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Ted Cruz wins GOP presidential straw poll at conservative conference in Denver
MYSA.com ^ | 07/29/2013 | Sarah Ferris

Posted on 07/29/2013 1:52:50 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd

Fresh off his talking tour of Iowa and the Midwest, Sen. Ted Cruz soaked up the spotlight in Denver this weekend and took the No. 1 spot in one of the straw polls of the 2014 election season.

The junior senator from Texas earned multiple standing ovations at the Western Conservative Summit on Saturday when he called for the end of the embattled Internal Revenue Service and urged lawmakers to defund “Obamacare.”

He revealed a Senate Republican campaign against the Obama administration’s health care overhaul, called “Don’t Fund It,” which he launched with Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah. Cruz has fiercely opposed “Obamacare” since he entered office seven months ago, and is one of the leading lawmakers trying to block its implementation next year.

The Tea Party duo launched a website that targets Republican senators who have not pledged to oppose 2014 funding – Sens. John McCain of Arizona, Richard Burr of South Carolina, and Tom Coburn of Oklahoma.

A poll taken during the three-day summit showed the Texas senator far ahead of other potential 2016 candidates. Forty-five percent of attendees chose Cruz, compared to the event’s keynote speaker, Gov. Scott Walker, who came in second place with 13 percent.

During the 2011 summit’s poll before the 2012 election, restaurant executive Herman Cain took the lead.

Former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee also spoke this weekend in Denver, along with former Rep. Allen West, who closed out the conference.

Cruz has repeatedly denied a presidential bid, even after traveling to Iowa, one of the first states to hold a primary in 2014 with another possible contender, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.

“At this point, 100 percent of my focus is on the U.S. Senate. And the reason is simple: The Senate’s the battlefield. The Senate is where these fights are being fought,” Cruz told reporters after the event. “So I’m devoting my time, No. 1, to trying to stand up for free-market principles and the Constitution.”

Cruz, Paul and Lee will also speak at a sold-out event Wednesday hosted by the Young Americans for Liberty organization.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Colorado; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: colorado; dualcitizen; ineligible; obamaii; tedcruz; texas
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1 posted on 07/29/2013 1:52:51 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd

As much as I like Cruz, I haven’t been convinced that he’s eligible. His father was not a citizen at the time of his birth and he was born in Canada.


2 posted on 07/29/2013 1:56:32 PM PDT by al_c (http://www.blowoutcongress.com)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Ted Cruz - Greatest Vote I have cast since Nov. 84’


3 posted on 07/29/2013 1:56:34 PM PDT by lormand (Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Betcha that’s torquing off Rove. Makes my day!


4 posted on 07/29/2013 1:56:41 PM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Cruz/West - 2016


5 posted on 07/29/2013 1:56:42 PM PDT by mosaicwolf (Strength and Honor)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Cruz is excellent. Glad to see him topping one of these polls, since many of the other candidates have either fully disqualified themselves, or muddied their reputation.

Funny to see this spat between Krispy Kreme and Rand Paul. A foreshadowing of things to come?


6 posted on 07/29/2013 1:58:21 PM PDT by Viennacon
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To: al_c

That’s not the law, fortuntely in this case.


7 posted on 07/29/2013 1:59:16 PM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (RINOS like Romney, McCain, Dole are sure losers. No more!)
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To: al_c

Title 8 section 1401 subsection G qualifies Mr Cruz through his US citizen mother and grants him citizenship at birth. Since he has never needed naturalization, he is a natural born citizen.


8 posted on 07/29/2013 2:05:22 PM PDT by taxcontrol
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To: Responsibility2nd
Eh? What? Wrong John McCain didn't win? Why, how disappointing!
9 posted on 07/29/2013 2:05:30 PM PDT by Standing Wolf
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To: al_c

If hundreds of lower court decisions and the Supreme Court validating those decisions regarding Obama have not settled this issue, then I suggest you just abstain from the political process of voting.

Its too complicated for you.


10 posted on 07/29/2013 2:06:22 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: al_c

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/03/11/Yes-Ted-Cruz-Likely-Eligible-to-be-President


11 posted on 07/29/2013 2:09:21 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I am on Cruz control.


12 posted on 07/29/2013 2:10:44 PM PDT by Obadiah (Inside of every Liberal beats the heart of a fascist yearning to reveal their true nature.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

This is great news.


13 posted on 07/29/2013 2:11:42 PM PDT by Tau Food (Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Cruz, our first Hispanic vs our First woman in 2016? Or will it be the Press’s choice of our 1st loudmouth vs. the First woman?


14 posted on 07/29/2013 2:16:14 PM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (Remember Ty Woods? Glenn Doherty ? Forgot already?)
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Cruz, our first Hispanic vs our First woman in 2016?

They'll say he's a white Canadian vs the wise woman who shares the same cherokee blood as Elizabeth Warren.

15 posted on 07/29/2013 2:20:12 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (All that is required for evil to advance is for government to do "something")
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To: Responsibility2nd

Chuck Schumer and the Democrats did Ted Cruz an enormous favor by eliminating Marco Rubio as a presidential contender, and now Chris Christie and Rand Paul are destroying each other.

The only thing Ted Cruz has to worry about is the type of manufactured scandal that did in Herman Cain.

However, if Anthony Weiner and Elliot Spitzer become NYC mayor and comptroller, they will so dominate the airwaves as poster boys for outrageously degenerate Democratic behavior, the Democrats won’t be able to point fingers at anyone.

If anti-Cruz slanders and attacks come from any source, it will likely be from the Karl Rove/RNC political machine. If Ted Cruz can handle them, it will be a great day for Conservatives, the Republican party, and the country.


16 posted on 07/29/2013 2:34:56 PM PDT by Bluestocking
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To: lormand

Wish I could have voted for him twice!! Well, I did in the Primary and the General, but I meant in the General like the dems routinely do.

It is not often a true fearless and honorable patriot star comes along. Not yet going to compare to Forefathers, but he may prove out.


17 posted on 07/29/2013 2:35:55 PM PDT by X-spurt (Ready for the CRUZ missle.)
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To: taxcontrol

Correct. The mistaken many think it requires both parents to be US Citizens, it does not.


18 posted on 07/29/2013 2:38:21 PM PDT by X-spurt (Ready for the CRUZ missle.)
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To: Bluestocking

Hate to burst your bubbles, but Rand will stand up fine against Christie, Herman’s scandals were his own making and Cruz has already been through the crucible from the worst Texas politician, Dewhurst and came out a brighter star than before.


19 posted on 07/29/2013 2:42:51 PM PDT by X-spurt (Ready for the CRUZ missle.)
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To: lormand
Ted Cruz - Greatest Vote I have cast since Nov. 84’

Ditto. It's starting to look as if Cruz will be the last conservative republican standing.

20 posted on 07/29/2013 2:50:14 PM PDT by Sans-Culotte ( Pray for Obama- Psalm 109:8)
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