Ted Cruz’s Name Floated as Attorney General

Bloomberg is reporting that Ted Cruz is being considered as Trump’s Attorney General.

Though it would suck to lose Cruz from the senate, he would make an excellent Attorney General. In addition to being Texas Solicitor General, he was also a Ninth and Tenth Amendment scholar. Cruz believes in the Second Amendment, in states rights on marijuana legalization and he could be trusted to carry out border enforcement duties, as well as going after corrupt politicians (see also: Clinton Foundation).

Would Cruz be interested in the position? Hard to say. It would give him a higher national profile, but also make him more unpopular among non-conservatives (the Attorney General tends to be the most criticized and least liked of cabinet positions, no matter which party is in power). I think Cruz still wants to be President, and I think his willingness to take such a role (assuming it was offered) would be contingent on whether he thinks it would brig him closer to that goal or not.