If Ted is smart, he will petition the SCOTUS to rule on his eligibility as a POTUS candidate.
I would bet that all four lib Justices vote to allow him to rum to protect Obama from post-2016 attacks on our 44th President.
Then, just one vote will allow Cruz. Any of the five other Justices simply needs to dislike Hillary! in order to define NBC.
I would be a lot that at least one Justice would prefer Cruz over HRC and would settle the issue.
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Now, I would prefer Palin run for Senator as part of a R takeover and she gets some resume-enhancing committee assignments.
So, who for VP? I think it needs to be a female to counter HRC. A non-Hispanic female with either superior governing skills or foreign affairs/security would probably neutralize many of the usually attacks on the R candidates.
Suggestions? I would rule out Condi Rice to avoid the Bush Derangement Syndrome from erupting.
Elaine Chao maybe?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Chao
Why? As of now, nobody's stopping him. SCOTUS is an appeals court. They don't issue advisory opinions. Should Cruz decide to run and should a lower court find him ineligible, only then SCOTUS *might* get involved.