Mr. Cruz went on to call Mr. Tyler a “good man,” but that his sharing of the story was “a grave error in judgment.”
.. The firing represents a public admission of what Mr. Rubio and his aides have angrily claimed for weeks: that the Cruz campaign is undertaking unfair and deceitful tactics to undermine rivals, such as a using manipulated photograph, doctored by Cruz aides, that suggested Mr. Rubio had shaken hands with President Obama in front of the Capitol in Washington.
Ted Cruz is an unyielding debater—and the far right’s most formidable advocate.
His message, in substance, is that on the issues a Cruz Presidency would be roughly identical to a Sarah Palin Presidency.
.. Still, Cruz’s historical narrative of Presidential politics is both self-serving and questionable on its own terms. Conveniently, he begins his story after the debacle of Barry Goldwater, a conservative purist whom Cruz somewhat resembles. Nixon ran as a healer and governed, by contemporary standards, as a moderate, opening up relations with China, signing into law measures banning sex discrimination, expanding the use of affirmative action, establishing the Environmental Protection Agency, and signing the Clean Air Act. Reagan’s record as governor of California included support for tax increases, gun control, and abortion rights, so he sometimes appeared less conservative than his modern reputation suggests. George W. Bush won (if he won) as a self-advertised “compassionate conservative.” So, at this point, Cruz’s concerted attempt to establish himself as the most extreme conservative in the race for the Republican nomination has not evoked much fear in Democrats.
.. Trial lawyers, civil or criminal, are often brought into cases when there are compromises to be made; much of their work winds up involving settlements or plea bargains. But appellate litigators, like Cruz, generally appear after the time for truce has passed. Their job is to make their best case and let the chips fall where they may. That is the kind of politician Cruz has become—one who came to Washington not to make a deal but to make a point.
Everybody Hates Ted Cruz
Thoreau, it seems, never met Ted Cruz, a man so blissfully easy to hate that loathing for him has become a form of political poetry: “wacko-bird,” “abrasive,” “arrogant,” and “creepy” are some of the kindest adjectives that have been thrown his way. Cruz has alienated about everyone he’s ever encountered in life: high school and college classmates, bosses, law professors, Supreme Court clerks, and especially his Republican colleagues in the Senate. Some detest Cruz the politician because of his grandstanding, but most dislike Cruz the person. In that respect, he’s really not your average politician—after all, most people hate politicians. But everyone hates Ted Cruz.
Schumer: Trump ‘right on the money’ defending NY
Schumer also noted that Cruz’s wife worked for Goldman Sachs.“Maybe he wants to go to Wall Street and talk about New York values, you know, where his wife worked,” Schumer said.