Cruz, the Anti-Republican?

Increasingly I've been suspecting Ted Cruz of not being what he seems.  He's clearly a smart guy, with degrees from Princeton and Harvard.  So how can he be so ridiculously right-wing?  Maybe he's not!  Perhaps he has developed a very clever plan to destroy the Republican party from within by pushing their irrational views to their logical conclusion!  That would even make sense of his reading "Green Eggs and Ham" during his mock filibuster.  It is clearly about someone coming to like what they have insisted they didn't.  Perhaps that is his goal.  He has certainly shown that he is very good at getting the attention of the media.  Just a thought . . . .