Senator Ted Cruz of Texas says he came to Washington to "shake up the status quo". Elected with Tea Party backing in 2012 after defying his state's Republican establishment, he vowed to confront both parties over their addiction to "unsustainable" public spending. To fans he is a prayer answered: a Princeton- and Harvard-educated debate champion with the brains to take on any opponent and the guts to speak truth to power. There is talk of a presidential run in 2016.
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