Cruz hates the establishment so much he hired JEB’s brother. That makes sense. /s
It makes more sense that the whole McConnell is a liar thing was done to give the 17 year GOPe insider Cruz some outsider credibility. I do not think that McConnell really mixed that too much.
Believe what you want to believe. Cruz has talked the talk and walked the walk. Seems a lot less risky to me than a guy who changes from democrat to republican with regularity, but that’s why we go through this process. If your guy is everything you say he is, he shouldn’t have any problem getting to 1237. If not, then we’ll have a contested election and the party can decide if they want to continue being a viable party or crash and burn.