Salon's opinion
Posted on 12/16/2014 7:50:06 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Texan wants to win the presidency by rallying conservatives -- and hoping people forget why they dislike him.
Ted Cruz shut down the government; now he wants to preside over it. The junior senator from Texas is apparently moving closer to announcing his presidential candidacy, and National Review’s Eliana Johnson spoke to the people involved in Cruz 2016 who think they’ve figured out a way to propel their boy to the Oval Office: rally the conservative base, ignore independents, and eat into some of the traditionally Democratic constituencies.
It’s a strategy that’s very similar to the one embraced by Michele Bachmann in her ill-fated 2012 presidential campaign. Bachmann presented herself as a Tea Party champion, an uncompromising antagonist to the D.C. “establishment” (both Republican and Democratic), and a crusader for conservative causes. She enjoyed her short-lived frontrunner status, steadily bled support as concerns about her electability mounted, and abandoned the race after a terrible performance in the Iowa caucus.
Would the same fate befall Cruz? Obviously it’s tough to say – Cruz is a better politician than Bachmann ever was, but he inhabits the same space as a right-wing rabble-rouser with appeal that is concentrated among the hardcore conservatives. He also doesn’t have many friends (Cruz sets fire to bridges as they’re being built) and you can make a strong argument that he’s set back the cause of conservative governance by refusing to even entertain the notion of compromise. Bachmann was mocked, whereas Cruz is actively disliked.
But Cruz’s people have a plan: turn out the base and build a pro-Cruz coalition of Jews, Hispanics, and women....
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Yes, and all of these articles echoing the same worries come out from the usual liberal outlets on the same day.
I guess we know what talking points they got from their Communist Party bosses this morning.
the smear campaign to dismantle ted cruz as a candidate is in full swing.
brought to you by the rinos, gop-e, and of course, the libtard media establishment.
Leon Trotsky was once a New York journalist.
...........I did not read this because it is a Salon based “writing”.
But, isn’t it amazing to see how the left and particularly Salon are all out attacking Cruz now. Like Palin, he lives in their head! But, he ain’t no Palin. He will run. We will soon reach the saturation point on attacks against Cruz.
Salon says he's doing it wrong!
If he was really doing it wrong they'd keep their pie holes shut!
Ted really is the smartest guy in the room!
He is streaking to the White House like a rocket. His leadership and savvy are what we need and what we will have. We will not have bush, romney, christie, rubio or any other amnesty loving liberal or hillary. All the same.
Yeah, I’m sure these people want nothing more than to help Cruz succeed.
who knew Ted Cruz had the “Absolute Power” to shut down the government. if he has that kinda authority, I guess Cruz would have the power to shut down the “Unaffordable Health Care Act” as well!
Palin was “Palin” and didn’t run because her family was threatened. I thought most people here intuited that. Did you really think she spent all that money and got that bus for no reason? Do you think that kind of thing only happens in third world countries, banana republics, Nazi Germany, Russia and China?
It is Salon, or as the French say “Sahhh...lawwwn”. Le Salonoix are bothered by this half-latino ‘firebrand’, ‘upstart’, ‘flame thrower’, ‘extreme radical’ (Bob ‘ED’ Dole), ‘Whackobird’ (Juan McNuts), Canuck.
And besides the Tea Party’s dead doncha know?
I got news for ya, you liberal tool. I don't know Ted Cruz personally, but we "people" dislike him a LOT less than we dislike you.
And that fact that YOU dislike him is a great, big, fat plus in his favor.
Again we see the MSM stereotype that the only way Repubs can win is to run to the left, to attract independents.
This has been proven wrong time and again.
The real way to win is to do precisely what Ted Cruz is doing -- be a true conservative and pursue a conservative program. That gets out the base, AND attracts independents.
>>>Ted Cruz shut down the government; now he wants to preside over it<<<
How did the Junior Senator from the Minority Party shut down the Government? Did he issue an EO or something?
I’m still trying to figure out how the first part of the “Journalist’s” sentence has anything to do with the last part of the sentence.
one name....JEB BUSH...
REally? Really are we going to the same pro-GOP-e folks trying to jam this down our throats on FR?
Disliking Cruz is akin to disliking the Constitution, period. Now we know why Liberals really hate him.
Remember the old adage, the truth hurts, and Cruz tells the truth.
I post these to let you know what they’re up to, not to “jam Jeb Bush” down your throat. I’m already working at fundraising for Ted Cruz, brother.
You make my point for me.
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