Acknowledging that Senator Cruz is the smartest man in the room possibly Dershowitz should reconsider his stand on some of the issues. It’s past time for another Thomas Jefferson.
Does not take brains to be a progressive. You can be dumb or smart and still be a progressive. Being a progressive requires the following skills: obedience to large government; selective memory; disengenousness; ability to lie at will; never admitting you lost or were wrong; hatred for capitalism; etc etc. Brains has nothing to do with being a progressive.