One thing is for sure, he’s a hell of a lot smarter than the Cowboy Poet.

WASHINGTON — As the showdown over raising the nation’s debt limit and funding the government entered its final week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) could sense “desperation” seeping into the Republican Party. […]

“Ted Cruz is smart,” Reid added. “He has always been able to talk down to people. He is now in the Senate. People are as smart as he is. He can’t talk down to anyone anymore. But he has still not accepted that in his own head. He still thinks he’s smarter than everybody else.

Sean Rushton, a spokesman for Cruz, responded that the Cruz “remains focused on making Washington listen to the people who are being harmed by Obamacare.”