As regular COTTonLINE readers know well, I enjoy the writing of Jay Nordlinger at National Review. I also have endorsed GOP hopeful Ted Cruz on this site.
Imagine my pleasure at discovering, via a recent Nordlinger NR column, that Cruz is a long-time friend of Nordlinger. They met while working on the first Bush campaign sixteen years ago.
Jay says Ted is the real deal, his beliefs sincerely held, but that his ambition turns off some who find it unseemly. Jay reminds us this same ambition also marked a fellow named Lincoln, who portrait is on the $5 bill. That's good company to keep.
The column referenced above is Part I of II, I'll check out Part II when it becomes available.
