If anyone had any doubts about why Ted Cruz is such a horrible person and would make a disastrous President, look at his choice of Rep. Steve King of Iowa to oversee his presidential campaign.

King is — let’s put this pleasantly — not merely the stupidest person in the U.S. Congress but one of the most hated men in that same body. And that’s saying something given that Ted Cruz tops a lot of the lists of the most despised Congressman. Birds of a feather perhaps?

King may be best known for his blunt slurs about Mexican immigrants. He’s also suggested that electric wires placed across the Mexican-U.S. border would deter any illegal immigrants (sure it might kill a few, but hey, it works most of the time with livestock, so …..

Let us not forget that King said a couple of years ago that he’s never heard of a girl getting pregnant from statutory rape or incest. What he said specifically is this: “Well, I just haven’t heard of that being a circumstance that’s been brought to me in any personal way.” Perfect guy to run Ted Cruz’s campaign right?

And why is he so disliked in Congress apart from being too dumb go find his way to the cafeteria without help? Well, for one, he accused Democrat Harry Reid of endorsing not just Planned Parenthood’s abortion programs but child prostitution and illegal immigration.

Now, Ted Cruz is a manipulative, unprincipled, smug prick, but with those degrees from Princeton and Harvard he’s not stupid. So why would he let a total dolt like Steve King run his campaign? My take is this: first, Cruz wants to win in Iowa, and by attaching himself to Iowan King, his chances of winning in the caucuses improve. (I know this doesn’t answer the question of how stupid you have to elect someone like Steve King, but I have to assume voters in his Iowa district must pay much more attention to cow dung than politicians.)

Second, Steve King will have almost no impact on Cruz’s real campaign. He’ll be used as a nameplate to appease the stupider voters who admire Cruz — never overestimate the quality of Cruz’s voters — while real campaign decisions will be made by smarter people (that could include most of the cows in Iowa).

Or, there’s a third possibility: Cruz isn’t as smart as we give him credit for being. Could that be the REAL connection between the two men?