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>> the first time i was introduced to ted cruz was a supreme court argument i had no idea who he was, he was a texas solicitor and he argued in front of the court a case called medellin. no idea whoa was. and i walked out of there thinking that might have been the best performance i'd seen in front of the court. and i'd watched a lot of argument. the guy can do do it. he's amazingly adept at what we might call in another context code switching. sort of breitbart comment thread and like guy who argued in front of the supreme court. >> he knows the sort of conservative slang and the accent to pu...

If you have people who want you to fight for them and who feel besieged or victimized by the elite, ted cruz positions himself as -- he may have come from there educationally or socially but he's firmly in opposition and he knows the way they work, he knows the inside of the washington cartel. >> right. do you come away from reading this and spending time immersed in him thinking his chances are better or worse? >> i think -- i think they're a lot better than people would be comfortable with because he knows how to transition to both worlds. >> that's exactly right. >> it's easy to dismiss him...

No idea whoa was. and i walked out of there thinking that might have been the best performance i'd seen in front of the court. and i'd watched a lot of argument. the guy can do it. he's amazingly adept at what we might call in another context code switching. sort of breitbart comment thread and like guy who argued in front of the supreme court. >> he knows the sort of conservative slang and the accent to put on it and make you seem like a down home, you know, rebellious folk but he's coming from like you said a white shoe law firm and he's got a job that one in 100 people in the country have. ...

Talks about parenting. talks about living a good life. well, one day he saw a comment thread on his youtube channel that said something about him sounding dumb. >> because is he a southerner. >> because is he a southerner. he decided to do a whole video it's now over 1.3 million views. he says, look, i'm going to be a southerner and proud of it listen to his retort. >> i grew up in the state of georgia where southern dialect really was our only option. now after living all these years in the state of texas nobody yet has stopped me for using a phrase such as y'all or gonna or fixen to it. you ...

In the military. well, in an msnbc.com exclusive today, senator claire mccaskill is taking questions directly from the msnbc community. to ask your question, just go to takingthehill.msnbc.com. leave your question in the veterans speak comment thread. and stay with us here on "andrea mitchell reports." republican national chairman reince priebus joining me next. hey kevin...still eating chalk for heartburn? yeah... try new alka seltzer fruit chews. they work fast on heartburn and taste awesome. these are good. told ya! i'm feeling better already. [ male announcer ] new alka seltzer fruits ch...