U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz makes a point to moderator Evan Smith during a TribLive event on September 9, 2011.
U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz makes a point to moderator Evan Smith during a TribLive event on September 9, 2011. Bob Daemmrich
Audio: Ted Cruz at TribLive

At our latest TribLive conversation, U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz talked about President Obama’s jobs speech, Social Security, the debt ceiling debate and his chief rival in the GOP primary, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst.

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Reeve Hamilton worked at the Tribune from 2009 to 2015, covering higher education and politics and hosting the Tribune's weekly podcast. His writing has also appeared in Texas Monthly and The Texas Observer....