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children of, xxvi, 179–80, 226–27, 252, 264–65
competitiveness and drive of, 33–34, 57–58, 61
on compromise, xvi
court clerking of, 69–71, 80–94, 100, 114, 143, 159
debating of, 59–63, 216–17, 223–24, 248–49
DOJ tenure of, 123–25, 172, 206
dramatic interests of, 76
drinking of, 42, 57n, 76, 111
education of, 11, 29, 33–42, 45–49, 52, 55–67, 72–79, 82, 103–4, 116, 122–23
filibuster of, 261–65, 282
filming and editing videos of, 59
finances of, 37, 39–41, 52, 58–59, 63, 72, 102–3, 104n, 180, 212
FTC tenure of, 124–25, 130–33, 141, 172
fund-raising of, xxvi, 191–92, 201–2, 214–15
government shutdown and, 276–81
gun control laws and, 169–70, 245–55, 257
Hagel’s Defense Department nomination and, 229–30, 232–37, 249
half sister’s problems and, 102–3
heritage of, 5–10, 12–21, 25–30, 33–35, 55, 57–58, 61, 67, 77, 85, 105, 212, 216, 222, 263, 336
IMF and, 296–97
interest in politics of, 4–5
Iran and, 189, 295–96
Israel and, 298–303
Kerry’s State Department nomination and, 229–32
marriage of, 125, 129–30, 143, 179, 187, 212
Medellín case and, 159–68
name change of, 34–35
national debt and, xii–xv, xxii–xxiv, xxvii, 223–25
National Defense Authorization Act and, 297–98
nickname of, 106–7
Obamacare and, xvi, xxiii, 38, 227, 230, 261–85, 307
Obama’s worldwide apology tour and, 238
physical appearance of, 34, 57, 188, 209
and Pledge of Allegiance case, 147–48, 155
poker playing of, 58–59
popularity of, 35–36, 59
private law practice of, 72, 79, 82, 100–101, 103, 104n, 171, 180–84, 208–9, 212
ratting on friends resisted by, 47–49
reading of, 67, 72, 210–11, 265
religious beliefs of, 32, 36, 50, 52, 63, 133–34, 142, 179, 187, 261, 322, 327
Republican lunch meetings and, ix–x, xiii–xv, 233, 242, 281
self-discipline of, 74–75
senatorial campaign of, xiv, xxi–xxii, 183, 193–219
senatorial career of, ix, xiii–xvi, xx–xxi, xxiii–xxiv, xxvi–xxvii, 3, 37–38, 55, 134, 141, 222–58, 261–85, 294–302, 309, 312–14, 327
sense of humor of, 85–86, 155
speeches of, 36–39, 52, 192, 237–38, 242–43, 302–4
sports and, 33–35, 63n, 82–83, 85–86, 89–90, 145
teaching of, 59, 67
Ten Commandments case and, 154–59, 192
Texas attorney general campaign of, 185–96, 200–201
Texas redistricting litigation and, 149–53, 172
as Texas solicitor general, 140–73, 180, 182, 189–90, 192, 206, 317
website of, 205–6
wife courted by, 125, 127–29
women dated by, 75–76, 125, 127
writing of, 63–67, 76
Cruz Enterprises, 41–42
C-SPAN, 243, 263–64
Cuba, 2–21, 103, 288
Cruz’s father’s departure from, 16–18, 77, 336
Cruz’s father’s speeches and, 18, 192–93
Cruz’s heritage and, 5–10, 12–21, 55, 57, 67, 77, 85, 105, 212, 216, 263, 336
El Coco and, 2–3
health care and, 20, 266
revolutions in, 5–6, 10–16, 18–19, 85
Rubio’s senatorial campaign and, 211
Spanish-American War and, 6–7
U.S. visitors to, 19–20
cybercrime, 123–24
Daley, Bill, 117
Dallas, Tex., xv, 68, 139, 185, 190, 192, 253
Dallas Cowboys, 87–88
Darragh, Edward John (grandfather), 26–27, 127
Darragh, Elizabeth Eleanor Cekine (grandmother), 25–27, 58
Davis, Wendy, xxi
Death to America Day, 291, 294
Default Prevention Act, xvii, 224
Defense Department, U.S., 55, 129, 289, 298, 304
