Frontrunner of what?
Averaging the major polls over at realclearpolitics.com, Cruz is currently polling 6th nationwide, 6th in Iowa, 5th in New Hampshire and 8th in South Carolina making him a solid "2nd tier" candidate. And his numbers are going the wrong way.
Political realities aside, Cruz won’t be the next president....
Not if he doesn't make something happen.
Maybe he’s seen the same internal polling that other elites and media types get to see, but you and I don’t. My contact at HQ alluded to them the other day but could not go into detail. The only other candidate in either party who is even close to Ted Cruz in fundraising is Jeb Bush, son and brother of two former US presidents, whereas Cruz was relatively unknown 4 years ago at this time. Hardly anyone has as many staffers, volunteers, endorsements, organizers and fundraisers/bundlers as Cruz and in as many states. States like Iowa, New Hampshire, the Carolinas, Texas, Michigan, New York, Florida, Nevada and Missouri.