Ted doesn’t care if anyone likes him or not. He loves himself, so, what’s the problem? After all, he is the most educated, smartest, consistent conservative in the race. Just ask him - he’ll tell you. Or his bots will tell you - they are so cultist.
I actually like the part about him not caring if anyone likes him. That could be a good quality. But I don’t think it’s true. I think he is actually going after a bigger prize and wants to be mega-liked by the electorate, who he hopes will catch on that he is bolder and and nervier than the others.
In a sense, he is like Trump because he is going for the big prize. But he is not doing it on the issues. He is doing it as a personality, as a crazier-than-thou maverick. You have to do it on the issues, because that is what is honest and what the people want. On the issues, he continues to swim along in Trump’s slip-stream, as the Wall Street Journal editorial said.