Posted on 10/19/2014 4:13:11 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
While Sen. Ted Cruz may be a star among tea party faithful and other more socially conservative Republicans, he has been less active on the midterm campaign trail as some candidates fear he could polarize voters, The Hill reports.
More welcomed in states with tight midterms contests have been Cruz's conservative brothers in the Senate, Marco Rubio of Florida and Rand Paul of Kentucky, who have been counted on to support election bids across the country, the Hill noted.
“It’s almost exactly a year ago to the day when [Cruz] led to the government shutdown," Republican strategist Rich Galen told The Hill. "That appealed to a narrow and narrowing wing of the Republican Party. For a lot of people that was over the top and they’re not comfortable with him.”
How such a political temperature read during the midterms plays out in 2016 remains unknown. Cruz continues to be mentioned as a possible GOP candidate for president — and is already traveling to states seen as key in a presidential race — along with Paul and Rubio and an increasingly crowded field with no emerging frontrunner.
Among Cruz's recent political visits are time spent in Iowa and New Hampshire, and also in South Carolina, The Hill noted. The latter would be helpful if indeed Cruz sets his sights on the White House, strategists said. He has also visited Kansas to help veteran Sen. Pat Roberts who is in a battle there for his political life....
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Go Ted go! Let Texas values define America! Destroy DemonRATs! Crush islam!
Election results in Kentucky will be interested to review for just how much of the base the Ditch Turtle will be able to mobilize.
If I were a RINO in DC I wouldn’t want to be seen with a true Christian intelligent well spoken educated dedicated conservative like TED CRUZ either!
TED CRUZ for President 2016
So what? There are many more who were uncomfortable with Bob Dole, John McCain and Mitt Romney.
Who could write that with a straight face?
Like voters are not already polarized. Give me a break. Its been us agains’t them for years.
Then those “republicans” need to find another party or nation, they don’t belong here.
If you want the conservative base to turn out in force, then you need someone like Ted Cruz to come and help you.
I think the winning strategy is clear.
Some in the GOP not comfortable with Ted Cruz just like the rest of the progressives. They should just admit it and join the Democrat Party. They would have their super majority, and continue to dismantle the USA like they’re doing already.
This is all propaganda and nonsense. Cruz is quite calm and smooth IMO. Some - perhaps many - may disagree with his views because of their leftist indoctrination. But certainly his style is pretty laid back.
Let’s focus on winning a significant majority in both house for 2014, then we can work on getting Ted to White House in 2016.
Some in GOP belong in DNC!
Think of the message the Romney campaign would have sent to the conservative base, if they had reached out to Palin.
"Hey, I know that you guys think that I too liberal and you don't trust me, but you are a very important part of my strategy and I want to include you on the platform."
I don't know if Palin would have made the difference for the lackluster Romney team, but would it really have hurt?? Would it have made them lose in a more spectacular fashion?
Anyway, why talk wisdom to those who are pig-headed.
A significant majority of what?
Any “Republican” that fears shutting down the too big, too bloated, too wasteful federal government is a liberal big government crony and should be defeated at the polls.
“It’s almost exactly a year ago to the day when [Cruz] led to the government shutdown,” Republican strategist Rich Galen told The Hill.”
Ugghh...with friends like Galen, who needs enemies? What an idiot! Cruz in no way shut down the government. He and the repubs offered to FULLY FUND the government, except for Obamacare. Obama and the dems could have taken that money at any time, but they had to play hard ball and try to blame it on the repubs.
Some idiots only care about the letter after the name.
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