Liberal Anger Only Makes Ted Cruz Stronger

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May 7 (Bloomberg) -- Rude, entitled, arrogant and off-putting: That’s how the conventionally wise in Washington arecharacterizing Ted Cruz, the conservative new senator fromTexas. It’s a better description of the critics themselves, whoare inadvertently helping Cruz build his national fan base.

I’ll admit to being biased about Cruz, who has been afriend for almost half my life. But you don’t need to like Cruzor his politics to see how weightless some of the criticismsare.