chief, who understands the threats we face. who am i comfortable having their finger on the button? now, that's a question of strength, but it's also a question of judgment. and i think that is a question that is a challenging question for both of them. >> when asked about those comments, a cruz spokesperson told the "times" that "judgment is a question for all candidates for president of the u.s. that's the point cruz was making." the biggest challenge for ted cruz ultimately may just be his persona or as "the new york times" puts it "mr. cruz appraised as grating and pompous as a matter of bipartisan consensus is work diligently at the simple task of establishing human connections." for further analysis of a man who once said of himself, "he's not a person you want to have a beer with," we go to our book correspondent jeb lund whose just finished reading cruz's book "a time for truth." >> for a long time the left has had two caricatures of conservatives -- that we are either stupid or evil. i take it as a backhanded compliment that they have to