The
CBS News article "In Texas, a rising conservative star takes on the establishment" covers the Congressional primary race between two
poll-leading conservative candidates in Texas: David Dewhurst and Ted
Cruz. The article calls Cruz the anti-establishment candidate. Compared
to Dewhurst, most people would be. But Cruz, according to the article,has racked up considerable support from high-profile conservatives in his bid for the Republican nomination. Last Thursday, former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum gave Cruz his backing, citing what he called his "wow factor." Earlier this month, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin endorsed Cruz, as has Texas Rep. Ron Paul, S.C. Sen. Jim DeMint, and Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey. In the Washington Post, George Will called him "a candidate as good as it gets".
The son of Cuban refugees, Cruz attended Princeton, Harvard Law School, and then clerked for Chief Justice William Rehnquist.
If
George Will gives him the thumbs up, he's establishment. If he also
attended Princeton and Harvard Law School, clerked for a sitting Supreme
Court Justice, and has the support of two (former) Presidential
candidates, then the label "anti-establishment" really doesn't fit.
