Comments (8)

1. 

   McGehee says August 2, 2012 at 8:47 am

   As in all things, we shall see.

   I won’t mind if he’s only 25% better than Dewhurst might have been, it’s still an improvement. When the rest of the Senate makes Ted Cruz look like Lyndsey Graham, time enough then to make another change.
2. 

   mt_molehill says August 2, 2012 at 8:51 am

   A little early, but our next SCOTUS nominee?
3. 

   leigh says August 2, 2012 at 8:58 am

   Cruz was born in Canada. No help there.
4. 

   Ernst Schreiber says August 2, 2012 at 9:01 am

   Or maybe Rubio is who we hope Cruz doesn’t turn out to be.

   It’s too early to tell —even in the case of Rubio, I believe.
5. 

   geoffb says August 2, 2012 at 9:04 am

   NYT – “A Republican Voice With Tea Party Mantle and Intellectual Heft“.
6. 

   motionview says August 2, 2012 at 10:45 am

   Academic self-delusion

   More than a third of the respondents said they would discriminate against the conservative candidate. One respondent wrote in that if department members “could figure out who was a conservative, they would be sure not to hire them.” Mr. Inbar, who volunteered for the Obama campaign in 2008, cautions that the finding reflects only what respondents said they would do — not necessarily what they actually would do in real life.
7. 

   SDN says August 2, 2012 at 12:30 pm

   Let’s see, who was that German crankpot that no one believed he’d do what he said in real life?

   I find it much more prudent to believe and never give them the chance…
8. 

   Bob Belvedere says August 2, 2012 at 2:41 pm

   Let us pray that you’re a prophet, Jeff.