Ted Cruz
Tea Partier Ted Cruz Schools E.J. Dionne on Obama's Budget: 'It Got Ze
August 19th, 2012 2:19 PM
Ted Cruz, Texas's Tea Party candidate for Senate, gave a rather embarrassing education to the Washington Post's E.J. Dionne on NBC's Meet the Press Sunday regarding President Obama's budget proposal.
When Dionne had the audacity to call it "a serious plan," Cruz marvelously replied, "It got zero votes. Not a Democrat in the Senate voted for it. Not a one" (video follows with transcript and…
George Will: 'Constant Writing Off of the Tea Party' Is 'Journalistic
August 5th, 2012 1:18 PM
"Another example of journalistic malpractice in this country - the constant writing off of the Tea Party, which just goes about its business of electing senators."
So said George Will on ABC's This Week Sunday about Ted Cruz's victory in the Texas primary Tuesday (video follows with transcript and commentary):
CBS Applies Multiple Ideological Tags to Ted Cruz But Refuses to Label
August 2nd, 2012 10:16 AM
“A conservative Republican was beaten by an even more conservative Tea Party candidate,” CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley announced Wednesday night in reporting Ted Cruz’s victory in the Texas Republican primary. Sharyl Attkisson relayed how the candidate Cruz defeated, David Dewhurst, “is considered a very conservative Republican,” yet “Cruz spent months tacking even further to the right…
