Dispatches from the Ted Cruz Victory Lap

The echos from Ted Cruz’s victory over Dewhurst are still echoing not only around the state, but the nation as well. Here’s just a small sampling of the most important reactions:

  • Cruz’s victory is a wakeup call for the establishment.

    “It’s difficult to overstate the achievement of Cruz beating Dewhurst,” said Democratic strategist Harold Cook of Austin. “That Cruz won amplifies the extent to which tea partiers are at war with establishment Republicans, and at the moment, winning it.”

  • Jonah Goldberg looks at the Cruz campaign and sees an end to boring white guy candidates. Emphasis on the “boring.”
  • Cruz was interviewed by Chris Wallace on Fox News:

  • National Review covered his Fox News appearance.
  • The Hill takes notice as well.
  • Forbes gets it: “We’re tired of the big-spending compromises!”
  • Michael Barone on the MSM failing to credit the Tea Party in Cruz’s victory. Dunno, maybe out of state, but I saw a lot of Tea Party mentions from Texas outlets.
  • Cruz gives Romney a hand in pushing back on Obama’s “you didn’t build that” gaffe.
  • Cruz isn’t the only conservative Hispanic Republican winning big these days.
  • The Houston Chronicle interviews Vincent Harris, the head of Cruz’s social media team.
  • This bland “Hispanics are our future” thumbsucker does have one standout line that deserves repeating: Cruz’s victory demonstrated that “Texas Republicans are more interested in conservative ideals than in ethnicity.”
  • A Democratic analyst’s look at Cruz’s victory. Don’t agree with it 100%, but it’s focused on technical analysis and free of liberal bile (unlike the column of certain former Texas Agricultural Commissioner I’m not linking to).

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