Ted Cruz is Ronald Reagan, George Patton and Thomas Jefferson all in one Evangelical Christian package.
Ted Cruz has successfully argued before the SCOTUS ... won a 5-4 landmark decision on the Second Amendment ...
Ted Cruz calls "Radical Islamic Terrorism" by that same name ... will Ron-Rand Paul do the same ?
"NEVER".
Jeb Bush ?
A silver-spooned GOPe RINO-Liberal (less educated than Cruz) would be mincemeat in a GOP Primary debate against Cruz.
Typically, the political tactic against any "frontrunner" (such as Ted Cruz by Jan-2016) is for the other GOP candidates to gang-up against him in the debates.
That's a bad idea.
Remember when Newt Gingrich "eviscerated" Juan Williams during the 2012 GOP Primary debates (about black kids having a job at school) ?
Juan Williams NEVER challenged Newt again in that debate, nor did ANY OTHER MSM stooge make the mistake of trying to "embarrass" Newt Gingrich.
Ted Cruz will do the same to the other 2016 GOP primary opponents (one at a time) should they challenge him as a group.
It will not be pretty.
"Anyone" (Conservative or Liberal) who can win a landmark SCOTUS case is undisputably "brilliant". Period.
Neither Santorum, Huckabee, Ben Carson, Jindal, Trump, Jeb Bush, Rand Paul, or Carley Florina (sp) chick has the "intellectual street cred" and PASSION that Ted Cruz has.
Again, Ted Cruz is Ronald Reagan, George Patton and Thomas Jefferson all in one Evangelical Christian package.
In 2016 that's otherwise known as "undefeatable".
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