Plan A

Rafael Cruz, always looking for ways to increase his own power, is obviously using his early entry into the 2016 presidential race to consolidate the support of the GOP Christian extremist faction, anticipating that Hucklebuck, Sanitorium. et al will eventually be scrambling to win over the same voting bloc.

If Rafael establishes himself as the de facto leader of the conservative religious crazies, he'll be a power broker in the party whether he wins the 2016 nomination or not.