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Ted Cruz isn’t Rand Paul or Marco Rubio. Here’s yet another reason why.
Washington Post - The Fix ^ | October 21, 2013 | Sean Sullivan

Posted on 10/21/2013 7:40:15 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

".............Paul has signaled that if he runs for president in 2016, he won’t do it the way his father did, by mostly shunning the GOP establishment. Instead, he is expected to cultivate relationships with Republicans like McConnell, whose help making inroads with establishment donors could be very, very useful.

Rubio clearly isn’t shunning the establishment, either. He worked on crafting an immigration reform bill earlier this year, something the establishment wing of the party has been clamoring for in the wake of a disappointing election in which Republicans performed poorly among Hispanics. And he didn’t hesitate to back McConnell, even as the Kentuckian faces an opponent backed by a national conservative group, the Senate Conservatives Fund.

But Cruz is charting an entirely different path. He’s noted that he didn’t come to the Senate to make friends. And he’s not going to back any of his colleagues in primaries, an even more stinging posture considering that he is vice chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, a group that is dedicated to incumbent protection.

What’s more, during the government shutdown standoff, Cruz led the charge to defund the Affordable Care Act, further alienating himself from many leading Republicans. Rubio and Paul were very much in the background during that period.

Rubio, Paul and Cruz all arrived in the Senate in similar ways. Each of them defeated higher-profile Republican primary opponents. Where did their paths diverge? When they got to the Senate. Paul and Rubio clearly see value in playing nice. Cruz clearly does not.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


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“Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it." - Rules for Radicals
1 posted on 10/21/2013 7:40:15 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife; WilliamRobert; warsaw44; Shadowstrike; Gator113; heshtesh; Fu-fu2; malia; ...

Ted Cruz Ping!

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Please beware, this is a high-volume ping list!


2 posted on 10/21/2013 7:42:32 AM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Which is why people have more respect for Cruz then for Rubio. Paul....well the jury is still out on him.


3 posted on 10/21/2013 7:42:52 AM PDT by McGavin999
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Paul has signaled that if he runs for president in 2016, he won’t do it the way his father did, by mostly shunning the GOP establishment

Ron Paul partnered with Mitt Romney to knock the other candidates out of the 2012 campaign. Mr. Paul didn't "shun GOP establishment" figures.

4 posted on 10/21/2013 7:43:01 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
It's so nice of the comPost to let us know who they hate the most.

There can be no finer endorsement of Ted.

5 posted on 10/21/2013 7:43:23 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Who knew that one day professional wrestling would be less fake than professional journalism?)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Exactly right.

I likened Cruz to Martin Luther on another thread. The Pope wasn’t real happy when Luther nailed his “Ninety Five Theses” to the door of the church, either. While the reformation was the culmination of numerous other events that had been brewing for some time, history records the defiant and brave acts of one man as the trigger event.

So, if we next hear that the GOP-e is trying to excommunicate Cruz from the party, it will be a sure sign he’s on the right track.


6 posted on 10/21/2013 7:46:09 AM PDT by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
What’s more, during the government shutdown standoff, Cruz led the charge to defund the Affordable Care Act, further alienating himself from many leading Republicans.

That endears me to him even more.
7 posted on 10/21/2013 7:46:26 AM PDT by yorkiemom
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Yes. As this article leads us to confirm through sheer Washington Post logic is that only Rubio or Ryan could possibly mount a challenge as a ‘Republican’ alternative to Hillary, or Biden(if he still hasn’t gotten the message he’s filled his purpose and not needed anymore).

Cruz is crazy, he’s damaged. He represents those dumb ass Americans that value traditional America, hard work and true responsibility.

We all need to just keep our frigging mouths shut and stop idolizing that crazy Cruz - nobody on the liberal side can figure him out, or can they figure out his attraction. For us, WP tells us, Rand and Rubio are the only logical choices.

Yes...dream on WaPo...we out here in realville American don’t have anything in common with Cruz.


8 posted on 10/21/2013 7:47:06 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

No mention of Lee. Interesting.


9 posted on 10/21/2013 7:47:33 AM PDT by cuban leaf
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I loved it when Cruz said he didn’t go to the U.S. Senate in order to “make 99 new friends”.

