Ted Cruz has nothing to offer the country.

• Author: Leyva, Jose Miguel
• Position: THE PROGRESSIVE MEDIA PROJECT - Column - Brief article

Imagine a politician so desperate to stay relevant that he runs out and takes the most contrary position possible to any rational argument. We don't have to imagine, though, since we have Texas Senator Ted Cruz, now a GOP Presidential contender.

Cruz, who asked the American people in his announcement speech to imagine his notion of an ideal future (one without Obamacare), is in big trouble. A February poll in our state showed that even Texas Republicans are split between him and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker for their party's presidential nomination.

A year and a half ago, Cruz seemed like an unstoppable, albeit polarizing, force among conservatives, successfully bullying his colleagues into a government shutdown.

Today, Cruz is in a very different place. Now, everything he does seems a little funny, out of step, or downright odd.

He spends time lashing out at things that don't exist, like a federal Common Core law. Even after a week of being corrected on this...