reading stories like "the grinch who lost her e-mails." >> i'll use my own server and no one will be the wiser. >> if you act now, we'll throw in the inspiring new christmas story soon-to-be an instant classic. "the senator who saved christmas." >> this is a good one. >> if you are not completely satisfied with the collection of cruz christmas classics, you probably hate christmas and america. >> cnn senior political analyst ron brownstein is joining us now. you watch it the first time and think that was cheesy. if you take a second, there is strategy here. >> yeah, well, i'll tell you if you poll the republican coyote room and looking for adjectives for ted cruz cuddly probably wouldn't come up in the top five. ted cruz had a fascinating week, you know, he and marco rubio have collided at high speed over the issue of immigration and have done a lot of damage to each other, i think, and potentially to the party in the general election as well. ted cruz has seized on an issue that has...

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