LOL - I like your typo “dripped out”!
I don’t know about anyone marginalizing Cruz.
He’s gone mental and he’s very maad.
Some of the worker bees, like Ed Rollins, are calling him "toxic." Get enough of that, and get some from politicians, then it doesn't matter what Cruz says, he's branded. Cruz can't get out of it the way that Trump did. He lacks the charisma and personality.