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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/johnny
No, it’s a question you failed to answer the last time it was asked........
/johnny
“NOT ELIGIBLE!”
The birther fringe really need to be zotted.
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.
I’ll take those chances because he’d got my vote!!
/johnny
And what makes you think that your questions are worth answering???
In the meantime I’ll go with his father:
Ted Cruzs father: I dont see him running for president
http://washingtonexaminer.com/ted-cruzs-father-i-dont-see-him-running-for-president/article/2534686
Did ya ever notice that the air at FR gets that fresh ozone smell every now and then? I love that smell. Almost as much as I like the smell of a beehive.
I used to spray my grandfather’s cans of ozone just for the love of the smell.
Conservatives to Cruz: 'Run, Ted, run'
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Jim Robinson to CitizenUSA
A little birdie is telling me that the birthers who insist on hijacking every Cruz thread with this nonsense are going to start falling by the wayside. If FR is not their cup of tea they should start looking for a new home.
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Who is hijacking this thread. You were the one who breached the subject and brought it up. You opened the door. And now you want to cry because someone disagrees with you.
Grow up —
/johnny
3) Goodbye to that pesky Canadian citizenship. Cruz has one potential roadblock to his candidacy: He was actually born in Canada. The Constitution doesnt set that many restrictions on who can run for president. One just needs to be over the age of 35, have lived in the U.S. at least 14 years, and be a natural born citizen. What exactly is a natural born citizen? Good question. The constitution doesnt define it. But the definitions include an individual born abroad to American parents. Cruzs mother was from Delaware and so, under this definition, he would be qualified to run. Cruz has made a point of clarifying said qualification, and in August he even went so far as to renounce his Canadian citizenship after reportedly learning that he had dual citizenship.
BY what valid criteria?
That is a guarantee.
So what do you do about it? Refuse to fight because it's going to be difficult?
You lose 100% of the battles you don't fight.
/johnny
I hope that Cruz can beat them back...I look forward to voting for him.
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