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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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To: Responsibility2nd
Don't get me wrong, I like Cruz. But, do we really need to start running straw polls for the 2016 election in July 2013??
21 posted on 07/29/2013 2:53:48 PM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: al_c

If he had dual citizenship he is ineligible.

Except for the anything goes crowd. But then, those people with vote for a Romney.


22 posted on 07/29/2013 3:31:02 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I will pass. He is better where he is.

Scott Walker has twenty times the accomplishments and has proven he holds up under fire.


23 posted on 07/29/2013 3:34:42 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: al_c
Zero's dad was Kenyan....enough said....I don't care if Ted was born in Antarctica....the muzzie broke the ice and I'm not throwing him out of the running for a Bush, Rommney, Rubio or Christie.....these GOPe clowns have helped destroy a once great country and I'm sick of their "compromise"....it means we get screwed....
24 posted on 07/29/2013 3:34:52 PM PDT by Hogblog
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To: Responsibility2nd

No need to be an ass.

I’ve seen lots of theories but nothing concrete which is why I posted that. I’m sure (other) FReepers will kindly enlighten me.


25 posted on 07/29/2013 3:45:07 PM PDT by al_c (http://www.blowoutcongress.com)
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To: taxcontrol

Thanks. But a further question ... when the question of Obama’s citizenship came up, one slant was that his father wasn’t an American. How is that different from this case or is that not even a problem?


26 posted on 07/29/2013 3:48:23 PM PDT by al_c (http://www.blowoutcongress.com)
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To: Eagles6

Thanks. Good link.


27 posted on 07/29/2013 3:48:59 PM PDT by al_c (http://www.blowoutcongress.com)
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To: mosaicwolf

That would be a powerful team!


28 posted on 07/29/2013 3:50:58 PM PDT by mandaladon (The truth about Benghazi is all I want)
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To: mosaicwolf

That would be a powerful team!


29 posted on 07/29/2013 3:51:29 PM PDT by mandaladon (The truth about Benghazi is all I want)
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To: al_c

If Obama was born inside the US then he is a natural born citizen. If Obama was born in Kenya the we have to look at the laws and circumstances of his birth. If his mother met the requirements under the law, then he would be a natural born citizen. If she did not meet the requirements, then he would not be a natural born citizen.


30 posted on 07/29/2013 3:56:34 PM PDT by taxcontrol
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To: Responsibility2nd

Straw polls a year before mid terms are worth even less than the number of delegate seats they give.


31 posted on 07/29/2013 4:02:52 PM PDT by discostu (Go do the voodoo that you do so well.)
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To: al_c

Supposedly Obama was born in Hawaii, a US state, whereas Cruz was born in Canada,
a distinct Nation. Both born to mothers with US citizenship.

The birth and NBC will be argued but the true definitive answer if it ever
comes will be from the nine robed Justices at the US Supreme Court.

It does make for interesting discussion amongst the troops.


32 posted on 07/29/2013 4:05:02 PM PDT by deport
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To: taxcontrol

So as long as one parent is a citizen, that’s enough?


33 posted on 07/29/2013 4:05:37 PM PDT by al_c (http://www.blowoutcongress.com)
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To: Conscience of a Conservative
Don't get me wrong, I like Cruz. But, do we really need to start running straw polls for the 2016 election in July 2013??

They're just getting an early start so that the media can begin digging up dirt on him. /s

34 posted on 07/29/2013 4:11:14 PM PDT by al_c (http://www.blowoutcongress.com)
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To: al_c

Like Wiener’s and Huma’s child can be eligible. I don’t believe the Founders would have thoght such.


35 posted on 07/29/2013 4:13:14 PM PDT by noinfringers2
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Thanks Responsibility2nd.
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.
Cruz-Walker 2016?


36 posted on 07/29/2013 4:34:07 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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To: al_c

You are right. At birth he had Cuban citizenship via his father.


37 posted on 07/29/2013 5:00:40 PM PDT by kabumpo (Kabumpo)
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To: al_c

Considering Cruz is one of the brightest legal minds in the country today, whatever conclusion he comes up about his eligibilty is probably right.


38 posted on 07/29/2013 5:03:22 PM PDT by catfish1957 (Face it!!!! The government in DC is full of treasonous bastards)
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To: Sirius Lee
They'll say he's a white Canadian vs the wise woman who shares the same cherokee blood as Elizabeth Warren.

Kind of like Bill Clinton. I understand his father was part Arapahoe. On the other hand is wife is Justahoe.

39 posted on 07/29/2013 5:05:28 PM PDT by catfish1957 (Face it!!!! The government in DC is full of treasonous bastards)
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To: Sans-Culotte
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.

Tritto. Cruz is the most well spoken, sharp witted republican since the Gipper himself.

40 posted on 07/29/2013 5:08:09 PM PDT by catfish1957 (Face it!!!! The government in DC is full of treasonous bastards)
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