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Ted Cruz Loves the Campaign Trail

December 29, 2015 · 4:28 pm ET · 18 Comments

Bloomberg: “Ted Cruz is as comfortable and happy on the stump as he is uptight and gloomy on Capitol Hill. While Republican rivals like Florida Senator Marco Rubio, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, and Ohio Governor John Kasich approach campaigning like a job, Cruz revels in it, often coming across as a boisterous televangelist feeding off the adoration of the crowd.”

“He deploys fiery lines and sarcastic jokes from one campaign stop to the next with an identical script and delivery, right down to the pauses for applause and impact, like an actor who has practiced and perfected a routine in the mirror the night before.”

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