He and Trump were basically allies early on, they appeared at that one rally together against the Iran treaty, one also can find articles speaking of backroom discussions between the two. A so-called Bromance, stronger than just holding off attacking Trump.
http://dailycaller.com/2016/01/18/a-timeline-of-donald-trump-and-ted-cruzs-deteriorating-bromance/
I think Cruz is courting publicity but there is nothing inherently wrong with this. Right now, Senators such as Tom Cotton are up and coming as well.
Cruz, Gowdy, Sessions and Lee and a few others all seem fairly reliable per having a conservative vote. I’m not out to flatter any of them, it just seems they are largely solid in their views.
He’s a reliable conservative vote, that’s all I count on. As far as I’m concerned, he sounds like he listens to Rush and echos the same views. I do too. Rush showed a lot of us something, the doctor of democracy.