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Oscar Contender Hits Box Office  Aired October 18, 2013 - 16:30
 ET   JAKE TAPPER, CNN: Let's check in on our political panel in
the green room.  So, Ross Douthat from "The New York Times",
unlike Ringo Starr, Senator Ted Cruz apparently does not need
help from his friends. He spoke to my friend Jon Karl of ABC
News about it.   SEN. TED CRUZ (R), TEXAS: You know, I'm not
serving in office because I desperately need 99 new friends in
the U.S. Senate.   TAPPER: Ross, does the senator have any new
friends after this crisis?  ROSS DOUTHAT, THE NEW YORK TIMES: He
has plenty of friends. He has Harry Reid. He has Chuck Schumer.
He has most of the Democratic caucus. I don't know -- I don't
know why -- he also has plenty of friends outside the Senate,
Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and so on.  So I'm not going to
worry about how many friends Ted Cruz has. I think he's doing
fine.  TAPPER: Ple