Debates are Ted Cruz's time to shine — and with a reputation of "exhaustive preparation" that dates back to his Princeton days, Cruz knows how to keep the moderators and competition right where he wants them, Politico reports.
"He'll get up, give a speech and ignore everything you just said. When you lose to someone who does that, you want to lose your mind. It's like, you won all the arguments, he just gave that big speech," Andrew Cohen, who debated against Cruz several times, said.
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