The Texas senator has convinced Washington to hate him; can he use that to convince America to love him? By Molly Ball - Via The Atlantic- BARNSTEAD, New Hampshire—They hate Ted Cruz so much. His fellow senators publicly denounce him and call him names. They yell at him behind closed doors and complain about him to their lobbyist friends. They hate him with a wild, deranging passion. The Beltway grandees, with their consulting contracts and expensive suits, would sooner die or move to Europe than live in the America he would govern. And Cruz revels in their hatred. “You know,” the … [Read more...]