Referring to Cruz’s time as a student at Harvard Law, Professor Alan Dershowitz said, “Cruz was off-the-charts brilliant.”
When you run for office, every vote counts, so you want to say yes to everyone.
It takes fortitude to say no.
Of course, it’s not lost on me that that’s probably a good reason I’m not elected.
I’ve gone to endorsement meetings where the other candidate promised to vote however they wanted. I made no such promises. Guess who they endorsed?
” Referring to Cruz’s time as a student at Harvard Law, Professor Alan Dershowitz said, “Cruz was off-the-charts brilliant.””
Yes, and it shows too. Dersh got one right.
I agree that he is brilliant (of course Dershowitz’s opinion means more!).
I’m not sure I like the designation “firebrand,” though. That makes it sound as though the power of his speech is in the fire with which it is delivered. The power actually comes from what he says, and the incontrovertible logic of it, and the total authority and conviction with which he says it.
That’s what makes him presidential. To talk about a “firebrand” style actually diminishes that.