Tea Party "darling"

AP writer Will Weissert, supposedly writing a straight new story, mocks Ted Cruz in this article about him being a "Tea Party darling." What does Weissert call President Obama? Whose "darling" is Obama? Would that be worth looking into?

Cruz was in Iowa for the fourth time "in barely eight months," speaking to home schooling parents. Maybe the real reason Weissert mocked Cruz is that Cruz said that,

"This nation was founded by men and women fleeing religious oppression and coming here seeking the freedom to seek out our lord God almighty with all of our hearts, minds and souls, free of the government getting in the way."

Weissert points out that

The support of home school advocates helped the last two Republicans win Iowa's presidential caucus: former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee in 2008 and former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania in 2012.

Jamie Johnson, a member of the Iowa GOP's State Central Committee and former top Iowa adviser to Santorum in 2012, said he spoke with Cruz about tweaking his economics-heavy message to best win over Iowa conservatives.

"You've got to enunciate the moral themes here," Johnson said, "and if you don't, you lose."

Are Iowans more moral than other Americans?