Posted on 12/15/2015 10:05:06 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
When U.S. presidential candidate Ted Cruz withdrew from a fundraiser in Texas, his wife Heidi stepped in to charm donors. A major backer uses her whenever she needs to close a deal. Another is planning a women's only event featuring Mrs. Cruz.
Heidi Cruz, a Harvard Business School graduate and former Bush administration official, has emerged as a central figure in her husband's campaign, charming on-the-fence donors while acting as a bridge to the Republican establishment.
The effort to broaden Ted Cruz's appeal is crucial as he soars in the polls. He has long had a strong base of support among conservative Republican activists, but he has alienated moderates and the party's senior leadership, partly because of his penchant for confrontation, including leading an effort to shut down the government in 2013.
Whatever people may think of her husband, Heidi Cruz tells potential donors and supporters, he is a man of his word, cool under pressure and won't shy from a fight to implement the free market principles they believe in. Several donors interviewed say her pitch has helped to win them over.
While it is not unusual for spouses to serve as character witnesses, what sets Heidi Cruz apart is her role as a bridge to the Republican establishment and the zeal she brings to it. Many political spouses, including fellow Republican candidate Jeb Bush's wife, Columba, and President Barack Obama's wife, Michelle, engage in politics only reluctantly.
But Cruz, on leave from her job as a Goldman Sachs executive in Houston, has immersed herself in the 2016 presidential race. She not only woos donors but takes part in strategy sessions, bringing her business savvy to the effort to keep the campaign's budget as lean as possible.
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Sen.Cruz lost his main support when Ms. Cruz
worked behind the scenes of SECRET ObamaTRADE, leading
to sellout Sen.Cruz voting to allow the vote.
Heidi is an awesome woman, a wonderful mother and a smart cookie.
Mica Mosbacher, a veteran Republican fundraiser, supported the establishment candidate that Cruz ousted in a Senate primary in 2012. Now she is supporting Cruz’s presidential run and credits Heidi Cruz for winning her over.
GO CRUZ!!!
The puppet strings are showing quite clearly.
All the info out there says she is more of a Bush Republican. Not a conservative ideologue.
Ted may very well be a stealth GOPe candidate. Time will tell.
Haters are going to hate.
“...acting as a bridge to the Republican establishment.”
Did I hear correctly? Did Rush say GOPe was starting to consider Cruz?
Go Cruz indeed!
Ted Cruz is a man far less likely to sell conservatives up the river than The Donald.
Heidi “Goldman Sachs,CFR,North AMERICAN UNION” Cruz??
Michelle O steals our food while Heidi wants to steal our national sovereignty and our money.
As opposed to Trump who is GOPe without the stealth.
he already compromised in a major way with a globalist establishment wife. He either has to work AGAINST his wife in a house divided OR he is in agreement with her.
either way bad news.
You said it.
Yep. About once a month or so - some lies and trash is dug up and thrown at Heidi.
And even some FReepers - on this thread already - are into the mudslinging.
Mr H1B and Mrs Goldman Sachs. No thank you and no thank you.
“Cruz already has, and when push comes to shove he will again.”
Please elaborate.
Whatever, you will find out soon.
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