Hagel’s nomination to, 229–30, 232–37, 249
DeMint, Jim, xxii, 198–99
Democrats, Democratic Party, x, 28, 54–55, 99–101, 135, 144, 181, 187, 232–39, 315, 317, 321
California gubernatorial campaign and, 174, 176, 178
campaign financing and, 313
Cruz’s senatorial campaign and, xxi, 200, 202, 204–6, 215
Cruz’s senatorial career and, 225–27, 234–36, 244
free speech and, 312–14
FTC and, 125, 130
Gore’s presidential campaign and, 116–18, 120
government shutdown and, 276–82
gun control laws and, 245–47, 249, 253–58
Hagel’s Defense Department nomination and, 232, 234–36, 249
Iran and, 296
IRS and, 316
Israel and, 300
Medellín case and, 167
and media’s treatment of conservatives, 238–39
national debt and, xi–xiv, xvi–xvii, xix, xxiii, xxv, 223–24
Obamacare and, xvii, 262–63, 267, 274, 276–83, 285, 306–7
Perot and, 220–22
and presidential election of 2000, 99
and promise of America, 330–34, 337, 340
Romney’s presidential campaign and, 330–31
Texas redistricting litigation and, 149, 151, 154
Derek, Bo, 111
Dershowitz, Alan, 73–75, 80, 85, 88, 116
Dewhurst, David, 185, 193–96
senatorial campaign of, 194–96, 199–200, 202–5, 207–13, 215–18
Diaz, Juan and Lola, 8
District of Columbia v. Heller, 168–70, 250
Dole, Bob, 219, 329, 332, 334
Donahue, Charles, 73
Doss, Principal, 46–49
Drogin, John, 186–87, 193–94
drones, 240–42, 244–45, 254, 262, 274
Dr. Seuss, 264–65
Durbin, Dick, 250, 314
e-commerce, 131, 133
economics, economy, 29, 75
Bush’s presidential campaign and, 105
crises in, 181
Cruz’s senatorial campaign and, 203, 211
Cruz’s speeches and, 38–39
Cruz’s studies and, 36–37, 39, 59, 218
Cruz’s wife and, 161
free-market, 36–37, 39–40, 107, 125, 211, 336
FTC and, 125, 130
Iran and, 291
Israel and, 298–99, 301
Obama and, 28, 238
and price of oil, 50–51
and promise of America, 323–25, 330–31, 333–37
Putin and, 3–4
supply-side, xxii
Thatcher and, 319–20
see also national debt
education, 100, 150, 221, 327, 338
Egypt, 286–90
employees, employment, 17, 42, 50–51, 132, 172, 182, 285, 311
Cruz’s essay writing and, 64
Cruz’s senatorial campaign and, 209, 217
Obamacare and, 262, 268–72, 284, 306–7
Perot and, 220
and promise of America, 324–25, 330, 334–36, 338
entitlements, xvi–xvii, 181, 324, 330–31
enumerated powers, 38, 65–66, 84, 306
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 311–12, 325
Ertman, Jennifer, 159–60, 163, 167
Europe, 33, 123–24, 167, 238, 335
Faith West Academy, 35, 45
Fariñas, Guillermo (El Coco), 1–4
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 300–301
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 136, 310
Federalist Papers, 38, 66
/> federalists, federalism, 66, 84, 163–65, 311
Federalist Society, 196–97
Federal Reserve, 105, 223, 325
Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 124–25, 130–33, 141, 172
FedEx, 132, 182
Feinstein, Dianne, 246–51, 257
Fielding, Fred, 180–81
First Baptist Church of Houston, 50
Flanigan, Tim, 120
Florida:
and presidential election of 2000, 99, 111–22, 127–29
Rubio’s senatorial campaign in, 210–11
Forbes, Steve, 325
Ford, Gerald, 137, 175, 313, 329, 332–33, 340
foreign policy, 257, 290, 294, 304
Bush’s presidential campaign and, 105
