Rob Ford is 'Ted Cruz in a fat suit'?

Bloomberg Businessweek perfectly sums up embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford in a piece detailing his rise to political prominence:

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Ford’s brusque nature and substance abuse problems were well known before he ran for office, but he was straightforward and conservative, and thus electable, even to many in the business establishment. “People recognized that the city’s economic fundamentals were out of whack, and we needed to fix that,” says Janet Ecker, the president and chief executive of the Toronto Financial Services Alliance and a former conservative politician in the Ontario government. “It’s not like people didn’t realize he was a little rough around the edges. He was elected to be a bull in the china shop. People wanted city hall to be shaken up.” Rob Ford was Ted Cruz in a fat suit.

We've asked Sen. Ted Cruz's office whether it welcomes the comparison to Ford.