Ted Cruz is the Rand Paul we've been waiting for

The more I listen to Ted Cruz the more I realize he is everything I always wanted Rand Paul to be.  He's very libertarian on a number of issues, including gold, marijuana legalization and the NSA but is also very sensible on foreign policy, taking on the hawks without sounding isolationist.  Check out what he told the AP:

"If President Obama and Hillary Clinton and Sen. Rubio succeed in toppling Assad, the result will be the radical Islamic terrorist will take over Syria, that Syria will be controlled by ISIS, and that is materially worse for U.S. national security interests...  If you topple a stable ruler, throw a Middle Eastern country into chaos and hand it over to radical Islamic terrorists, that hurts America"