NPR's Nina Totenberg: "I actually know Cruz because he, for many years he argued cases for Texas in the United States Supreme Court. He is very smart. He is very glib, and he made sure that the attention was focused on him. This was not a distraction. This was Ted Cruz doing this [going after Chuck Hagel]."
Politico's Evan Thomas: "You need to watch this guy, because there are a lot of demagogues out there, but not that many who are that smart. He is really, really smart, and that makes him potentially dangerous."
— Exchange on Inside Washington, February 22, 2013.
Scolding Cruz: A 'Potentially Dangerous Demagogue"
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