Cruz to get hero's welcome in Iowa and New Hampshire

The Hill ^ | February 15, 2014 | Alexander Bolton

[DIRTYSECRET]

Walker is too geeky. He missed out on a great opportunity after beating the recall last June-the last week of school. Since it was the teachers unions that were so against him he should have shouted-a la John Belushi-”FOOD FIGHT!

[refermech]

But wouldn’t the dems block anything any republican proposed?
Anyway gridlock is good. Less damage done that way.

[DIRTYSECRET]

Romney is just the same. He lost-ok? We learned nothing. In his concession speech he could have said to America’s young: “Good luck finding a job.”

[nathanbedford]

I think of that great scene in My Little Chickadee in which a woman, admiring a huge ring, says to Mae West, "goodness, what a beautiful ring" and Mae West provocatively replies, "goodness had nothing to do with it."

My feeling is that experience has very little to do with getting elected. Most voters, and I would venture a predominance of those who vote for Democrats, do not vote on experience but on emotion. In other words, experience has nothing to do with it. That is not as I would have it but as I see it.

John F. Kennedy had little experience any was elected over the more experienced Richard Nixon. Jerry Ford had far more experience than a governor, Jimmy Carter, but he lost to the upstart. No one had more experience in his resume in recent memory than George HW Bush but he lost to a governor with a dubious past and even more dubious present.

As it is, not how it should be, the price goes to the charismatic, to the "cool" candidate, the one who can capture the emotion and build momentum. Ted Cruz clearly has that ability. If one listens to his appearance the other day on Mark Levin's reply one cannot help but be impressed with the man's eloquence and, yes, his charisma. I have yet to hear him put a foot down wrong.

Governor Walker has a demonstrated character of courage in the face of unrelenting assault and and adherence to conservative principles which gives one confidence in his integrity as well as his ability.

The question is, do you favor a man who has potential to sweep the country into a new era, Ted Cruz, or do you favor a man who was demonstrated a clear capacity to revolutionize and revitalize a state and save it from liberal self-destruction?

Full disclosure, I favor Ted Cruz but I would not be in the least bit unhappy if Walker were our next president. Let the best man win.

[The_Republic_Of_Maine]

“Cruz infuriated his Senate Republican colleagues this week when he filibustered a clean bill to raise the debt limit. His objection forced Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and 11 other Republicans to vote with Democrats to advance the legislation.”

Who were the other 11 republicans who voted with herr reid?

[iowamark]

I am just concerned that he does not have the ability to motivate and convince his fellow senators to pass laws.

We don't need more laws, we need fewer laws.

[deport]

Barrasso (R-WY)
Collins (R-ME)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Flake (R-AZ)
Hatch (R-UT)
Johanns (R-NE)
Kirk (R-IL)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)

Not voting:
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)

[SharpRightTurn]

“They held a tense and angry meeting Wednesday afternoon at which McConnell proposed waiving the 60-vote threshold normally required to advance legislation, according to sources familiar with the session.”

That tells you everything you need to know about McConnell. Doing the Dhimms’ dirty work behind closed doors and then running ads in Kentucky saying that he’s a conservative. This guy is a slime ball.

[Oak Grove]

I see the campaign for President has begun.

The Establishment trolls have already begun posting on Free Republic.

[SharpRightTurn]

“Chip Saltsman, a Republican strategist who managed Huckabee’s 2008 presidential campaign, predicted Cruz would have a difficult challenge trying to explain his procedural moves in the Senate to voters in Iowa and New Hampshire.
“At the end of the day Ted Cruz made McConnell have a 60-vote limit and the debt ceiling still passed. It’s not like he stopped the debt limit from being passed,” he said.”

I can't believe they're still parading Karl Rove wannabe Saltsman out to parrot the Party Boy Establishment line. These guys’ times have passed but they won't admit and still want to haul in their ill-gotten gain.

[Bearshouse]

Reagan was willing to work with the Democrats and to compromise.

Compromise is highly over-rated. During Reagan's second term the dems took back the senate and began destroying all the good Reagan had done with a vengeance. Reagan's administration still holds the record for the most indictments and convictions for various offenses, many on the Iran Contra witch hunt.

[SharpRightTurn]

“The guy has not had a single thing get through the House, Senate and signed into law.”

If that is our yardstick, why not nominate McCain again? He’s gotten a lot of things passed.

Or should we be concerned about getting the RIGHT things passed? And continue saying NO to unconstitutional spending and amnesty, even if the rest of the Republican Senate salons want to continue their Big Government binge?

[TexasFreeper2009]

um... how is a REAL conservative to achieve a result with a Senate controlled by Democrats and a Democrat president?

I guess depending on what you call an “accomplishment” IF we gain control of the Senate in the fall, I am sure Cruz will accomplish a lot... that will then be veto’d by Obama. At which point you will then still accuse him of accomplishing nothing.

He is one man standing up against a tidal wave of socialists. Give him the credit he deserves.

I am 100% sure if he had “compromised” to ... “achieve” something, you would be the first here to label him a RINO traitor!

[napscoordinator]

um... how is a REAL conservative to achieve a result with a Senate controlled by Democrats and a Democrat president?

Reagan managed as Governor and President. He had a Demcratic Senate and House for both state and federal. If you are a real conservative you can get things done, when you aren’t like Cruz, you can talk all day about it.

[DoodleDawg]

But wouldn’t the dems block anything any republican proposed?

Oh definitely. It makes no difference in that respect who gets elected in 2016. If it's a Republican then the Dems will filibuster everything they propose. If it's a Democrat then the GOP will do the same.

[DoodleDawg]

IF we gain control of the Senate in the fall, I am sure Cruz will accomplish a lot... that will then be veto’d by Obama.

Even if the GOP gains control next year, I don't see Cruz being able to accomplish much. The Democrats will filibuster anything he tries and there will still be about 10% to 15% of the Republicans who hate him enough to not support him.

[dowcaet]

The Democrats that Reagan dealt with were far less radical than the ones who exist today. Not saying they were conservatives but you did have a bunch of blue dogs especially from the south who played a big part in passing Reagan’s tax cuts in the eighties. Bush was far more liberal than many of us want to admit so he found common ground with many Democrats especially on things like immigration and government preschool funding. Today’s Democratic Party is an absolute joke but they’re facing a gutless GOP that won’t call them out for what they truly are, an American socialist party, and the media has their back by portraying them as a bunch of centrists to fool the mass of low education dupes. Cruz may not have the national experience you desire but he’s the only one in DC willing to take on the left and not back down and make side deals with them. You want him to find common ground with radicals like Harry Reid, Barbara Boxer, and hell every other Democratic senator? This is why Cruz appeals to so many of us. He’s fed up with the left, tired of the spineless RINOS making deals with them, and he’s taking them on mostly by himself. Isn’t that enough of a leader for you, or do you prefer a dealmaker who rolls over for the left like Christie or Jeb Bush as the GOP standard bearer? We’ve gone down that road too many times and look what we’ve done to this country as a result.

[BRL]

His objection forced Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and 11 other Republicans to vote with Democrats to advance the legislation.

Every single phrase these "journalists" write is just dripping with spin and prejudice.

[Theodore R.]

A “hero’s welcome” does not translate into caucus and primary votes in liberal IA and NH.

[McGruff]