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Ted Cruz’s secret weapon: Heidi Cruz
The San Antonio Express News ^ | December 5, 2015 | Kevin Diaz, Washington Bureau

Posted on 12/05/2015 9:36:04 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

RICHMOND, VA. — Under a feeble sun trying to clear a morning rain, Heidi Cruz hopped out of her rental car — coincidentally a Chevrolet Cruze — and headed for the Virginia elections office.

Her immediate task last Tuesday was to hand-deliver a carton of 10,907 signatures — more than double the number needed to put her husband’s name on the GOP presidential primary ballot in Virginia, one of a dozen mostly Southern “Super Tuesday” states, including Texas, that will go to the polls March 1.

But as the primary season draws near, Cruz’s underlying mission was more subtle: To round out the sharp edges of her husband’s image as a hard-nosed, no-compromise, scowling tea party conservative that many mainstream Republicans — notably former boss George W. Bush — find downright unlikable....

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


TOPICS: Texas; Campaign News; Parties
KEYWORDS: cruz; heidicruz; tedcruz; texas
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1 posted on 12/05/2015 9:36:04 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Better stated as his GOPe connection?


2 posted on 12/05/2015 9:46:41 PM PST by Reno89519 (American Lives Matter! US Citizen, Veteran, Conservative, Republican. I vote. Trump 2016.)
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To: Reno89519

Took you long enough to get here and try to besmirch Cruz.


3 posted on 12/05/2015 9:47:40 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: Reno89519

Wouldn’t it be more productive to offer up reasons for selecting your preferred candidate instead of bashing someone else’s wife?


4 posted on 12/05/2015 9:59:17 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common anymore.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Handsome woman and they’ve got great looking kids.
Isn’t it nice to have winners for candidates after the slow motion train wrecks named McCain and Romney?


5 posted on 12/05/2015 9:59:51 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Doesn't take you much to hype Cruz despite the reality he has zero chance of winning and is propped up in the polls only looking at the most ardent supporters.

I presume you saw the earlier post showing his pathetic attire. I still think the one with him and Trump is the most telling. He dresses worse than the old Soviets.

6 posted on 12/05/2015 10:00:58 PM PST by Reno89519 (American Lives Matter! US Citizen, Veteran, Conservative, Republican. I vote. Trump 2016.)
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To: Cobra64

Now that is the winner of the night for a stretch. How did I bash her?


7 posted on 12/05/2015 10:02:00 PM PST by Reno89519 (American Lives Matter! US Citizen, Veteran, Conservative, Republican. I vote. Trump 2016.)
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8 posted on 12/05/2015 10:02:00 PM PST by FourPeas (Tone matters.)
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To: Reno89519
If he were competing in Project Runway I could see your point. He's running for the Republican nomination, not Mr. Blackwell's list.
9 posted on 12/05/2015 10:04:03 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: tumblindice
And just HOW is Cruz a winner? He failed to kill Obamacare, he failed to kill Planned Parenthood, etc. Worse, until recently out of desperation, he supported a 500% INCREASE in H1B, he's weak on illegal aliens, gave Obama easy path on TPP and Iran, etc. He's owned by big donors and hated by everyone he's apparently ever worked with and he can't dress worth S@%t. He has loser and martyr written all over him. Much like Santorum, another piece of cake, before him, got the hardcore conservatives worked up but simply unelectable.

I know I seem to repeat myself every night, but how can one not when all this Cruz is winning, Cruz is surging, Cruz is leading BS is announced over and over when he's trailing miserably.

10 posted on 12/05/2015 10:08:52 PM PST by Reno89519 (American Lives Matter! US Citizen, Veteran, Conservative, Republican. I vote. Trump 2016.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

She is one pretty gal...


11 posted on 12/05/2015 10:10:56 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy" 6Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Reno89519

Take a break from tearing do w n conservatives and join with us in fixing America.
Always with the negative vibrations Moriarity...


12 posted on 12/05/2015 10:13:33 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: Reno89519; tumblindice

He’s #2 in almost every poll, Einstein.


13 posted on 12/05/2015 10:25:59 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: Reno89519

He’s won more SCOTUS cases than any other member of Congress or any other lawyer in Texas. He’s won a primary and general election in Texas. He’s won the endorsement of conservative leaders Steve King and Mark Levin.


14 posted on 12/05/2015 11:07:21 PM PST by brothers4thID ("We've had way too many Republicans whose #1 virtue is "I get along great with Democrats".")
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To: brothers4thID

Fine, he’d make a great Supreme Court justice or even chief, that doesn’t make him a good presidential candidate.


15 posted on 12/05/2015 11:21:18 PM PST by Reno89519 (American Lives Matter! US Citizen, Veteran, Conservative, Republican. I vote. Trump 2016.)
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To: Reno89519

Within 6 weeks, Cruz will be topping Trump in the polls, and your line of BS will be increasingly hard to sell.


16 posted on 12/06/2015 1:20:29 AM PST by John Valentine (Deep in the Heart of Texas)
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To: Reno89519

It sure doesn’t disqualify him in any way, either, so your point remains unmade.

By the way, and just to ask, what is it about Donald Trump’s qualifications that convinces you that he is uniquely fit to serve as President, as opposed to - say - Secretary of Commerce or Trade Negotiator?


17 posted on 12/06/2015 1:44:00 AM PST by John Valentine (Deep in the Heart of Texas)
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To: John Valentine
Did someone ask what qualifies Trump to serve as president?

Hell man, he is a real American patriot unlike this thing currently in the White House, and Trump is very, very smart!

And did you know Trump is very, very rich?

Cruz will be Trump's VP or Attorney General.

18 posted on 12/06/2015 3:31:06 AM PST by urbanpovertylawcenter (the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
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To: Reno89519

Zero chance of winning? That’s why he keeps climbing in every poll? That’s why he has the endorsement of every influential Iowa figure? That’s why he’s raised more hard money than any other Republican candidate? Uhhhh, yeah, right...

Also, the fact that you base your candidate preference on the length of their jacket sleeves tells me all I need to know about your capacity for critical thinking. Bye-bye!


19 posted on 12/06/2015 3:48:17 AM PST by conservativegamer
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To: Reno89519
Making comments about how one looks is so superficial. What would have said if this man came up and had asked you for a nickel?

I can imagine you telling him to, "Get lost jerk!"

20 posted on 12/06/2015 3:49:36 AM PST by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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