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Is Ted Cruz too conservative for Republican primary voters?
The Washington Post's Monkey Cage Blog ^ | March 25, 2015 | Robert Lupton and Christopher Hare

Posted on 03/25/2015 9:30:11 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: gwgn02

Peeled off three heavy hitters from Pauls’ campaign. Great news.


61 posted on 03/25/2015 1:17:12 PM PDT by conservativejoy (We Can Elect Ted Cruz! Pray Hard, Work Hard, Trust God!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

God Bless you! Good work!


62 posted on 03/25/2015 1:20:14 PM PDT by conservativejoy (We Can Elect Ted Cruz! Pray Hard, Work Hard, Trust God!)
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To: conservativejoy
He doesn’t have the world leader presence that commands respect.

Walker would certainly be a vast improvement over what we have now. Hell, Jimmy Carter would be a vast improvement over what we have now, but that is because "what we have now" is setting the bar too damned low.

I think Walker could do a good job. He reminds me somewhat of Harry Truman. Of course, Truman got a lot of instant foreign policy credibility by dropping a couple of nukes and ending WWII.

63 posted on 03/25/2015 1:21:11 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

weak propaganda effort to portray conservative majority of the USA as some sort of minority.


64 posted on 03/25/2015 1:29:20 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Texas does not, the US represent. I like him, but am 100% certain we won’t be talking about him in November 2016.


65 posted on 03/25/2015 1:30:53 PM PDT by TexasGunLover ("Either you're with us or you're with the terrorists."-- President George W. Bush)
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To: TexasGunLover

I will be posting about Cruz in Nov 2016, count on it.


66 posted on 03/25/2015 1:32:16 PM PDT by GeronL (Shrub Scouts, root them out and make them whine)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No


67 posted on 03/25/2015 1:32:54 PM PDT by kjam22 (my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
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Rand Paul On Shutdown: "Even Though It Appeared I Was Participating In It, It Was A Dumb Idea"
I said throughout the whole battle that shutting down the government was a dumb idea. Even though it did appear as if I was participating in it, I said it was a dumb idea. And the reason I voted for it, though, is that it's a conundrum. Here's the conundrum. We have a $17 trillion debt and people at home tell me you can't give the president a blank check. We just can't keep raising the debt ceiling without conditions. So unconditionally raising the debt ceiling, nobody at home wants me to vote for that and I can't vote for that. But the conundrum is if I don't we do approach these deadlines. So there is an impasse. In 2011, though, we had this impasse and the president did negotiate. We got the sequester. If we were to extend the sequester from discretionary spending to all the entitlements we would actually fix our problem within a few years.
[Posted on 11/19/2013 12:16:51 PM by Third Person]
Rand Paul: Time for GOP to soften war stance
...by softening its edge on some volatile social issues and altering its image as the party always seemingly "eager to go to war... We do need to expand the party and grow the party and that does mean that we don't always all agree on every issue" ... the party needs to become more welcoming to individuals who disagree with basic Republican doctrine on emotional social issues such as gay marriage... "We're going to have to be a little hands off on some of these issues ... and get people into the party," Paul said.
[Posted on 01/31/2013 5:08:50 PM PST by xzins]
Rand Paul's immigration speech
...The Republican Party must embrace more legal immigration.

Unfortunately, like many of the major debates in Washington, immigration has become a stalemate-where both sides are imprisoned by their own rhetoric or attachment to sacred cows that prevent the possibility of a balanced solution.

Immigration Reform will not occur until Conservative Republicans, like myself, become part of the solution. I am here today to begin that conversation.

Let's start that conversation by acknowledging we aren't going to deport 12 million illegal immigrants.

If you wish to work, if you wish to live and work in America, then we will find a place for you...

This is where prudence, compassion and thrift all point us toward the same goal: bringing these workers out of the shadows and into being taxpaying members of society.

Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers.12 million more people assimilating into society. 12 million more people being productive contributors.
[Posted on 03/19/2013 7:04:07 AM PDT by Perdogg]
Rand Paul calls on conservatives to embrace immigration reform
Latinos, should be a natural constituency for the party, Paul argued, but "Republicans have pushed them away with harsh rhetoric over immigration." ...he would create a bipartisan panel to determine how many visas should be granted for workers already in the United States and those who might follow... [and the buried lead] "Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers...
[Posted on 04/21/2013 1:52:42 PM PDT by SoConPubbie]
[but he's not in favor of amnesty, snicker, definition of is is]
Rand Slams Congress for Funding Egypt's Generals: 'How Does Your Conscience Feel Now?'
Sen. Rand Paul is hammering his fellow senators for keeping billions in financial aid flowing to Egypt's military -- even as Cairo's security forces massacre anti-government activists. [by "anti-government activists" is meant church-burning Christian-murdering jihadists]
[Posted on 08/15/2013 5:44:10 PM PDT by Hoodat]

68 posted on 03/25/2015 1:33:57 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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To: TexasGunLover

Um, you’re not the only Texan here, FRiend, by any means.


69 posted on 03/25/2015 1:36:45 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: meadsjn

What do you think the open primaries are all about?


70 posted on 03/25/2015 1:39:56 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (It's time for a white Hispanic President)
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To: jjotto

When you’ve got big money and nothing else, Super Tuesday it is.


71 posted on 03/25/2015 2:25:54 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

I would take him over the rest of the field after Cruz.
I don’t remember Truman but really enjoyed visiting his home and Presidential memorial.


72 posted on 03/25/2015 2:47:48 PM PDT by conservativejoy (We Can Elect Ted Cruz! Pray Hard, Work Hard, Trust God!)
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To: TexasGunLover

You wanna bet?


73 posted on 03/25/2015 6:43:10 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: TexasGunLover

Chuckle. Famous last words anyone? You remind me of President Ford, who famously swore that Reagan was too conservative to win the Republican nomination let alone even come close to winning the presidential elections. Meanwhile, Jimmy Carter’s campaign people were high fiving each other over Reagan’s candidacy. He was “going to be really easy to beat because he was far too conservative”. The result? He won TWICE with more electoral votes than anyone else in modern history.


74 posted on 03/25/2015 6:56:52 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: SmokingJoe
I'm just thinking of those with PDS who think a two bit reality TV star has a chance.

Time will tell, ping me in Nov 2016.
75 posted on 03/26/2015 6:18:37 AM PDT by TexasGunLover ("Either you're with us or you're with the terrorists."-- President George W. Bush)
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