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GOP establishment should fear a Cruz run (Must read)
Washington Jewish Week ^ | December 17, 2014 | Jonathan S. Tobin

Posted on 12/18/2014 4:34:51 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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He'll get the money he needs, Jonathan.
1 posted on 12/18/2014 4:34:52 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
All the money is going to Jeb.


2 posted on 12/18/2014 4:37:05 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

Much of the “fat cat” money may go to Gov. Bush, but we can raise many tens of millions at the grassroots & TEA Party level to counter that. I think Senator Cruz’s staff are the types who can squeeze a nickel into a dollar bill, from what I’ve read about them. Just ask “senator” Dewhurst.


3 posted on 12/18/2014 4:42:52 AM PST 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: 2ndDivisionVet

It’s a poker game between the paupers and the prince. Every time the paupers put a few more $5 chips on the table, the prince’s backers will put on $500. That was one of the deals stuck in the CRimenibus, raising corporate donations to almost infinity. And the corporations want JEB.


4 posted on 12/18/2014 4:45:30 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Cruz, Paul , Walker and one or two other conservatives will split up the Conservative vote allowing an Establishment candidate like Bush or Romney to mop up everything else. We have seen this picture before.


5 posted on 12/18/2014 4:45:51 AM PST by Old Retired Army Guy
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To: Old Retired Army Guy

Now go back and read the article.


6 posted on 12/18/2014 4:47:16 AM PST 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: Travis McGee

I have no doubt that I can raise $2 million dollars. I’m just a nobody schlub who can barely walk in a town outside of Dallas. Imagine what a connected person could do. And no, I’m not dreaming. I raised just over $40,000 for Fred Thompson in the short time he was in the race.


7 posted on 12/18/2014 4:50:30 AM PST 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: 2ndDivisionVet

MegaCorp Inc just snickers and says,
“I’ll see your 2 million and raise you 20. And I’m giving it to BOTH candidates.”


8 posted on 12/18/2014 4:55:38 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I think I agree with that. I will certainly contribute all I can. Moreover, I think Cruz’s supporters offer something that the GOPe is not prepared for at all.

It is one thing for a GOPe candidate to be ridiculed and diminished by Democrats with canned, illogical and untrue spin. It is entirely another thing to be savaged by people with a brain that has their number.

We know them, we know all their lies, their subterfuge, their equivocations, their hypocrisies, and what their true shriveled appeasing conniving hearts hold. Savage them. Mercilessly, unceasingly. That’s the kind of primary season they could expect from me if Cruz is on deck. His opponents would be as Democrats to me - worse.


9 posted on 12/18/2014 4:55:47 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Travis McGee

Good. Waste your money. BTW, besides the almost no opposition election to the Senate, what campaign has Hillary ever won? If money were all that mattered, John Connolly, Mitt Romney, Don Trump, Steve Forbes, George Romney, Pete DuPont and Nelson Rockefeller would’ve all been president.


10 posted on 12/18/2014 5:00:40 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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“Let’s start by conceding that Cruz’s well-earned image as a Senate bomb-thrower and his truculent public personality makes him a poor bet as a general-election candidate. Being a true believer is an asset in a primary but his uncompromising style won’t win many independent or crossover voters...”

Absolute twaddle!

After the US elected (twice) the cypher, unvetted loser and demonstrated failure, “O” ... ALL BETS ARE OFF in terms of WHO can and should be considered as Presidential material!

It's a new world and the author has NO clue about what's happened here!

11 posted on 12/18/2014 5:00:52 AM PST by SMARTY ("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wondering how much Tobin is getting paid for these hit pieces or who is giving him his marching orders.

Thankfully he has no credibility outside the Beltway echo chamber that he lives in.


12 posted on 12/18/2014 5:00:55 AM PST by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: Hostage

Hopefully more than Jennifer Rubin.


13 posted on 12/18/2014 5:01:44 AM PST 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: Old Retired Army Guy

Walker is not conservative. He is a Priebus/Ryan/Romney/Rove GOPe lackey.


14 posted on 12/18/2014 5:02:42 AM PST by Menthops (If you are reading this..... the GOPe hates you!)
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If Cruz decides to run, the odds are that liberals and their lap dog media will play the Constitutional eligibility card on him? Remember, what is sauce for the goose is NOT sauce for the gander with liberals. The liberal Supr. Ct. will back them up and they will argue that Obummer is now free because the issue is moot in his case
15 posted on 12/18/2014 5:04:50 AM PST by iontheball
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Bush has billions. Of course cash did not count in senate primaries. Freaked out the e (GOP e)


16 posted on 12/18/2014 5:04:58 AM PST by stanne
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Is Ted Cruz a natural-born citizen eligible to serve as president? [Yes! And I support him! JimRob]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3084490/posts


17 posted on 12/18/2014 5:06:15 AM PST 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: 2ndDivisionVet

Hey, I hope Cruz wins. I just see him driving a $50 soapbox derby car vs. Jeb’s corporation-sponsored Ferrari.

The fix is in. Team Plutocrat won. The Crimenibus was our Tyranny Enabling Act.

It’ll be Hillary, Warren or Jeb in the White House. The border will remain open, the invasion will continue.


18 posted on 12/18/2014 5:06:39 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: stanne

The Bushes are not billionaires based on everything I’ve seen.


19 posted on 12/18/2014 5:07:53 AM PST 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: Travis McGee

As I asked another poster yesterday: Then why come here? To depress everyone else?


20 posted on 12/18/2014 5:08:49 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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