Former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz is running for the Republican nomination for the open U.S. Senate seat in Texas. Cruz believes America has galloped further and faster towards government control of the economy and Americans’ lives than any ever before in history. He says he is running because voters are hungry for someone to stand up and stop the Obama agenda, defend free market principles and defend the Constitution. Cruz also believes voters are tired of candidates who talk a good game but then get into office and prove to be ‘utterly unreliable jellyfish.’ What are some events where Cruz led Texas to defended conservative principles? What three conditions does Cruz believe must be met before the debt ceiling should be raised? Find out this and more from Ted Cruz.