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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Well I am not happy with a bunch of liberal loving, slime ball RINOs hijacking the only party that conservatives had. I wish they would go back to The Communist Dimocrat Illegals Peoples Socialist Homo Party they came from.
Excerpt seems based on commentary by Rich Galen who in 2013 was a signatory to an amicus curiae brief submitted to the Supreme Court in support of same-sex marriage during the Hollingsworth v. Perry case. His son Reed, director of scheduling for the Bush-Cheney 2004 presidential campaign, also signed the brief.
Indeed. Both parties.
What a truly idiotic statement! This guy has got to be a liberal democrat. What kind of candidate hires this strategist??
Because the GOPe is not interested in the Tea Party or what they stand for, so they're not going to bring in someone who might stir them up and make the establishment fake caring again.
But now it's "us against them" within the party, GOPe vs. the Tea Party.
Romney and his underlings started plotting against Governor Palin as soon as her speech at the 2008 Republican Convention was over.
There’s no way they would have allowed her to be rehabilitated at the 2012 convention.
The problem is that some of the GOP leaders already are. I think the Democrats have infiltrated the Republican Party and some of the higher ups in the GOP are part of that group.
Go to that site and look at the comments. The trolls are out in force tonight.
The ironic thing is this....83% of the U.S. government remained open during the so-called “shutdown,” and it was Harry Reid and Obama who were responsible for closing the other 17%, not Ted Cruz.
A significant majority of the House and Senate.
I sometimes wonder if the ardent conservatives can be Democrat plants. Think Akin. Congressman. One house member faking his true beliefs is nothing. He graduates to a Senate nomination and then blows it. One lost Senate seat is a BIG deal. Then there’s the Lib who runs as a Libertarian, siphoning conservative votes. The rats are just plain smarter than us.
I sometimes wonder if the ardent conservatives can be Democrat plants. Think Akin. Congressman. One house member faking his true beliefs is nothing. He graduates to a Senate nomination and then blows it. One lost Senate seat is a BIG deal. Then there’s the Lib who runs as a Libertarian, siphoning conservative votes. The rats are just plain smarter than us.
No kidding! Rich Galen, need to keep that name handy.
How I long to meet these traitors live and in person.
Btw, where has little rinse previewUS been lately?
To this day, Team Romney (the Imposer of ObamaCARE)
will not even put Gov. Palin on any poll they
release; as they continue against all Conservatives.
Republican strategist Rich Galen, BARF ALERT! This guy has overstayed his welcome by 20 yrs!
Brilliant strategy....2 weeks before election, time to stir the pot?
Is he working for the Dems?
Sen. Cruz shut down the government last year? By himself? WOW!! And I thought Harry Reid and the Democrats were responsible.
Of backstabbing, craven, statist, government-loving GOPe RINOs. Gotcha.
Even more importantly, true conservative principles stated clearly, understandably, and honestly will always resonate with the non-political people in the mushy middle and they will flock to the right, because conservatism is rooted in common sense.
That's what got Reagan elected, and that's what will get Cruz elected.
Well, you just keep “teaching them a lesson” and see where that gets you.
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