Ted Cruz heads to Bush, Rubio territory for Florida fundraiser

HOUSTON — Ted Cruz will head to Florida later this month to headline a local Republican fundraising dinner, a trip that will put him in front of the Republican voters more familiar with two of Cruz’s likely competitors in 2016: His Senate colleague Marco Rubio and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.

Cruz will keynote the Duval County Lincoln Day Dinner in Jacksonville on Feb. 20, billed as a “huge event” that raises money for the county GOP. Tickets range from $120 for an individual seat to $25,000 to serve as an event sponsor.

His drop-in to the Sunshine State comes as Bush gradually emerges as the front-runner in the 2016 Republican field, a race that Cruz hasn’t yet committed to but said Sunday that he was looking at “very seriously.”

"If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton

"We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn’t make any sense at all." -- President Ronald Reagan

"A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." - Thomas Paine 1792

"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." - Samuel Adams

"If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams

It occurred to me last night while watching Ted Cruz on Megyn Kelly how he has gone from a virtual nobody to a party leader in only 2 years. All the media and much of the GOP may hate him, but they consistently like hearing what he has to say. This bodes well.

I’m not sure if I’m on your Ted Cruz ping list or not....
if not, please add me to the list.

I hope Ted throws his hat in the ring and soon.

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