"Ted Cruz — a candidate the Chronicle endorsed in 2012, by the way — is the junior senator from Texas in name only. Exhibiting little interest in addressing the needs of his fellow Texans during his six years in office...He's been running for president" houstonchronicle.com/opinion/recomm…
"Voters don't send representatives to Washington to win popularity contests, and yet the bipartisan disdain the Republican incumbent elicits from his colleagues, remarkable in its intensity, deserves noting. His repellent personality hamstrings his ability to do the job."
"Lucifer in the flesh," is how Republican former House Speaker John Boehner described Cruz, adding: "I get along with almost everyone, but I have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life.""
"Cruz's very first vote as senator was a "nay" on the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, a bill authorizing $60 billion for relief agencies working to address the needs of Hurricane Sandy victims."
"Despite the long odds he faces – pollster nonpareil Nate Silver gives O'Rourke a 20% chance of winning –a "Beto" victory would be good for TX, not only because of his skills, both personal and political, but also because of the manifest inadequacies of the man he would replace."
