Ted Cruz and the Republican Big Tent

NewsMax ^ | Friday, 10 Oct 2014 10:56 AM | Michael Reagan

[SoConPubbie]

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is a tea party stalwart.

 

Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., narrowly defeated a tea party opponent in the Republican Senate primary this year.

 

Ted Cruz has a perfect 100 percent rating from the American Conservative Union.

 

Pat Roberts has an 84 percent rating from the ACU.

 

Yet this week Cruz will be in Kansas campaigning for Roberts in an election that is crucial for GOP hopes of retaking the Senate. The reason is simple. Fox News quotes Cruz explaining, “Roberts stood by my side in the fight to defund Obamacare, and he will continue to fight against intrusive liberal policies in the U.S. Senate. To stop the liberal Harry Reid-Barack Obama agenda, we must win the Senate majority — and we can’t do that without Pat Roberts back in the Senate.”

 

This is what my father meant when he advocated unity among Republicans and a big-tent party that had room for differing views. Instead of dividing ourselves and helping the Democrats, he wanted the GOP to unite over shared values and the primary goal of leading the government.

 

After he’s re-elected, arguably the most important vote Roberts casts will be to elect Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., as majority leader.

 

Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and former governor Sarah Palin also realize the stakes in this Kansas election and they are supporting Roberts, too.

 

Support of brand-name conservatives like these three could well be the difference for Roberts. He currently trails so-called “independent” candidate Greg Orman 48 to 38 percent. Orman is running a campaign that’s disingenuous even for Democrats. He refuses to take positions on many issues because when he does, Kansas voters will realize he’s simply a dishonest Democrat in independent clothing.

[SoConPubbie]

	"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

[SoConPubbie]

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[cloudmountain]

Lol. Cynicism is an OLD state of mind.

[upsdriver]

Unfortunately, the “big tent” excludes tea party folks.

[Slyfox]

Ronald Reagan was once asked about some donations he got from someone who was an idealogical opposite. His response was that it did not mean that he agreed with someone who did not support him ideologically. Instead, “it meant that he must agree with me.”

[FreeReign]

After he’s re-elected, arguably the most important vote Roberts casts will be to elect Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., as majority leader.

LOL.

I was buying into the support Roberts opinion until Michael said this.

[cloudmountain]

Since “cruz” means “cross,” I hope Ted wears one to REMIND people of who he is.

[SoConPubbie]

I was buying into the support Roberts opinion until Michael said this.

Yea, Michael Reagan is a huge disappointment being the Moderate Republican that he is. He also regularly distorts what his Dad would have done if he were here as well.

[Williams]

I think everyone who disagrees should take up their argument with Ted Cruz and Sarah Palin. Stop pussyfooting around and call then RINOs.

[CyberAnt]

Ted Cruz successfully captured Rubio from the tentacles of the left, and brought him back to his senses. But, I do know Rubio is interested in amnesty .. but for now he’s been sidelined by Cruz.

I believe, firmly, that Cruz can do the same thing to Roberts.

And .. in case you haven’t been paying attention, Ted Cruz is the biggest Tea Party person there is, along with a few others. The Tea Party has not been left out .. furthermore, I think Ted has been planting seeds all over the Senate (with his help in their elections), telling these people that they need to come back home to the basic repub beliefs, and stop trying to please the dems.

[RetSignman]

The problem with the big tent there are all those Rinos running around tearing the place up.

[CyberAnt]

I think Cruz is going to apply for ML; because if he doesn’t, the Senate will remain in it’s bad habits of doing nothing .. and I’m confident that Cruz is not one to sit on the sidelines and do nothing.

As Majority Leader, Cruz will have a podium at which he can inform and educate the public .. which will include his excellent and brilliant knowledge of the Constitution.

[Maceman]

Unfortunately, the “big tent” excludes tea party folks.

Not true. The "big tent" Uniparty RINOcrats will happily accept Tea Partier votes and contributions, as long as we just STFU and vote like we're told.

[upsdriver]

Yes, I am well informed about Ted Cruz. He is the Sarah Palin of the Senate, for sure. My point is that, as far as the establishment GOP are concerned, we are not welcome as far as actually governing. I know that Cruz is bucking the system and I applaud his efforts. We need more like him.

[upsdriver]

My point, exactly. I’m tired of supporting a party that despises me.

[Maceman]

ARE WE BETTER OF LOSING THE SENATE IN 2014?

If the GOPs RINOcrats win, the GOPe will be convinced that it doesn't need the conservative base and will pass the leftist agenda, including Obama's nominations.

Don't believe me? Even now the Republican leadership is lowering expectations about what they'll do if they take the Senate in 2014.

You worried about a Democrat Senate approving Obama's judicial nominees? Well maybe you should listen to John McCain saying what will happen if the Republicans win the Senate: “I will work very hard to go back to 60 votes,” said Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who boldly predicts a Republican Senate would process Obama’s nominees “more rapidly than [Democrats] do today.”

And as for the House: John Boehner: ‘Very Few’ Republicans Will Oppose Me

So tell me again how much better off we'll be voting for the RINOs.

If it wins the Senate, the current Republican leadership and RINOcrat candidates will do nothing to save our nation (assuming it is still capable of being saved), and the anger of the electorate will be aimed at them in 2016, as Hillary comes in and promises to save us.

And she will probably win, unless the GOP valiantly articulates, expresses and supports conservative candidates and the conservative agenda and has a credible conservative firebrand -- preferably Ted Cruz -- running against her.

If, on the other hand, the GOPe RINOcrats lose the 2014 general election, they will be forced to move immediately to the so-called "Right," and their their proven-loser moderate mainstream candidates (Romney, Christie, Bush, Huckabee) will never get past the primaries in 2016.

And Karl Rove will be a distant memory.

So which is better, if we win the Senate now or lose it?

Honestly, long term, I think it's better that we lose it this time.

[YHAOS]

What “Big Tent”?

[SoConPubbie]

What “Big Tent”?

Exactly!

The GOP-E's version of the "Big Tent" apparently does not include enough space for the Tea-Party. Except as Battered Wives!

[Dan in Wichita]

I think you are wasting your time trying to reason with morons and liberal trolls. I have followed thousands of threads here on FR and have never seen a single one of them swayed by a logical, practical argument.

But its your time, so you can use it however you please. :)

[upsdriver]

I’m torn. One thing I see happening with Cruz, Lee, Palin, etc. getting involved in these races is that it elevates their stature and power with the people. That could help set things up for 2016. Personally, I’d like to see a new party movement to shut down the GOP. They’ve become irrelevant.