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Rep. Joaquin Castro predicts Perry and Cruz would lose 2016 presidential race
The Dallas Morning News ^ | December 2, 2014 | Kimberly Railey

Posted on 12/02/2014 11:46:27 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, predicted Tuesday that neither Gov. Rick Perry nor Sen. Ted Cruz can win the presidency in 2016, calling them both too divisive to garner broad support.

“When you get to the general election, people don’t generally want either an angry person or a very harsh, shrill, partisan person,” Castro said about Perry’s prospects. “They want somebody … whose aim at least is to bring people together.”

Castro — in a rare joint appearance with twin brother Julián Castro, the Housing and Urban Development Secretary, at a Politico event titled “Lessons from Leaders” — said Cruz would face a similar hurdle. The senator needs to become a “true leader,” he said, pointing to Cruz’s crusade to defund Obamacare last fall as a time when Cruz lost support even among his own party.

Julián Castro has been mentioned as a potential running mate for Democrat Hillary Clinton, and the congressman said his brother has “a lot of options” in the future....

(Excerpt) Read more at trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com ...


TOPICS: Texas; Parties; U.S. Congress; U.S. Senate
KEYWORDS: 2016; castrobrothers; cruz; joaquincastro; perry; rickperry; tedcruz; texas
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What does Tio Fidel say?
1 posted on 12/02/2014 11:46:27 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Twins suckled by a LA Raza leader.


2 posted on 12/02/2014 11:47:59 AM PST by lulu16 (May the Good Lord take a liking to you!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So was this clown a psychic or something before he became a freeloading politician from San Antonio?


3 posted on 12/02/2014 11:49:07 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Remember! When the GOP wins, it means the stupid American voters want bipartisanship.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yeah, but Cankles will win, right?


4 posted on 12/02/2014 11:49:58 AM PST by struggle
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Who?


5 posted on 12/02/2014 11:50:18 AM PST by CPT Clay (Follow me on Twitter @Clay N TX)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“They want somebody … whose aim at least is to bring people together.”

Yea, just like Obozo has.


6 posted on 12/02/2014 11:50:19 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Good Muslims, like good Nazis or good liberals, are terrible human beings.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Gosh, a `rat that is sooooo concerned about how the pubbies can WIN!

right....

.


7 posted on 12/02/2014 11:50:32 AM PST by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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people don’t generally want either an angry person or a very harsh, shrill, partisan person,” Castro said about Perry’s prospect

Anyone who thinks Rick Perry is an angry, far right conservative is a delusional hack.

8 posted on 12/02/2014 11:50:34 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: struggle

I don’t think Hillary even makes it to November.
(assuming the Chicago Mob decides to field Baraq 2.0)


9 posted on 12/02/2014 11:51:00 AM PST by nascarnation (Impeach, Convict, Deport)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If a Dem is discouraging us from backing Perry or Cruz, it’s a sure sign that those are the two candidates they are most afraid of facing in the general election.


10 posted on 12/02/2014 11:52:27 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Joaquin Castro, Julián Castro, Fidel Castro—why would I care what these socialist dirtbags think?


11 posted on 12/02/2014 11:53:02 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Another Rat steps up to tell you who he is afraid of.


12 posted on 12/02/2014 11:53:05 AM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They’re not mesican enough?


13 posted on 12/02/2014 11:53:06 AM PST by showme_the_Glory ((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Standard Reconquista chest thumping.

We are Beeg! We are Invincible! You must do what we say!

Castro wants to convince us that the Great and Powerful Hispanic Masses control everything and so all must bow down.

The truth is that his Raza were meaningless in the last election cycle and will be in the upcoming one if the Republicans get a clue.

But he doesn’t want them to because he knows his real limits.

The mouse roars and tries to con the lion into cowering.


14 posted on 12/02/2014 11:53:07 AM PST by Regulator
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I am sure a Marxist La Raza dope has a beat on the American people.


15 posted on 12/02/2014 11:53:12 AM PST by ilgipper
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Any ticket with La Raza Rick would lose.
Nobody can prop him up.

Water has also been discovered to be wet.


16 posted on 12/02/2014 11:53:13 AM PST by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If a Castro says it, it’s all over for Ted and Rick!


17 posted on 12/02/2014 11:55:42 AM PST by alstewartfan (For more than all the ghosts of glory SHE makes up the story of my life. Harry Chapin)
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To: nascarnation

>>I don’t think Hillary even makes it to November.

I don’t think so either. It’ll be Cory Booker, Anthony Foxx, or someone like that.


18 posted on 12/02/2014 11:56:16 AM PST by struggle
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To: SharpRightTurn
why would I care what these socialist dirtbags think?

Well if the Chicago Mob decides to make Julian into Baraq 2.0, he might have a significant influence on your life....

19 posted on 12/02/2014 11:57:24 AM PST by nascarnation (Impeach, Convict, Deport)
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To: struggle

All eyes on Axlegrease...I think he’s the key guy here...


20 posted on 12/02/2014 11:58:09 AM PST by nascarnation (Impeach, Convict, Deport)
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