My new Bloomberg View column concerns the new senator from Texas, and how he drives his opponents crazy.

The New York Times columnist David Brooks delivered a common critique of Cruz in a recent public appearance: “If you mention the name Ted Cruz to other senators, you just get titanic oceans of eye rolling. Because you’re a freshman, you don’t go in and take over hearings, you, like, hang around and learn how it’s done,” he said. “It doesn’t help that he has a face that looks a little like Joe McCarthy, actually. I just — I find him a little off-putting.”
So, in short: You’re trashing the fine traditions of this great and storied chamber. Plus we don’t like your face.