained so quiet about immigration over the summer. When he was forced to talk about it, he was vague, at best.
Donald didn't have a position paper on immigration when he announced, but that didn't stop him from telling the world what he intended to do about the problem. Ted nibbled around the edges and was unclear as to what his bedrock positions were for way too long. That dithering hurt him with the voters.
If your theory is correct, then that also speaks badly of Ted's ability to read a fluid situation and formulate an effective response, rapidly. An able executive puts the fundamental blocks of a problem together at light speed, then works to fill in the policy details later.
That's a skill possessed by the best leaders, and much needed in our next President.
Donald shoots from the hip, but Ted is a thoughtful and truly consistent conservative leader; and I trust him at the helm of this great country.
Bluster and braggadocio sound good, but they rarely ever really gets the job done. Trump says a lot of things but has no real practical plan to execute it....other than he wants to “make America great again”.
Plus, I’d rather have Ted Cruz in the White House interacting with our allies than a Donald Trump who you would have to be holding your breath constantly, hoping he didn’t “fire” them...or worse.
But getting rid of obama is the real goal. And anyone who might come along after him who would damage this beautiful country even worse. So I think we’re on the same page, just on different lines of said page. :)