Hagel’s Defense Department nomination and, 234–35
Kerry’s State Department nomination and, 229–31
and promise of America, 327–28, 333
Fort Hood shooting, 290, 298
Fort Sumter, 24
Founders, Framers, 66, 153, 155, 239, 305–6, 315, 317, 322
Fox News, xii, 316
Fox polls, 284–85
Fraenkel, Naftali, 299–300
France, French, 33, 123, 183, 266
Francis, Pope, 290
Francisco, Noel, 120
Fraternal Order of Eagles, 156
Free Enterprise Institute, 36, 39–40, 218
Frew v. Hawkins, 143–47
Fried, Charles, 79–80, 85
Friedman, Milton, 36, 107, 218, 338–39
Fugitive Slave Act, 259–60
Full Faith and Credit Act, xvii
Garnett, Rick, 87
Gaza Strip, 300–301
Geocom, 30
George, Robby, 65, 302
Germany, 55, 124
Reagan’s Bitburg visit and, 96–98
Gerry, Elbridge, 153
gerrymandering, 149, 151, 153
Gillibrand, Kirsten, 53–56, 300
Ginsberg, Ben, 112–13
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 80, 87, 90, 158
Glover, Joshua, 259–61
Godfrey, Lee, 151–52
Goldwater, Barry, 135–39
Nixon’s resignation and, 136–39
presidential campaign of, 83, 174–75
Watergate scandal and, 135–36, 139
Gonzales, Alberto, 140, 231
Goodwin, Doris Kearns, 99
Goolsbee, Austin, 62n–63n
Gore, Albert, Jr., 98–99, 112, 116–20, 122
government shutdown, 276–84
Graham, Lindsey, 233, 295–97
Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act, xi
Grassley, Chuck, 255, 263
Grassley-Cruz legislation, 255, 257
Gray, C. Boyden, 132
Gray, David, 62n
Great Britain, 2, 55, 123–24, 252, 323
health care in, 266
Thatcher and, 318–20
Greeks, 323
Green Eggs and Ham (Dr. Seuss), 264–65
Gruber, Jonathan, 268–69
gun control laws, 104, 245–58, 274, 326
assault weapons ban and, 246–47, 257
and District of Columbia, 168–71, 247, 250, 253, 255
and facts not addressed by Democrats, 256–57
Grassley-Cruz legislation and, 255, 257
Sandy Hook massacre and, 245–46, 256
Hagel, Chuck, 229–30, 232–37, 249
Hamas, 232, 234, 236–37, 299–302
Hard Choices (Clinton), 315
Harvard Business School, 125, 128
Harvard Law Review, 76–79
Harvard Law School:
Cruz’s enrollment at, 67, 72–79, 103–4, 116
Cruz’s graduation from, 82
Hasan, Nidal, 298
Havana, 6, 11, 16, 20
Hayek, Friedrich, 36, 319
health care, 126, 143, 277, 294, 306, 330
Cuba and, 20, 266
FTC and, 131
pre-Obamacare, 265–67
single-payer system of, 267, 269, 283
see also Obamacare
health savings accounts, 285
Heidi’s Bakery, 126
Heller, Dick Anthony, 169
Henry V (Shakespeare), 243
Hezbollah, 232, 234, 236–37, 302
Hillary: The Movie, 314
Hillsdale College, 237
Hinck, Jeff, 75
Hispanics, 61, 109
Cruz’s senatorial campaign and, 215, 218
Obamacare and, 284
and promise of America, 334, 336
Rubio’s senatorial campaign and, 211
Texas redistricting litigation and, 150–51
Holder, Eric, 240–41, 256, 316
Holocaust, 96–98, 287
homeless, 50, 63–64, 82, 154
Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC, 310–11
House of Representatives, U.S., 54, 175, 194, 307–8, 316
and Clinton’s impeachment, 101
and government shutdown, 278–80
and gun control laws, 170
and IMF, 297
and Iran, 296
and Israel, 299–300
and national debt, xii, xvi–xvii, xix, xxiii
and Nixon’s resignation, 137
and Obamacare, 249, 267, 273–80, 283
see also Congress, U.S.
