◼ Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has had the best year of any Republican and virtually anyone in the world, ranking third in Rasmussen Report’s new poll of the of the “most influential” people in the world, behind Pope Francis and President Obama. - Paul Bedard/Washington Examiner
Among Republicans, Cruz was second behind the pope, with 19 percent calling the freshman senator and Tea Party leader the world’s most influential leader. Just 9 percent of Republicans said the same thing of Obama.
◼ Time magazine named Pope Francis its “Person of the Year” last week, and nearly one-in-four Americans agrees with that pick. Rasmussen Reports gave Americans a similar list of influential people worldwide... - Rasmussen Reports
