Posted on 11/01/2015 3:26:10 PM PST by conservativejoy
When he ran for Senate from Texas in 2012, Ted Cruz welcomed the comparisons on Captitol Hill and in the news media to Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, another 41 year old Cuban American and oratorically gifted conservative who, two years earlier, had ridden a wave of Tea Party support to victory over his states Republican establishment.
But Mr. Cruz also sought a more direct connection to Mr. Rubio, making several pilgrimages to his Washington office for advice, as well as an endorsement, according to people who were members of Mr. Rubios staff at the time.
Mr. Rubio, by then outgrowing his Tea Party stage and seeking to position himself as a party leader who did not meddle in others primaries, never found room in his schedule for Mr. Cruz, who had to settle for a meeting with Mr. Rubio’s staff members.
Mr. Cruz won without Mr. Rubios endorsement, and later confided to a Republican senator that he 'resented ' Mr. Rubios reluctance to endorse him. Now, the two Republican stars, biographically similar but stylistically opposite, are running for president, and Mr. Cruz is privately telling colleagues that he believes the race for the partys nomination will boil down to a contest between himself and Mr. Rubio.
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This isnt even a plant story!
Hard to believe they are the same age....44. One looks like a senior citizen ........the other a young teenager. Won’t pick which is which.
I suspect the Great One and Rush like Cruz best. They certainly have good things to say about him.
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