Yes, lots of us used to think Ted Cruz was a constitutional conservative, with high hopes for his political future.
That was back before it leaked out that he was a natural born Canadian citizen, that he was most likely never a US citizen, that he was definitely NOT constitutionally eligible for the US presidency, and most likely not even eligible to hold the Senate seat that he currently occupies.
That was also before his opening speech at Liberty University wherein he revealed himself as a snake-oil salesman chasing the lowest-IQ ten percent of the electorate who bow down to any sleazy, slimy, lyin', cheating, sniveling, scumbag who simply mentions the word "Jesus" in their pitch. Lucky for the USA, the Southern Bible Belt people have seen that garbage far too many times, and all across the South, they soundly rejected Slimy Sleazy Lyin' Ted right off the bat.
That was also before the stories of his long string of sleazy infidelities started leaking out.
That was also before he was openly hooked up with Looney Glenn Beck, follow shortly by Mitt Romney, the Bushes, and a long, long list of other GOP establishment commie globalist pukes.
Then all the slimy behavior on the campaign trail, and in the debates ...
And it just keeps getting worse for Lyin' Ted.
I used to think James Madison was too, until I found out he never ran a big, successful company.