I think Cruz was the victim of less than one term in office. He just wasn’t politically smart.
First, if smart he would have recognized his Canadian citizenship and gone after an eventual scotus appointment or after a long while, the majority leader chair.
Second, the Canada thing kills him for all future potus elections. It might kill his senatorial chances in Texas. I don’t know.
Maybe he was bitten by the first term bug.
I see him as a zealous “climber”, cunning, who certainly got his head out over his skies.
Cruz now polls lower than John Cornyn, in TEXAS. Cornyn lends Ted as much support as Cruz lent him. That would be.. “zip”.
Cruz backed no one during the last senatorial cycle. Recall he was serving time in the clink with McConnell, kissing up after the “shutdown fiasco”, as the vice-chairman of vices, on the SREC, during the MISSISSIPPI TREATMENT.
Cruz gave $200,000 to that committee effort and has supported no more than two or three campaigns, since.
Just sayin’.