Ted Cruz on Fox News Sunday Part 1

no it was the upset victory in the Texas Senate Republican primary my first time candidate and tea party favorite Ted

the rising Republican star the great conservative hope why do you think your victory in a primary has reg resonated

so strongly inside the GOP well I think it is part of the title wave the sweeping the whole country which

is that voters are tired of career politicians in both parties ma'am in our country is at a crisis point right now and

stop spending money we don't hate and and I think this was part of a tidal wave that began in two thousand ten and I think that title wave is

only stronger in twenty twelve let me ask you about that because I that the conventional wisdom in this town and for

what that's worth had been where what happened in the tea party that it was not mysteries and it didn't have the power and yes they won some victories %HESITATION

in Texas you ran against the establishment candidate lieutenant governor David Dewhurst you've beaten by thirteen points what

do you think your victory says about the state of the tea party at this point well I think it's emblematic of

of where the tea party is nationally which is in two thousand nine two thousand ten that the movement was just beginning you

protests died down I think the reason is the tea party went to work they begin rolling up their sleeves going to working campaigns getting involved and

and in our race in Texas what we saw was incredible I mean it was a victory for grassroots conservatives all over the state and and it was it

by a handful of people in a dark room writing checks and picking the next nominee but they're supposed to be decided by we the people and it was thousands and

thousands of Republican women in tea party leaders and grassroots activists that generated arbitrarily let's

take a look because a lot of people don't know who you are or what you stand for so let's talk about that let's

look at where you stand on the issues you want to abolish the education commerce and energy departments TSA are

and the IRS you support a flat tax and you serve checks ally and your victory party you are pretty

conservative without a doubt and I think the American people are pretty conservative and I'm certain the people of Texas are pretty conservative but

I'll tell you look at the end of the day they're sort of twin worlds that there's the world of Washington in the beltway and

had been going along to get along a long long time and that's how we've gotten a national debt of sixteen trillion dollars larger

than the gross domestic product all across the country the rest of Americans are looking at Washington and say what's

live within your means follow common sense principles don't spend money you don't have and

that's what the American people standing up demanding