The political landscape is littered with the corpses of those who were doing a good job in their present position but then gave heed to consultants who convinced them that it was time to move up to a higher office when they should have stayed put.
Why do you think Obama has fought so hard to protect his Hawaiian birth certificate?? It’s because even he knows that birth in a foreign country for an American President would be a deal breaker even for those with his own. As long as he can claim a birth within the United States and an American mother, he knows his eligibility is defendable.
Ted Cruz doesn’t even have Obama’s birthplace deniability going for him since it is public knowledge that was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada — something that you and others can’t even bring yourselves to admit it.
The media and Dem Party operatives would let him knock his opponents out of the race and then descend on him like vultures. They would challenge his electoral votes with legal challenges in state after state. Just when he needed to go on the offensive they would have him back on his heels. They would make him answer the question that you won’t.
The first rule of warfare is: Don’t arm your enemy before going into battle against him.
He’s a great Senator effectively serving the state of Texas and this country. He should continue to do so until or unless he decides to run for Governor or take a Cabinet position.
Well, that's one possibility. Another possibility is that Obama thought that he was benefiting politically from the birther claims about a Kenyan birth and speculation as to the identity of his "real" parents, etc. If there were people who voted against Obama because of the birther claims, they were nearly always people who would have voted against him anyway.
The media and Dem Party operatives would let him knock his opponents out of the race and then descend on him like vultures. They would challenge his electoral votes with legal challenges in state after state. Just when he needed to go on the offensive they would have him back on his heels.
There will probably be some anti-Cruz birthers on the left and they will probably be just as successful as the anti-Obama birthers have been. If Cruz is lucky, the anti-Cruz birthers will hire someone like Orly Taitz and if he's really, really lucky, the anti-Cruz birthers will produce Cuban birth certificates for him and raise bizarre questions about his "real" parents.
Most likely, though, the anti-Cruz birthers will raise money by selling books and DVDS so that they can file lawsuits that the courts will continue to refuse to hear. What might surprise you is that the vast majority of Constitutional law professors and mainstream "experts" will conclude that Cruz is a NBC. So, if the MSM wants to join the birther movement, they will face a very uphill road.
I think that Ted Cruz has a good shot at getting the 2016 nomination and, if he does, he has a very good shot at becoming our next president.
Ted Cruz - 2016
I believe the DNC is already salivating over this possibility!
Very astute observations...."Chip".