"God bless the great state of Minnesota," Cruz shouted, opening his remarks to a packed room of cheering fans in the Harriet Island Pavilion, across the river from downtown St. Paul. He promised the crowd of at least 500 a break from eight years of President Obama, whom he criticized heavily. "People are waking up. There is a revival," said Cruz, whose 23-minute speech was largely a checklist of things he'd do in the first day of his presidency -rescind Obama's executive orders, instruct the Department of Justice to investigate Planned Parenthood, and end what he called the persecution of...