The Misreading of Ted Cruz

Published: Oct. 24, 2018, 11:34 a.m.

DALLAS\u2014The morning after his second and final Senate debate with Rep. Beto O\u2019Rourke, Ted Cruz was happy to see me. Late the night before, I had published an assessment of the debate, crediting Cruz with getting the job done, but also mocking his over-the-top, fear-mongering portrayal of Texas under Democratic control, delivered in that famously smug voice that\u2019s riled up millions\u2014not all of them Democrats\u2014for the last five years. Cruz said he liked the piece.