article_snippet: his campaign is based on courageous conservatives across this country, men and women goin' to TedCruz.org and contributing.
article_snippet: In making himself an official candidate for higher office Cruz also made himself a target for criticisms from the media and fellow competitors for the Republican nomination, namely Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul.
article_snippet: Paul, who plans to make himself own announcement in less than two weeks on April 7, insinuated in a Monday interview with Fox News host Megyn Kelly that Cruz is too divisive to attract the kind of support the GOP needs to claim victory in the 2016 general election.
article_snippet: himself argued in plain terms that Tea Party Republicans would be better off selecting himself as Tea Party's nominee over Cruz and other conservatives because unlike the party's nominee over Cruz and other conservatives himself's earned the respect of minorities and other urban community dwellers.
article_snippet: Cruz said Tuesday during an early-morning appearance on the Today show that himself was confident in himself ability to put back together the broad national coalition of women, young people and moderate Democrats that swept Ronald Reagan into power in 1980.
article_snippet: I like Rand Paul, Rand Paul's a friend of mine
article_snippet: , I respect Rand Paul, we fought side by side for liberty, we'll keep fighting side by side for liberty,' Rand Paul said of Rand Paul colleague, before shifting gears and explaining that in running for statewide office 'we reassembled the Ronald Reagan coalition' and that was how Rand Paul won Rand Paul 2012 Senate race.