“We don’t want a go-along, get-along senator...We want a fighter who will draw a line in the sand.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/01/us/politics/cruz-defeats-dewhurst-for-gop-nomination-in-texas-senate-race.html?_r=1

Tea Party Favorite Wins Texas Runoff

With the come-from-behind victory over Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, Mr. Cruz is heavily favored to win the Senate seat being vacated in November by Kay Bailey Hutchison and appears likely to become a star of the national conservative movement.

“We did it,” Mr. Cruz told the cheering crowd gathered at a Marriott Hotel in Houston to claim victory. “Millions of Texans, millions of Americans are rising up to reclaim our country, defend liberty and restore the Constitution.”

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“We don’t want a go-along, get-along senator,” she said, waiting for Mr. Cruz to appear at the polling site. “We want a fighter who will draw a line in the sand.”