Ted Cruz

May 1, 2013 — Paul Mirengoff

Cruz 2016

Featured image Republicans think they have a deep bench of potential presidential candidates for 2016. It consists, by most reckonings, of Marco Rubio, Paul Ryan, Rand Paul, Bobby Jindal, and an assortment of other governors. But for me, the bench looks more problematic today than it did six months ago. I have never been fond of Rand Paul because, among other concerns, of his views on foreign and defense policy. Rubio lost »
April 20, 2013 — John Hinderaker

Demonizing Ted Cruz

Featured image Ted Cruz has made quite an impression in just three months in the Senate. Like Marco Rubio, he is the son of a Cuban exile. He is a extraordinarily talented guy. Unlike Barack Obama, he had a stellar record both in academia and in the practice of law: he was national debating champion, graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, clerked for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, »
March 6, 2013 — John Hinderaker

Cruz v. Holder

Featured image Ted Cruz has already made his mark in Washington. Cruz has a number of things going for him, one of which is that he is a very smart guy. Today Eric Holder testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Cruz questioned him on three topics. The first and most extensive was Holder’s view of the constitutionality of a hypothetical drone attack on an American citizen, on American soil, who is »
February 20, 2013 — Paul Mirengoff

Rubio-ridicule, Cruz-hatred, and ethnicity

Featured image As far as I’m concerned, Ted Cruz hasn’t put a foot wrong since he took his Senate seat early last month. In fact, he has been the star of the legislative session to date. You can tell by the fact that he has incurred the ire of Democratic Senators, the MSM, and John McCain. Today, though, comes a report that Cruz said that some of the attacks on fellow Republican »