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The debate over religious liberty in Indiana spilled over into Iowa Thursday as four presidential hopefuls pledged to defend the rights of parents who home-school their children to worship as they choose and educate their children as they wish.

Round one in the battle of anti-Establishment Republican presidential candidates goes to Sen. Ted Cruz.

In competition for the Tea Party’s vote in 2016, the Texas Republican has bested Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky with a campaign rollout that GOP strategists say exceeded expectations and was almost flawlessly executed. Announcing for president two weeks later, Paul accomplished nearly the opposite, forcing a swift recalculation about which candidate is best positioned to win over the party’s insurgent wing and vie for the nomination.

Ted Cruz has hit pay dirt — and he might have Jeb Bush to thank.

In his first week as a presidential candidate, the Texas senator raked in more than $4 million for his campaign account, including $1.5 million from major donors, and he has already brought in hundreds of thousands more dollars since. A herd of super PACs supporting Cruz brought in another $31 million, Bloomberg reported Wednesday — an eye-popping sum that has stunned more than a few competing Republicans.

Tea Party Support Divided in 2016 Nomination Contest?

The Washington Times reports on how the Tea Party vote may wind up being split between three different candidates (at least) in 2016, citing Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, and Ted Cruz as the main contenders for the key Republican constituency of limited-government activists.

2016 hopefuls Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio hope there’s enough tea to go around

Sen. Rand Paul officially announced his bid Tuesday for the Republican presidential nomination, vowing to bring the tea party’s anti-Washington message to the 2016 ... Read More >>

Ted Cruz’s presidential effort is getting into the shock-and-awe fundraising business.

An associate of the Texas senator, a recently announced presidential candidate, tells Bloomberg that a cluster of affiliated super-political action committees was formed only this week, and among them they are expected to have $31 million in the bank by Friday.

Cruz says his views on religious liberty will draw voters

At his big debut in Iowa as a bona fide presidential candidate, Texas U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz said Wednesday he aims to win over big slices of the GOP as well as conservative Democrats, even as he zeroed in on some controversial social issues, demanded reforms he says some view as “radical,” and criticized some of his fellow Republicans as weak-willed.

The Washington Post conducted a poll of American adults (not registered voters or likely voters, it’s worth noting) on the 2016 potential candidates. There aren’t many surprises, but there are a few interesting bits of information. Some excerpts:

Poll: Bush now tops GOP field; Clinton runs ahead of all Republicans

Former Florida governor Jeb Bush now leads the field of Republican candidates for the party’s 2016 presidential nomination, but former secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton enjoys a decided advantage over Bush ... Read More >>