'Mr. Cruz’s victory in November is all but assured'.....nytimes

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39. he's very scary....Princeton debate champion and Harvard Law grad

Cruz has never been elected to public office, but the Princeton debate champion and Harvard Law grad is now heavily favored to replace retiring Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson. His primary campaign was viewed by many as a struggle between moderate Republicans and the Tea Party.

"I will never support new taxes," he said. "Period. The end."

A lot of Republicans would say they think things have gotten worse with the Tea Party members in Congress, putting a halt to a lot of legislation. But Cruz said that's a good thing.

"Well I think there are a lot of things that needed to stop. That needed to halt," he said. "Our $16 trillion debt was a bipartisan problem. A whole lot of Republicans went arm in arm with the Democrats in agreeing to that spending, in agreeing to blow up the federal budget, and that's why Americans are looking for new leaders who won't do that."

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57484916/texas-ted-cruz-scores-a-major-tea-party-victory/