Quote Originally Posted by LittleFuzzy View Post
That's a metric that would take a whole lot of digging and weighing to answer. I would say the answer is probably yes then. Cruz isn't a "classic conservative" like Lewk says but many/most of his views are probably not so extreme as to be unmatched by other viable candidates in the past and many candidates have a few outlier topics which make them sound a little insane. I can't think of a viable who was as inflexible and prone to screwing his own side as Cruz though.
He's a classical conservative in terms of his stated political preferences:

Smaller government
Less spending
Pro Guns
Religious
Pro School choice
Not a fan of unions