Posted on 10/31/2014 9:41:33 AM PDT by Din Maker
Neither Ted Cruz nor Jeb Bush have declared 2016 Republican presidential bids, but that won't stop the two from firing shots across the bow.
The Texas Senator took a jab at the former Florida governor on Thursday, saying during an appearance on CNBC that he is too moderate to run and win votes.
Cruz was asked about Bush and other candidates stemming from the Republican Partys establishment wing Arizona Sen. John McCain and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, for example and their consistent failure to win presidencies.
Jeb has not declared his candidacy. I like Jeb. Im a fan of Jeb Bushs. Im going to let him decide if hes running first and let the primary voters make a decision, Cruz said. But I will say this: We need to learn from history, we need to look to history and what works and what doesnt.
[I]f we run another candidate in the mold of a Bob Dole or a John McCain or Mitt Romney, we will end up with the same result, which is millions of people will stay home on Election Day, which is what happened for all three of them, Cruz said. And if we run another candidate like that, Hillary Clinton will be the next president.
Hillary Clinton has yet to officially declare her bid for president, but she is the Democrat frontrunner by a massive margin.
A RealClearPolitics average of polls shows an extremely crowded Republican field, with Bush in second and Cruz eighth.
ty...pay no attention to the RealClearPolitics poll...it’s totally meaningless. 2016 is shaping up to be 1980...not 2012. Lots of surprises on the horizon to shake things up. Grassroots have learned plenty about the opposition on both sides.
HELLO........ VOTER FRAUD... elections have become like
"Bernie goes VOTING" mystery (( IS )) what republican WILL the democrats RUN..
This is a message that needs repeating over and over until the so - called in the middle republican voter understands that a conservative message can win over the media’s personal pick; I will say / do anything candidate to win. I hope the Tea Party will start pushing term limits legislation so, we can get rid of these career politicians.
You have to do like the liberals, don’t back down with your message. Conservatism is the cure for liberalism because it offers solutions.
Cruz is right!!!
Count me in. I’m down for a full-blown Revolution.
As much as it pained me, I voted for McCain in ‘08 and Romney in 2012.
->> Bush I Bob Dole Bush II McCain Romney
And, that is what the base is up against. Of all of those years (weak candidates) and they have not changed courses to date. Bush W. could had been a great president (in my view) if he didn’t get there and cross over the aisle with the Kennedy likes and caved on pushing the conservative message. He had the whole thing, (his base) and blew it. Danm straight, if I went there, I would not want to impress the media. I would follow the party’s platform. If you didn’t like that, then leave the party.
The amnesty issue alone will destroy the country and that is the most terrifying scenario that we are facing. I hate OBama, for what he though, mainly for what he has done to our vets and changing America intto some third world nation. He’s a fraud and the media knows it to be so. We need a candidate that has guts to clean this government up / not a person wanting to govern by polls..like a President Bush Jeb would do. No, thanks.
It’s more like Choose a Rino and you’ll suffer from lack of participation from the base. Christie is #1 in this department — having provided aid and succor to Obama during the critical last days of 2012 elections.
Bush has the millstone chained to his leg. He’s a non-starter.
Romney would suffer from lack of participation but could possibly win as a consolation for 2012.
Scott Walker would be an exciting choice as he’s taken on the Liberal base time and time and has won more often then lost.
IMHO (meaning no hysterical responses needed) Cruz has no chance. The GOP nominee will either be a Governor or Ex-Governor. Somebody with proven and demonstrable executive ability. Cruz is still a back bencher nationally, though a conservative hero to the GOP.
OK, I’m gonna throw this out there. Hopefully I won’t get “keyboard mugged” by too many FReepers:
We know that whether it is Hillary Clinton or “Lie-a-watha” Warren, the Dems are going to nominate a woman. So my question is: What about Susana Martinez, Republican Gov. of New Mexico? How Conservative is she? If she is a “true” Conservative (not a Karl Rove Conservative).... being a Latina and female, she might make a great V.P. candidate. Just sayin’.
Now, before anyone jumps on me and rags on me about “Identity Politics”, stop and think. That’s all the V.P. spot is..... Identity Politics.
Except...how's that working out for you?
Whats the track record of candidates weve had to hold our noses to vote for, so as not to be overpowered by the stench of Rinocrat?
1992...HW pi$$ed away an 80% Desert Storm approval rating, lost to Bubba..."Read my lips..."
1996...Bob Dole, famously tagged as the tax collector for the welfare state...co-sponsor of how many Kennedy-Dole bills?
2008...John McCain...first to go nuclear on fellow Repubs, but famously said we need not fear a Barack no middle name Obama presidency.
2012...Mitt Romney...again went nuclear on fellow Repubs, went limp on Obama..."I was for Obamacare before I was against it."
Those who say we need to hold our noses and vote for the Rinocrat need to show when thats been a successful strategy.
Christie is a fat-a**, blow-hard.
“Rick Perry was looking better than 2012 but has since teamed up w/ MeCain’s old team headed by that RINO, Palin-Hater, Steve Schmidt.”
Perry also hired henry barbour from cochran’s Mississippi campaign. You can learn a lot about a candidate by who he associates with. I wouldn’t have thought Perry would had anything to do with schmidt or barbour.
Cruz is still a back bencher nationally, though a conservative hero to the GOP.
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He was never Governor of Texas, but he served as Solicitor General, an office right below Attorney General. He represented Texas before the Supreme Court. That’s no small potatoes.
“We need another Ronald Reagan and the closest person to being that is Ted Cruz. They call him a right-wing wacko, but in January 2017, theyll be calling him Mr. President. The guy is brilliant.”
When he runs we just have to make sure that we close-ranks early on and dont screw around with having 4 other people in to split the conservative vote. It doesn’t matter how nice that person is or how often they go to church or how clean their kid’s teeth are.
Cruz-West!
I will be in hog heaven.
[ The Democrat candidate in 2016 will win. The Republican Nominee will be a party stalwart deserving of the Partys recognition. He will also be the Next In Line. Currently three men are jostling for their place in line. Christie will be pushed aside because he is a newcomer and has not the stature of a Party Stalwart. The Nominee will be Jeb Bush or Mitt Romney. The Democrat will become President. Neither Bush nor Romney has any vision to offer beyond better management of the Total State. Neither wants the job anyway and neither will actually wage a serious campaign. ]
If we do SOMEHOW manage to get someone like Cruz of Lee in as the GOP nominee, I wouldn’t be surprised if one of the RINOs breaks ranks and joins up with Hillary as her VP, either “the Jebster” or “Krispy Kreme” and they will run as the “Unity Party Choice against the Extremeist Tea Party Conservatives”
If Hitlery wins it would be like nuking the Titanic to prevent from sinking.
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