Posted on 10/22/2013 5:11:03 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
The competition to be the next Ted Cruz is extremely hot within the Republican Party, where a number of emerging challengers are hoping to capitalize on the newest brand name in conservative politics.
In Kansas,Milton R. Wolf opened his fundraising pitch to supporters last week by asking them whether he could be the next Cruz candidate. In Mississippi,Chris McDaniel announced his campaign to unseat Sen. Thad Cochran last week and welcomed the comparison to Mr. Cruz, calling it a compliment.
hen theres Ben Sasse,a university president running for Nebraskas U.S. Senate seat,who set state fundraising records by opposing Obamacare. He told the Lincoln Journal Star last week that he would have voted with Mr. Cruz to keep the government shut down last week,saying it was a better option than continuing to spend and run up debt.
Theyre tapping into the anti-establishment feelings that are really running high among Republican primary voters, said Ron Bonjean, a GOP consultant.
In many ways, Mr. Cruz has become the shorthand for the tea party, which was already a shorthand way to categorize conservative voters who subscribe to a low-spending,low-taxes philosophy of government.
Mr. Cruz also became a shorthand for tactics after he led a 21 hour,19 minute filibuster in September and insisted that fellow Republicans refuse to fund the rest of government until President Obama agreed to cancel the Affordable Care Act.
In the minds of voters, and even for many lawmakers in Washington, the policy and the tactics have become one and the same.
Online message boards are full of comments from tea party supporters calling for the ouster of Republican Party leaders,and vowing to support only those who espouse a tea party philosophy.
Mr. Cruz came from behind in polls to win the Republican nomination for Senate over a wealthy, establishment-backed candidate,then easily won the general election in 2012.
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Cornyn is doing the same. One of his spots says that some publication named him the second most conservative in the Senate. Total BS.
We already have P-in-the Bush pretending to back Cruz during his run for statewide office.
Of course, Cruz did no such thing. All the House resolutions fully funded the government with the exception of Obamacide.
I am just waiting for the leaked video showing Ted Cruz drinking Molson and swilling Tim Hortons donuts, watching Hockey Night in Canada and swearing his allegiance to the Queen.
Well other than that allegiance to the Queen thing, I have no issue with the other three. Love me some Tim Bits.
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Liberals are already gearing up to pit Progressives against all Conservatives.....they are saying the same thing we are...just from the other side. So it looks to be one heated election ahead.
But until our side recognizes they do not play according to the rules, and have no concerns when they break them because they see the end goal only, we will loose if our side doesn’t start making some of their own rules to play by.
He’s running against Pat Roberts.
oh
well I had that wrong
Roberts didn’t betray us like Moran did
It was another Roberts who sold us out... the big phony on SCOTUS.
yeah, could have knocked me over with a feather
Tiahrt was more reliable than Moran; that’s why I was unsurprised KS went with Moran. Was Bob Dole backing Moran too?
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