5 Signs Sen. Ted Cruz Will Run for President in 2016

ABCNews.com ^ | Sep 7, 2013 10:06am | Elizabeth Hartfield

[SoConPubbie]

Sen. Ted Cruz will be a guest on ABC News’ “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” this Sunday. The Texas senator is a rising star in the Republican Party and thought to be a possible presidential candidate in 2016. With an impressive resume – degrees from Princeton and Harvard Law, first Hispanic solicitor general of Texas, youngest solicitor general in the history of the United States – and a particular skill for rhetoric (he’s also a former national debate champion) Cruz is definitely a politician to watch this Sunday and in general.

Here are five signs that this fiery first-term senator is eyeing a 2016 presidential run:

1) Trips 1, 2 and 3 to Iowa. Cruz has been in the Senate for less than a year, but he’s already made two trips to Iowa, with a third one scheduled in October. Lawmakers rarely wind up in Iowa by accident, and they certainly don’t wind up there on three separate occasions in less than 12 months. For the the conservative Cruz, the state known for fried butter and the first electoral event in the nation would be a key piece of his presidential primary puzzle. The state boasts a strong and involved evangelical base to whom Cruz appeals, and retail politicking is a key to success – a strength of the one-time Ivy League debate champion.

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5) His own language on the subject. The final indicator of Cruz’s intentions for political tea-leaf readers is his own purposely vague rhetoric on the matter. When asked by ABC News‘ Jonathan Karl if he was planning to run in 2016,

[Cold Case Posse Supporter]

Here is a respected Constitutional scholar/attorney with outstanding credentials that describes what a true natural born Citizen is that the founders intended to meet the requirements of Article 2 Section 1, the presidential clause. Dr. Herb Titus taught constitutional law, common law, and other subjects for nearly 30 years at five different American Bar Association approved law schools. From 1986 to 1993, he served as the founding Dean of the College of Law and Government in Regent University, Virginia Beach, Virginia. Prior to his academic career, he served as a Trial Attorney and a Special Assistant United States Attorney with the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. and Kansas City, Missouri. Today he is engaged in a general practice with a concentration in constitutional strategy, litigation, and appeals.

Mr. Titus holds the J.D. degree (cum laude) from Harvard and the B.S. degree in Political Science from the University of Oregon from which he graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He is an active member of the bar of Virginia and an inactive member of the bar of Oregon. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the United States Court of Claims, and the United States Courts of Appeals for the Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, District of Columbia and Federal Circuits. His constitutional practice has taken him into federal district courts in Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Montana, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Wyoming, and the District of Columbia and the state courts of Idaho, Texas and North Dakota.

Pay close attention and listen to both parts of what he has to say SoConPubbie. Both parts combined are just 6 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esiZZ-1R7e8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoaZ8WextxQ

[SoConPubbie]

Here is a respected Constitutional scholar/attorney with outstanding credentials that describes what a true natural born Citizen

Don't care what some constitutional scholar thinks "Natural Born" means. All I care is what the Legal requirements are RIGHT NOW according to US LAW.

Once again:

Please prove your point using the US Constitution and providing the relevant passages that clearly define "Natural Born" as requiring 2 citizen parents at birth.

Lacking that, please provide the relevant US Law(s), passed by Congress and signed by a US President that define "Natural Born" as requiring 2 citizen parents at birth.

Lacking that, please provide the relevant Supreme Court rulings that confirm your definition of "Natural Born" as requiring 2 citizen parents at birth.

You won't because there aren't any, so what we are left with is your opinion, which is absolutely worthless in determining the legality of your opinion.

As it now stands in US Law, constitutionally speaking, Ted Cruz is completely Eligible to be POTUS.

[S.O.S121.500]

Better, “The 5 reasons Ted Cruz is wasting everyone’s time and money”.

[S.O.S121.500]

NOT ELIGIBLE!

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Shhhhh....I think I heard an panty twisting moron’s call.....shhhhhh.

[Uncle Chip]

There is no need.

So then in other words you can't.

[Uncle Chip]

It was part of his legally binding ruling in the case

[SoConPubbie]

It was part of his legally binding ruling in the case

Please post links or references for confirmation.

[SoConPubbie]

So then in other words you can't.

No, I meant what I said, there is no need.

You are assuming it means 2 US Citizen parents, when, in terms of English, it can apply to both a 1 citizen Parent and 2 citizen parents.

