First out of the gate in that endeavor, committee chair Ted Cruz, whose appalling abuse of persecuted Christians in the Middle East set the gold standard for sheer cynicism last fall. It will be fascinating to see if he completes the Campbellesque Hero’s Journey story arc from “Guy who stands on a mound of Mideast Christian corpses to insult the dead as anti-semites and grift for money” to “God’s Anointed Republican whom we must support or face the wrath of heaven in the Most Important Election of Our Lifetime”, as is the custom with GOP candidacies.