“Bloviate”? Seriously? If you were the least bit objective you’d recognize that Ted Cruz, whether you like him or not, is one of the few people who don’t bloviate and sticks to issues of substance. I suppose you think “big, really big” and “great, really great” are insightful comments.
He bloviates in these debates. That is why he has a hard time getting much out of them.
He isn’t quick and pointed. He has slow delivery.