Conservative Ted Cruz is gaining support in Texas so rapidly that his opponent, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, has launched a full-scale attack against him. But thanks to the financial support of thousands of freedom-loving Americans in Texas and across the country, Ted Cruz is fighting back with two new television commercials of his own.
In the Republican primary election for U.S. Senate in Texas, a new survey of likely voters shows former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz closing in on Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst.
Ted Cruz, former Texas Solicitor General and conservative candidate for U.S. Senate, released this video pledging to fight Attorney General Eric Holder over his role in the Fast and Furious program.
Washington Examiner: Big business and the Tea Party are at swords' points once again, with GOP Senate primaries for the second straight election becoming proxy battles in the war over the soul of the Republican Party.
Associated Press: To tea party leaders, and he has been endorsed by several in his race against Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, Cruz has the conservative background to match the rhetoric. The self-professed child of the Reagan revolution made college money in the 1980s by reciting the Constitution from memory to Houston-area Rotary Clubs and giving speeches advocating free-market economics.