I agree with Sherman's assessment upthread and at the same time think maybe he was reacting to stuff said earlier.
In any event....nothing he can do will get much US Jewish votes and exist Pali Christians here electoral vote wise is tiny
Were I his campaign manager is have waved him off....why take the rusk
Nothing much to gain....the whole world ready knows he Fundamentalist pro Israel
But one misstep and the media...no irony there right....would chew him up as bigoted against Arabs or Jews depending which way he stumbled
Well, then you would be the sort of campaign manager that ends up sorry due to always playing, "better safe than sorry". That approach cannot win.
You're rightly assessing the risk but not the potential upside and in this case, the potential upside is huge even if it's a long shot.
For the first time in a long, long, time Jewish big money isn't lining up to support democrat candidates and there's little chance Caliph Obama can keep from making the democrats look even more like fascist Muzzie lovers in the eyes of such folks between now and 2016.
This incident Cruz front and center on the news getting booed at by anti-Israel Arabs when most people expected him to play to the Christian base (that a lot of Jews think has too much influence over Conservatives) and on top of that targeted with cheap shots by the media and neocons for supporting Israel.
The Jewish money groups that have traditionally funded democrat presidential candidates, even if they spit on the floor while handing over the cash, have long enough memories to remember this incident in 2016. Cruz is taking a little flak now but potentially he just got himself a whole new source of campaign contributions that otherwise would go to the democrat candidate no matter who the Republican candidate is.
Even if he doesn't get contributions the same money people aren't above sitting the election out in a financial sense, and have done so in the past limiting contributions or not contributing, if don't want the democrat candidate but can't stomach outright support for the Republican.
This is a tactical draw that may end up being a very big win strategically.
JMHo