I think you’re right. I wonder if women saw through Cruz first because we tend to focus on personality and men tend to focus on the ideas of a candidate. That’s ok, but when you miss that a person is actually pretty slimy in tone and actions, it makes his ideas less important.
Cruz’s persona seemed to lack personal depth, was more a plaster saint and less engaging than I’d have expected. Trump tested this eight ways from Sunday and the cracks appeared. I think better that we knew it from Trump’s challenges than that we knew it from the wider world’s challenges.
I believe the good Lord told Cruz, “No, it is not done this way.” If he can shake off the dominionist ideas, he might actually have some success later in his life.
And yeah, I’m a guy and guys aren’t “supposed” to think about that kind of thing which is usually in women’s bailiwick. Life circumstances forced the awareness on me, and I come across more touchy-feely than most guys do.