I’m starting to feel the same way about Cruz.
Cruz is playing with us if he doesn’t get his undecided birth eligibility status put to bed in a federal court. He should have done this a long time ago. It feels more and more like his own political gain is more important to him than our country. As it stands, it is possible the election for the Right could be trashed if he’s nominated and then subsequently sued and found ineligible. That is a risk a selfless statesman should not and would not take.
There is literally very little chance of that most legal scholars believe that’s a nothing issue, to say nothing of the state eligibility challenges that have so far been soundly rejected.
I just think they both seem a little canned. Inauthentic. Groomed by handlers.
Setting aside his awful entanglement with the Gang of 8, Rubio actually has a good track record. But he has not yet even begun to pay the penance for that.
Is he irredeemable? No. I will not be shocked if Trump were to select him as VP.
His campaign has not been awful... they spun like hell after the NH debate, so he's got good staff... but there was only so much to be done in that situation.
Cruz, on the other hand, has NOT been well-served by his campaign staff. He picked dirty staff, and now he's been tagged as sleezy and as a liar, and I actually don't think that is completely unjustified. Unlike Rubio, I think Cruz is done politically after this cycle. He'll be a good Senator for Texas, but there's not a ladder for him to climb higher. Just my opinion, of course.