Former Michigan GOP Chairman Joins Sen. Cruz Presidential Campaign

KTVT-TV / The Associated Press ^ | May 11, 2015

[2ndDivisionVet]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) – Former Michigan Republican Party Chairman Saul Anuzis is joining the presidential campaign of Texas U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz.

Cruz’s campaign announced Monday that Anuzis will serve as the state chair for the Republican presidential hopeful. Anuzis will also be a senior adviser helping organize the campaign’s grassroots efforts.

Cruz says Anuzis “has a strong record of leadership, success, and exemplary management in Michigan.”(continued)

[Hostage]

Actually it’s not so much the headline which uses the word “join” as it is how people read it as something else.

For a confirmed team member we should expect Ted to publicly announce or for his campaign team to issue a press release.

This one looks like an opportunist to get in on the growing groundswell of support for a true conservative.

[cripplecreek]

Anuzis will lead Cruz’s Michigan presidential campaign

Cruz Campaign Picks Up Two Top Republicans, in California and Michigan

Ted Cruz taps Saul Anuzis to run Michigan campaign

While I don't personally trust Anuzis, I am firmly on board with Ted.

[Dr. Sivana]

I’m not liking some of the people Cruz is hiring for his campaign, including this well-known RINO.

In 1976, Fred Biebel was Ford's CT chairman. He was a first class jerk. BlackElk was Reagan's chairman. In 1980, Biebel was Reagan's chairman. Does that mean that Biebel suddenly became a better man than BlackElk, or that Reagan (or his team) went RINO? Not at all. The CT state chair, the MI state chair, the TX state chair do NOT get to order the candidate around. This position is an aggregation of many talents and abilities and values. Reagan made a pragmatic determination that Biebel was better situated to get Reagan some of them CT delegates and to have access to good organization in the general election.

[cripplecreek]

God knows you don’t hire a good attorney for his morality.

[parksstp]

Here’s the bigger story:

Cruz’s organization is well enough to plan ahead for future primaries. They’re already building a strategy after the first primaries are over so that if success happens in IA/SC it can very likely be sustained.

Man I hope this guy succeeds. He’s doing everything right and then some.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Very, very concerning to me. Anuses is toxic. Cruz shouldn’t be within 1,000 miles of this Willardbot.

[cripplecreek]

I don’t trust him but he is biggest political operative in the state and can bring big bucks.

I know Cruz met with Anuzis several months ago and I’m assuming has done his homework.

[Impy]

Well, I guess Cruz ain’t gonna win the MI primary.

[Michigan Bowhunter]

Cruz could win the MI primary. We have Ronna Romney as the chair of the party (Barf) Saul is where Cruz can keep a watchful eye on him. Keep your friends close but keep your enemies closer. The grassroots are quite riled up here in MI. Good discussion this past weekend up north in Belaire. Cruz was the subject of many of our conversations and very liked in grassroots circles.

[VRWCarea51]

Do you live there? My hometown for much of my childhood years. Many many moons ago.

[deport]

He’s more likely just an advisor and won’t run the day to day operations.
He’ll most likely be paid for some of his efforts, stands to reason.

snip

Anuzis said there are six finalists competing for a job on the Cruz campaign
to be the paid state director for Michigan.

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2015/05/11/ted-cruz-michigan-saul-anuzis/27117357/

[Timber Rattler]

Whatever the case may be, I don’t like seeing RINO’s taking positions in Cruz’s campaign, since if he wins, then they will be the ones populating his administration and trying subvert Conservatives (like they always do). Think Nicolle Wallace and Steve Schmidt.

[deport]

I don’t like seeing RINO’s taking positions in Cruz’s campaign,

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Well apparently Cruz doesn’t object. You get the best that you
think will preform the job he’s asking of them.

[Timber Rattler]

Problem is that we all know how that will turn out---leaks, backstabbing, and ultimately, betrayal.

Cruz should know better, and one would have thought that Palin would have warned him about hiring these kinds of professional political hacks based on her own sorry experience.

[deport]

I suspect Cruz has a pretty good handle on what he’s doing. Sometimes
you take on people just to keep them from your opposition. This guy can
help with his fundraising I suspect in MI. Take care.

[cripplecreek]

I haven’t listened to it but I thought you might want to.

Saul Anuzis on local radio talking about working for Cruz.

http://p.cmlsdet.com/player/?feed=50&id=15110

[Michigan Bowhunter]

No. Live in Jenison and have a cottage on Wilson Lake in Ellsworth on Rushton Rd