That was just so powerful.

Followed that up by saying he’d rather be loved in Texas and hated in Washington than the other way ‘round.

I heard last night on “Texas Overnight” radio about the eight minute standing ovation Cruz got in San Antonio from the Texas Federation of Republican Women. I had vaguely heard of a “hero’s reception” he got upon landing back in Texas, but had not heard any details.

Smart women...YES!

Also his line that “it’s good to be back in America” after being in D.C.


10 posted on 10/21/2013 7:48:15 AM PDT by txrangerette ("...hold to the truth; speak without fear." (Glenn Beck))
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To: Gaffer

What you said.

I stutter.

:)


11 posted on 10/21/2013 7:48:18 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: cuban leaf

Fear not on this. How many times in the bible do you read about ALL of the disciples? I’m not implying Cruz is Jesus, but he is the current solidifying icon of true American Conservatism, and the fact that Lee isn’t always mentioned isn’t meant to be discounting. :)


12 posted on 10/21/2013 7:49:50 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

That’s kind of like making heroes too.

From a universe of Marxists, I pick Cruz, freeze him, made it personal and I happily polarized him from all the rest. ;)


13 posted on 10/21/2013 7:50:54 AM PDT by RitaOK ( VIVA CHRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming.)
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To: txrangerette
Followed that up by saying he’d rather be loved in Texas and hated in Washington than the other way ‘round.

I heard last night on “Texas Overnight” radio about the eight minute standing ovation Cruz got in San Antonio from the Texas Federation of Republican Women. I had vaguely heard of a “hero’s reception” he got upon landing back in Texas, but had not heard any details.

Smart women...YES!

Also his line that “it’s good to be back in America” after being in D.C.

Bump!

Senator Cruz returns to Texas welcome after shutdown battle - 8 minute standing ovation "...."After two months in Washington, it's great to be back in America," Cruz joked in speaking to a crowd of about 750 people in a packed downtown San Antonio hotel ballroom.

Cruz was greeted with an eight-minute standing ovation in an appearance organized by the Texas Federation of Republican Women. People in attendance, many of them wearing red to show their support for keeping Texas a conservative-leaning state, lined up to greet him."....

14 posted on 10/21/2013 7:51:18 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: cuban leaf

They purposefully never mention Lee because Mike Lee is not perceived as a political threat to them on the Presidential level.

They know who originated the plan. They just don’t care. Mike Lee does not have political stardom written on him. That’s the whole enchilada right there, for ignoring the good Senator from Utah.

Ted Cruz is the best thing we’ve seen in decades as a follower-on to Ronald Reagan.


15 posted on 10/21/2013 7:52:15 AM PDT by txrangerette ("...hold to the truth; speak without fear." (Glenn Beck))
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

“But Cruz is charting an entirely different path.”

Not really. He is following the same path that Michelle Bachmann took 4 years ago.

If he wants to stay in the senate he’ll be fine. But beyond that, he’ll run into trouble with his very high negatives among the non-tea party electorate (about 80% of the voting population).


16 posted on 10/21/2013 7:53:24 AM PDT by BarnacleCenturion
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Thanks, CW...


17 posted on 10/21/2013 7:53:55 AM PDT by txrangerette ("...hold to the truth; speak without fear." (Glenn Beck))
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
... because "playing nice" has worked so well for the GOP.
18 posted on 10/21/2013 7:54:30 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: BarnacleCenturion; Cincinatus' Wife

Oh yeah, right - and Reagan was a bumbling actor who hadn’t a chance. Practically the whole country was scared of him at the mere thought he might become President. And the rest were laughing at “Bedtime for Bonzo” and shaking their collective heads...


19 posted on 10/21/2013 7:56:50 AM PDT by txrangerette ("...hold to the truth; speak without fear." (Glenn Beck))
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To: txrangerette
I heard last night on “Texas Overnight” radio about the eight minute standing ovation Cruz got in San Antonio from the Texas Federation of Republican Women.

Got to LOVE Texas Women!

p.s. they should change their group's name to TFCW - replacing 'Republican' with 'Conservative'.

20 posted on 10/21/2013 7:57:08 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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