1.) He basically single handedly defeated Rubio-Schumer amnesty and he is not in favor of touch-back amnesty like Trump is.
2.) According to the latest Quinipiac Poll on 2/5 he does much better than Trump in the general....
Cruz / Clinton(EVEN) - 45%, 45%
Cruz / Sanders - 42%, 46%
Trump / Clinton - 41% 46%
Trump / Sanders - 39% 49%
Try another attack. Those dogs won’t hunt.
Take two GOP candidates. One most voters only heard about in the last few weeks, the other world famous and controversial for the last thirty years. Voters are going to be better disposed towards the unknown... until the media begins demonizing him.
By the time the left wing media is finished with Cruz he'll be a chimera of Elmer Gantry, Hitler and Charles Manson. A huckster-bigot-fanatic who, according to the media, is more dangerous than Barry Goldwater with a six shooter full of nukes in a Mexican standoff.
That this is complete nonsense, that Cruz is in reality an evangelical Christian and constitutionalist with respect for life and liberty, will do him no good if he can't get his message out over the deafening din of the massed media attack.
That's Trump's edge. He can change the narrative, he can fight the media and win, he's been doing it since he announced and he's going to keep doing it. That's why he can beat Hillary or Bernie. Cruz is a long shot. That's why Trump is my first choice.