“…if you think a little thing like losing a general election will dispose of Ted Cruz’s ambitions, you don’t know Ted Cruz”
Unloved, unattractive, a Simpsons-quoting nerd still chasing the teenage dream of world domination, the...
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“With Cruz, though, even the most fervent peroration always feels like a debater’s patter, an advocate’s brief…”
Enough, for one week at least, about the strange victories of Donald Trump. Let’s...
“It was clear to me weeks ago, even before Marco Rubio threw in the towel, that the G.O.P. was getting ready to cuddle with Ted Cruz”
It was clear to me weeks ago, even before Marco Rubio threw in the...
“Cruz has proceeded with several fingers in the wind; every time the conservative mood has shifted even a little, he’s shifted quickly too”
While his fellow Tea Party senators, from Paul to Rubio to Utah’s Mike Lee,...
“Cruz is the pinup for pessimistic times”
Cruz is the pinup for pessimistic times. Even John McCain, who once dismissed him...
“Cruz has gone from the insufferable nemesis of Republican traditionalists to their last, best hope…”
Cruz has gone from the insufferable nemesis of Republican traditionalists to their last, best...
“…many of the Republicans in a faux swoon for the far-right loon don’t really want to see him fly all the way to the White House — or, for that matter, to the nomination”
…many of the Republicans in a faux swoon for the far-right loon don’t really...
“The three celebrity outsiders continued to wrap the thinnest evidence of their ability to do the job in the gaudiest self-assurance”
The three celebrity outsiders continued to wrap the thinnest evidence of their ability to...