Posted on 03/29/2015 9:55:07 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz wasn’t taking any chances the other day when he announced he will seek the Republican nomination for president in 2016. Cruz launched his bid at what for him was the friendliest of venues: Liberty University in Virginia, a Christian school founded by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell. It would have been difficult for Cruz to pick a more receptive crowd for his announcement.
And he didn’t disappoint. He asked Christian conservatives in the audience and across the nation to imagine a United States without the IRS, without Obamacare and without abortion rights. Said Cruz: “I believe in you. I believe in the power of millions of courageous conservatives rising up to reignite the promise of America.”
It is that very belief that has to cause the Republican Party a great deal of concern when considering Cruz as a potential nominee. While his message about doing away with the IRS might draw approving nods across the political spectrum, his promise to get rid of Obamacare surely does not. And he is out of step with mainstream America on the abortion question as well.
Liberals will not give Cruz a second thought, except perhaps to hope that the GOP is nutty enough to nominate such a polarizing candidate for president. While Cruz no doubt appeals to the further reaches of the conservative right, there aren’t nearly enough voters of that particular persuasion to carry a national election.
Cruz’s message might indeed resound very well in the lead-off caucus in Iowa and in the early primary in South Carolina, two states where Christian conservatives have a lot of clout and abortion is a hot issue. But no one knows better than Cruz that he will have to attract significant moderate support elsewhere on the primary circuit if he’s not to become an early casualty in the battle for the nomination. Should Cruz emerge from the Cleveland convention as the party’s choice, he would then have to move even closer to the center to have any chance to prevail in November.
Frankly, we don’t think Cruz has it in him. He is a right-wing, tea party conservative through and through. If he tries to sound the least bit moderate, he’ll probably choke on the words.
And don’t forget he’ll be vying for a spot on the national ticket against some Republican heavyweights who likely also aspire to lead the country, among them Jeb Bush, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Scott Walker and Chris Christie.
The debate over the constitutional mandate that the president be a “natural born citizen” and Cruz’s citizenship — he was born in Canada to an American mother — has pretty much been settled in his favor. But that and the fact that he’s a darling of many on the far right are about all he has going for him. He’s not the choice if Republicans have any hope of reclaiming the White House.
You’re right.
I will vote for either of them in the General election.
“Frankly, I’m for Walker. But Cruz is definitely electable!”
You are so correct! Cruz is definitely electable! But Walker’s place, if any on the ticket, is as running mate with Cruz!
Now, to smooth any ruffled feathers, Walker would likely be my choice if Cruz were not in the picture. I want no part of Romney (I mean Jeb Bush), the fat bastard Rino from NJ, and I do not like Rand Paul or Rubio...I think they are opportunists in their messages. And Rand is as unelectable as was his father.
A ‘Cruz/Walker’ ticket would be unstoppable.. This would upset the ‘vagina power’ crowd, however.
I hope the liberal media will let the conservatives pick the candidate this time. Why do they concern themselves with our candidate.
Liberal darling Hillary Clinton “unelectable and ugly!”
You’re right.
They are trying to keep people from donating to his campaign, that is the whole reason for the not electable meme. Which means they actually think he is very electable.
Why do they concern themselves with our candidate.
Because they attack the most likely to beat their candidate and want the weakest RINO to win the nomination..
I wish freepers would stop posting these inane editorials from two bit liberal “newspapers” (that includes the various Slimes).
The “big lie” is something that gets repeated incessantly until even the people that know better end up believing it.
So enough with “Cruz is unelectable”.
The Bucks County Courier-Times is unreadable.
I thought that Zer0 was not electable—twice!
I’m leaning heavily toward Cruz in the primary, but I also really like Scott Walker.
I don’t know where the idea that someone is unelectable comes this early on, and tend to think this is a ploy to set people thinking, hey, maybe he’s not electable.
Let all of these propaganda pieces be displayed and rebutted. I have confidence in my fellow FReepers I have confidence in the power of conservatism. I have no confidence in the utility of censorship, voluntary or otherwise.
I have confidence in knowing the enemy and no confidence in ignorance. I have confidence in fashioning replies with the brainpower of thousands of FReepers, I have no confidence in rope a dope.
If the past two presidential elections are any indicator, liberal Republicans are also, not electable.
There is only one poll that counts....
I’ll vote for Cruz, as it stands now, but Walker is squishy on ILLEGAL immigration.
Awwwwwe .. the poor things. They better stop hyperventilating over the unelectable Ted Cruz .. before they have a heart attack.
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Endorse Obama twice
He’ll come around. One issue isn’t going to prevent me from voting for the nominee unless it’s Bush.
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