I fear that he’s going to under-perform his party, but still squick out a win. People dislike him almost universally, but the GOP folks who don’t respect him can still count on his vote and they know that he will kiss the ring to keep his job.
Also, I’ve decided “squick” is probably a good verb to use for most things that Ted Cruz does.
“King Charles III” still sounds so weird to me. The last story I ran across with his name in it was about either Ireland or Scotland, I can’t remember which, and it took me longer than I care to admit to realize it wasn’t some sly Jacobite comment.