Austin American-Statesman: For evangelical voters, Rafael Cruz may be Ted’s best apostle
PRA senior fellow Frederick Clarkson is quoted several times in the Austin American-Statesman’s profile of Ted Cruz’s father, who, as Clarkson explains, frequently espouses theocratic and dominionist rhetoric. “I believe Ted Cruz is probably the first presidential candidate of any plausibility to have been specifically groomed to be the Christian right candidate for president,” Clarkson said. “That is what his father wanted him to be.”