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BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Senator Cruz, we welcome you to the EIB microphone and the program. It's great to have you here, sir. CRUZ: Rush, it's fantastic to be with you. RUSH: I have to tell you, I've had so many people... I've been off the past couple of days, but, while this has been going on, I've had so many people e-mail me so uplifted by what you did in the last 21 hours and what you did leading up to it. So many people are so happy that there finally is some leadership. They're so happy that, finally, somebody...

Senator Ted Cruz’s father is a conservative force. The political partnership between Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and his father, Rafael, is a rising force in conservative politics. To most observers, it seems like part of a familial game plan that has been in the works for years. But according to Senator Cruz, it actually began quite recently with a phone call. “My dad poured himself into my Senate race last year,” he recalls. “In the early months, we didn’t have much of a campaign. One day, I couldn’t make an event, so he drove out to West Texas alone...

Partial Transcript of the Mark Levin Show aired live on Monday, August 19, 2013 [start at 0:26 of the podcast recording] Hello everybody, Mark Levin here, our number 877-381-3811, 877-381-3811. Mark Levin: Before we jump in, all I can say is, Wow! You guys, open your microphones a second. Thousands of people at both booksignings. Wasn’t that unbelievable? Staffer: There were a lot of people there, it was great. Mark Levin: And the people were just spectacular, weren’t they? Except for one guy in New Jersey which I’ll talk about later. Staffer: [chuckles] Mark Levin: This… this birther stuff is...