Ted Cruz has terrorized the Establishment Republicans, without, however, being able to fully mobilize his latent support within the community of T.E.A. party conservatives and libertarians (two different breeds of cat, by the way).
There is no question of Senator Cruz’ acumen and experience as a debater who marshals his arguments, and can speak extemporaneously at length, as demonstrated with his one-man filibuster in September 2013, forcing a vote on certain provisions of the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010”, has the gumption and moxie to challenge even the most deeply-held assumptions on the part of his rivals, and do it in the face of sharp opposition.
And .. the Senate told him to sit down and keep quiet .. he was just a JUNIOR Senator .. but his response was classic .. I’m not going to just sit here and say nothing.
That’s the day they knew he was trouble for them.