Michael Stravato for The New York TimesBruce Labay, a businessman in El Campo, Texas, on Friday. Mr. Labay expressed his supportfor Senator Ted Cruz by attaching plastic foam cups to a fence.HOUSTON — Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas and the face of the angry right, has been criticized, lambasted and lampooned for putting the nation through a 16-day government shutdown and the prospect of a financial default. Bloomberg Businessweek put him on its cover as a mad hatter who defines how “crazy is the new normal.” Representative Peter T. King, a Republican from New York, has said Republican leaders...