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Cuccinelli shuns Cruz limelight
YES!! Smart and principled a rare commodity ... He should know. 
In the clearest sign yet of the potent effect of the government shutdown on the Virginia governor’s race, Republican Ken Cuccinelli avoided being photographed with Ted Cruz at a gala they headlined here Saturday night—even leaving before the Texas senator rose to speak.
.... “Ken is smart, he’s principled and he’s fearless,” said Cruz, in a line that may give the left fodder for attack ads, given how the campaign has gone. “And that last characteristic in particular is a rare, rare commodity in elected life. There are so many elected officials in both parties that desperately crave the adulation of the media and the intelligentsia.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/cuccinelli-shuns-cruz-limelight-97888.html#ixzz2gxgMKeYL
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.... “Ken is smart, he’s principled and he’s fearless,” said Cruz, in a line that may give the left fodder for attack ads, given how the campaign has gone. “And that last characteristic in particular is a rare, rare commodity in elected life. There are so many elected officials in both parties that desperately crave the adulation of the media and the intelligentsia.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/cuccinelli-shuns-cruz-limelight-97888.html#ixzz2gxgMKeYL
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http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/cuccinelli-shuns-cruz-limelight-97888.html#ixzz2gxfzyT4E
