. >> tcc, taxes, credit, commerce, fitting post office copyright courts. piracy army war navy.ia, money for militia. >> if only he would actually listen to those words and stop distorting the constitution. so now here we are about a quarter sentry later and senator cruz just delivered the keynote and at an event in iowa for the defenders of freedom. >> we all know we are in extraordinary times. the challenges facing this country are not typical. they are not ordinary. we are pacing fiscal and economic challenges and facing an assault on our constitutional rights. unlike anything this country it is the third time since july cruz visited iowa. the site of the first in the nation presidential primary. coinciden coincidence? i don't think so p although overall public opinion of cruz plummeted during the government shutdown. failed tactic made him more popular than ever in the republican base. those are the people most likely to vote in primaries. while the gop didn't get anything out of the shutdown, ted cruz is emerging as the party's new standard bear and a front-runner for 2016.