article_snippet: Cruz also sought during the interview to put some daylight between Cruz background and that of President Barack Obama, elected to the Oval Office after spending just two years in Senate.
article_snippet: In addition to both men limited experience with federal lawmaking, both men are Harvard educated lawyers.
article_snippet: Arguing that there are 'marked differences' between Cruz and the current president, including the fact that Cruz served as Cruz state's chief lawyer and successfully argued cases before the Supreme Court before running for and being elected to the federal legislature.
article_snippet: President Barack Obama worked as a community organizer, President Barack Obama said, ignoring the former Illinois lawmaker's time as a state senator preceding the former Illinois lawmaker time as U.S. Senator.
article_snippet: Furthermore, Cruz claimed that President Barack Obama was a backbencher in Senate, whereas the former Illinois lawmaker has been a leading voice on issues of national importance. '
article_snippet: In my time in Senate, there were a lot of faults I have, but nobody would accuse me of being a backbencher,' the outspoken conservative legislator said.
article_snippet: And every single proposal of President Barack Obama to undermine the Second Amendment was voted down on the Senate floor,' the outspoken conservative legislator stated.