Stockman Hopes to Hang Onto Cruz's Coattails
One year ago, two pugnacious Texas Republicans with very different backgrounds were sworn in as members of Congress.
Ted Cruz, a freshman senator from Houston, had advised President George W. Bush and argued before the U.S. Supreme Court nine times. Pundits were already talking about him as a presidential candidate.
Steve Stockman of Friendswood was returning to the U.S. House after serving one boisterous term two decades earlier in which he drew attention for various outlandish comments and ties to domestic militia groups.
Now, Cruz’s star continues to rise, and Stockman has hitched his wagon to it in his primary challenge of the state’s senior senator, John Cornyn. Stockman is framing his campaign largely around the argument that Cruz would be a more effective fighter with Stockman at his side than Cornyn.
More at http://www.texastribune.org/2014/01/10/hanging-cruzs-coattails-tenuous-grasp/ .