Houston, Sam, 22–25
Houston, Tex., 27, 32–33, 42–43, 63, 151, 180, 189, 264
Cruz’s life in, 33, 38, 43, 49–50, 82
Cruz’s senatorial campaign, 205
gun control laws and, 253
Medellín case and, 159, 167
and price of oil, 51
Houston Rockets, 82–83, 86
Hutchison, Kay Bailey, 185, 193–94, 196, 199
immigrants, immigration, 336
amnesty and, 54, 109, 181, 216, 308–9, 326, 340
Bush and, 104, 109
Cruz’s senatorial campaign and, 216
Medellín case and, 160
Obama and, 308–9, 326, 340
In Defense of Christians (IDC), 302–4
Independents, xvi, xix, 200, 222
Obamacare and, 262, 281
intellectual property, 115, 183
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 315–16
abolition of, 325–26
International Monetary Fund (IMF), 296–97
Internet, 289
Cruz’s senatorial campaign and, 203
FTC and, 131–32
gun control laws and, 251
pornography and, 94–95
Iran, 296, 302, 304–5, 328, 333
Green Revolution in, 189
Hagel’s Defense Department nomination and, 232, 234, 236–37
nuclear ambitions of, 167, 232, 236–37, 289–95Perot and, 220
sanctions on, 232, 290–92, 294
U.S. hostages taken in, 291, 295
Iraq, Iraq War, 162, 289, 327–28
surge in, 230–31
Islam, Islamists, 124, 298, 304
Benghazi attack and, 290
Cruz’s IDC speech and, 302
Egypt and, 287–89
Iran and, 291–95
Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), 124, 289–90, 302, 327
Israel, 55, 227, 298–304, 316
ban on U.S. flights to, 300–301
Cruz’s IDC speech and, 302–3
Egypt and, 286–87
Hagel’s Defense Department nomination and, 232, 235–37
Iran and, 291–93
kidnappings in, 299–300
Jackson, Robert, 84
Jefferson, Thomas, 23, 39, 66, 322
Jews, 33, 105, 310, 334
anti-Semitism and, 290
Cruz’s IDC speech and, 302–4
Reagan’s Bitburg visit and, 96–98
see also Israel
Johnson, Jason:
Cruz’s senatorial campaign and, 193–94, 210
Cruz’s Texas attorney general campaign and, 185�
�88, 191
Johnson, Lyndon, xiii–xiv, 136, 138, 175
Judeo-Christian values, 65, 155, 298
Justice Department, U.S. (DOJ), 100, 140, 310
Cruz’s tenure at, 123–25, 172, 206
gun control laws and, 169, 246, 256
Kagan, Elena, 310–11
Katz, Stanley, 63–64
Kennan, George, 47
Kennedy, Anthony, 80, 90, 150n
Medellín case and, 164, 166
and presidential election of 2000, 120–21
Texas redistricting litigation and, 153
Kennedy, John F., 112
Kennedy, Ted, 35, 240
Kentucky, 157, 159, 242–43
Kerry, John, 328
Iran and, 293
Israel and, 301
senatorial career of, 230–32
State Department nomination of, 229–32
Khamenei, Ayatollah, 291–93
Kim Jong Il, 292
Kim Jong Un, 124, 292
Kissinger, Henry, 233, 235
Kohl, Helmut, 97
Korea, North, 124, 234–35, 288, 292
labor unions, 320, 337–38
Labour Party, British, 318–20
land ownership, federal government, 197
Law Enforcement Alternative, 255
Law of the Sea Treaty, 230
Lee, Mike, xxi, 228, 239, 242, 339
background of, 196–97
Cruz’s senatorial campaign and, 197–98
government shutdown and, 278–79
gun control laws and, 254
national debt and, xiv, xviii
National Defense Authorization Act and, 297–98
Obamacare and, 261, 263–64, 273–76, 278–79
Lee, Rex, 196–97
Legislature, Tex., 149, 152, 194
Lerner, Lois, 316
Libertarians, xvi, xix, 196, 262, 334
Libya, 232, 289
Lincoln, Abraham, 261
lobbyists, lobbying, xx–xxi, xxv, xxvii, 54, 132–33, 194, 215, 326
“Long Telegram” (Kennan), 47
Louisiana, 26, 30, 180, 183–84, 267
Luttig, Bobbie, 68–69, 71
Luttig, John, murder of, 68–71
Luttig, Michael:
Cruz’s clerking for, 69, 80–82
father’s murder and, 69–71
Supreme Court clerking of, 80–81
McCain, John, 233, 334
presidential campaigns of, 110–11, 219, 330, 332
Russian sanctions and, 297
McCarthy, Joe, 234–36
McConnell, Mitch, xxii
Cruz’s senatorial career and, xiv, xxiii–xxiv, 227–28, 233, 264, 276
national debt and, xii, xiv, xxiii–xxiv
Obamacare and, 227, 264, 276
McDermott, Jim, 101
McGovern, George, 329
McKinley, William, 6
Madison, James, 60–61, 66, 84
Maimonides, 177
Manchin, Joe, 258
Mandela, Nelson, 327–28
Marbury v. Madison, 165