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5 Signs Sen. Ted Cruz Will Run for President in 2016
ABCNews.com ^
| Sep 7, 2013 10:06am
| Elizabeth Hartfield
Posted on 09/07/2013 12:03:25 PM PDT by 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 (hes 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 hes already made two trips to Iowa, with a third one scheduled in October. Lawmakers rarely wind up in Iowa by accident, and they certainly dont 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 Cruzs 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,
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: abortion; cruz; deathpanels; obamacare; tedcruz; texas; zerocare
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To: SoConPubbie; stephenjohnbanker; LUV W; Patty; itssme; BuckeyeTexan; Jane Long; CatherineofAragon; ..
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posted on
09/07/2013 12:04:04 PM PDT
by
SoConPubbie
(Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
To: SoConPubbie
Hillary would never debate him. It would be too embarrassing for her.
3
posted on
09/07/2013 12:08:32 PM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
(Democrats: Robbing Peter to buy Paul's vote.)
To: Cowboy Bob
Of course she would. Just get fat Candy as moderator.
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posted on
09/07/2013 12:09:27 PM PDT
by
Viennacon
To: SoConPubbie
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posted on
09/07/2013 12:09:38 PM PDT
by
Viennacon
To: Cowboy Bob
If he wins the Republicrat nomination, she not only will debate him, she will clean his clock.
By the time the Karl Roves and the other Professionals get through with him, we will not recognize him and he will be putty in her hands.
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posted on
09/07/2013 12:11:24 PM PDT
by
Tupelo
(There are no Republicans or Democrats in Washington. Just Millionaires protecting their turf.)
To: Viennacon
He could take on Hillary, Candy and all of CNN. Cruz is smart. The Democrats are probably crapping in their pants just thinking about a Cruz candidacy.
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posted on
09/07/2013 12:12:33 PM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
(Democrats: Robbing Peter to buy Paul's vote.)
To: SoConPubbie
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posted on
09/07/2013 12:14:01 PM PDT
by
fwdude
( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
To: SoConPubbie
Sen. Ted Cruz will be a guest on ABC News This Week with George Stephanopoulos this Sunday. Oh goody. George Steponallofus will be a shivering pool of goo when the interview's all over.
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posted on
09/07/2013 12:14:03 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
To: Tupelo
I think Cruz is made of stronger stuff than that.
Besides, the plan is to dispose of Rove by humiliating him in 2014, and driving him off the political stage with laughter. He wants primary war, let’s give him one. McConnell, Gayham, and Lamar OUT!
To: Tupelo
He will have to be on his guard against Rove and any of the RINO wing of the party having any major input into his administration.
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posted on
09/07/2013 12:16:00 PM PDT
by
SUSSA
To: fwdude
You should probably take that up with the CATO institute.
To: fwdude
Take it up with FR management. Jim has made his position clear.
/johnny
To: Tupelo
Whatever.
Wonder how she’ll say ‘I ain’t no ways tired’ alla latino: ‘Oy, me no es exhaustive’
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posted on
09/07/2013 12:17:03 PM PDT
by
txhurl
('The DOG ate my homework. That homework, too. ALL my homework. OK?' - POSHITUS)
To: txhurl
Hell, Hillary will be speaking fluent Tex-Mex by 2916.
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posted on
09/07/2013 12:19:16 PM PDT
by
Tupelo
(There are no Republicans or Democrats in Washington. Just Millionaires protecting their turf.)
To: SoConPubbie
I’ll personally run the campaign office in Hollywood if it gets to that. I hate libs anyway.
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posted on
09/07/2013 12:19:29 PM PDT
by
max americana
(fired liberals in our company after the election, & laughed while they cried (true story))
To: SUSSA
Any Republican that wins in 2016 will have to remove/fire every person that were hired by Obama and Clinton, and some of the Bush hires also.
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posted on
09/07/2013 12:19:59 PM PDT
by
rocksblues
(The Obama administration the most unlawful, corrupt administration in US history.)
To: fwdude
NOT ELIGIBLE! Good for you! You can stand outside the Cruz White House all you want, screaming at the top of your lungs, with bird poop on your head, from 2017 to 2025 for all I care...
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posted on
09/07/2013 12:20:10 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
To: fwdude
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posted on
09/07/2013 12:21:46 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
("I am so old that I can remember when most of the people promoting race hate were white." T. Sowell)
To: fwdude
Unless the SCOTUS intervenes, Ted Cruz is eligible to run for and serve as POTUS by default.
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