Cruz stepped on the political equivalent of a landmine.
I’ve always admired his intellect but he showed himself as a hack willing to set aside principles for some weird kind of political calculous.
His career is toast.
Yep.
“I’ve always admired his intellect “
It’s his famous intellect that put him where he is today. Everyone knows that someone that smart wouldn’t make such a dumb mistake in his wordsmithing.