So as to not spam the board, I'm posting this different article on the same topic here:
Just went and read the article a bit. Makes one wonder a bit. I have to say that Cruz, more than most who have in fact served in Congress, still retains the aura of the outsider, exemplified by his playing "chicken" with budget shutdowns (and, at least on the optics, losing). That being said, he does have experience from being on the inside, so perhaps he could be characterized as a not-inexperienced outsider.
Which suggests - caveat being that we don't really know how much he's really learned about getting what you want politically (i.e., what you can afford to give away to get something else more valuable to you) - that he might in fact be a better president, a more effective, president than a Congressman. The president, clearly, needs to know how to work with Congress, but he also is not a part of Congress and can therefore afford to take a more confrontational position vis-a-vis Congress.
I dunno. Perhaps I might start cottoning to him.