“Since his arrival in 2013, Sen. Ted Cruz has managed to alienate, exasperate and generally agitate the plurality of his 99 colleagues in the Senate. In a highly partisan, hypercompetitive legislative body where solipsism is nearly a creed, Mr. Cruz stands out for his widely held reputation for putting Ted first,” the New York Times reports.
“Mr. Cruz is so unpopular that not a single Republican senator was willing this year to give him a request to support his demand for a roll-call vote, known as a sufficient second, leaving Mr. Cruz standing on the Senate floor like a man with avian bird flu, everyone scattering to avoid him.”
“In his presidential campaign, Mr. Cruz uses his role as an outsider as a source of strength.”
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