[itsahoot]

You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.

Sure you can, just watch us, we did it just las election, and the one before that, and the one before that.....

[itsahoot]

I think anybody trolling against Cruz should be zapped on the spot.

We have had a couple of those purges before, how did that work out? Did we get the preferred candidate elected?

[itsahoot]

“The Constitution does not, in words, say who shall be natural-born citizens.

Give it up Chip, it has been decreed that one must again abandon principle to play in the sand box. RomneyBots were banned at one time too, as were Bucannonites.

Sadly our country is so lacking in leadership that we grasp at straws, and Ted is an energetic defender of conservative principles. I have watched these thing since Truman waxed Dewey, it never changes, with the exception of Ronald Reagan, who was an anomaly, that likely would not occur again, at least not by the election process.

Apple/ Windows argument are more fun.

[itsahoot]

You are assuming it means 2 US Citizen parents, when, in terms of English, it can apply to both a 1 citizen Parent and 2 citizen parents.

God help us, lawyers are now using new math to rewrite the dictionary. 2 = 1 or 2 < 1 or 2 ≠ 1 or 2 < 1.

Chip this is an un-winable argument Jim has made his position clear, and I have no quarrel with it, but I would prefer that they just say they will support Ted Cruz no matter what his status is, than see them use exactly the same argument that Obama supporters used to defend the the Kenyan.

The same method is being used to defend bombing Syria. Facts mean nothing anymore.

[txhurl]

It actually did work out, in the long term. Getting stiffed by the GOP-e since 2006 has brought clarity to conservatism, witness Cruz, Paul, Lee, etc. Time for a massive pendulum swing, and get ready to roll back all zero has done, which won’t be hard, it’s mostly EOs, not counting zerocare.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Lets just take a time out on birthering and try to figure out who will be the best person to attempt to restore the constitutional republic.

[fwdude]

Nobody likes Cruz more than I (I voted for him 3 times), but our candidate needs to be above reproach. The hypocritical Left will attack every aspect of the opposition candidate, and to give them even a hint of a foothold on the NBC issue could be our downfall. They know they can’t win on this issue, but the resultant legal obstruction will do damage, and hinder expositing the real issues.

[SoConPubbie]

We have had a couple of those purges before, how did that work out? Did we get the preferred candidate elected?

I don't think it is up to you and Jim has made it pretty clear he won't let his site be used to push moderate/liberal candidates again.

[af_vet_rr]

The uniparty will nominate someone like jabba the christie instead.

Given how harshly Christie was attacking Rand Paul (and by proxy Cruz) recently, that's the biggest sign Cruz/Paul will be in the race. The liberals running the GOP fear Cruz/Paul. They fear the thought of Conservatives getting any power in the GOP.

[SoConPubbie]

Prove your point with actual references to US Law/Supreme Court rulings and you might have a point, but the rest is just your opinion, not the current legal precedent in US Law.

Still waiting for the links to relevant cases that prove that the current legal definition in US Law is 2 citizen parents at time of birth. Lacking that, you've proven nothing.

And until then, your attempt at making Jim, other Freepers, or myself out to be people to whom principle doesn't matter, is just so much hot air, and low manners.

[SoConPubbie]

Chip this is an un-winable argument Jim has made his position clear, and I have no quarrel with it, but I would prefer that they just say they will support Ted Cruz no matter what his status is, than see them use exactly the same argument that Obama supporters used to defend the the Kenyan.

The same method is being used to defend bombing Syria. Facts mean nothing anymore.

Prove your point with actual references to US Law/Supreme Court rulings and you might have a point, but the rest is just your opinion, not the current legal precedent in US Law.

Still waiting for the links to relevant cases that prove that the current legal definition in US Law is 2 citizen parents at time of birth. Lacking that, you've proven nothing.

And until then, your attempt at making Jim, other Freepers, or myself out to be people to whom principle doesn't matter, is just so much hot air, and low manners.

[Pajamajan]

"They will pull out all the stops to end Cruz. These people will stop at nothing to defeat him, not just defeat him , but, destroy him and everything he holds dear."

Yep. And this doesn't even take into consideration what the democrat party has in store for him.

I hope he's ready for the giant chit storm that is heading his way.

Mr. Cruz: Beware of RINOS bearing gifts. Trust no one.

That said-I'm hoping and praying he can find some way to pull this off.