Posted on 12/09/2015 9:25:08 AM PST by Isara
Today conservatives and Republicans are often not the same. However, they definitely have one thing in common: They desperately want to win the White House in 2016. For Democrats this election is important, but for Republicans and conservatives 2016 is not just crucial to the survival of this country and constitutional liberty - it is the ball game.
That means Republicans must nominate a candidate who we know will govern according to constitutional principles, who is capable of drawing a clear contrast with Hillary Clinton and the Democrats on the issues of importance in today's political environment, and who has the brains, talent and discipline to fight Hillary Clinton and win.
That candidate is Senator Ted Cruz of Texas.
To conservatives who continue to window shop I say, "What are you waiting for? In Ted Cruz conservatives have a candidate that's everything we want."
1.) Ted Cruz is the best presidential candidate since Ronald Reagan.
2.) Ted Cruz is a fighter.
3.) Ted Cruz is a leader on our issues.
4.) Ted Cruz is one of us - a movement conservative.
5.) Ted Cruz's commitment to governing according to the Constitution is unquestioned.
6.) Even establishment commentators are saying he's running a brilliant campaign.
The inside-the-Beltway professional political class' rap against Senator Cruz from the beginning has been that he can't win, but Senator Cruz and his team have put together what political professionals and commentators in both parties have grudgingly agreed is the best campaign of this cycle.
Cruz has raised more hard money than any other candidate; it appears he has more individual donors than any other candidate and Super PACs supporting him have raised money second only to Jeb Bush. Cruz has the best ground game in the early states, with grassroots organizations in every county in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.
Ted Cruz also has by far and away the best online and social media campaign of the cycle, and his Internet team and analytics are light years ahead of the other Republican candidates - and the new Monmouth poll now has him 5 points ahead of longtime frontrunner Donald Trump in Iowa.
And let's not forget that Cruz began his 2012 Texas Senate campaign at 2%, in a poll with a 3% margin of error. He defeated an establishment Republican professional politician who had held office for many years and who spent over $20 million dollars of his own money in a vain attempt to fend-off Cruz's grassroots conservative army.
Contrary to what many in the professional political class would like you to believe, Ted Cruz is a winner.
Who you walk with tells me who you are, and Senator Cruz is the only movement conservative in the top tier of candidates. Conservatives don't have to wonder whether Ted Cruz will bring conservatives onto his White House staff or appoint conservatives to key decision-making roles in his administration - they are already there.
Ted Cruz has been a leader of almost all the conservative policy battles on Capitol Hill. Conservatives do not have to wonder whether if, when the chips are down, Ted Cruz will be right on the cultural issues. Ted Cruz has fought for, and will continue to fight for the conservative agenda:
Defunding Obamacare
Defunding Planned Parenthood
Stopping out-of-control spending
Stopping amnesty for illegal aliens and securing the border
Defeating ISIS and the doctrine of Islamic supremacy
Eliminating the burdens of the Obama regulatory state
Reining-in the IRS, the EPA and other out-of-control agencies
And most importantly, he has fought to bring the federal government back within strict constitutional limits
One of the oft-repeated criticisms of Ted Cruz is that he is not well-liked by the grey beards of the Capitol Hill Republican establishment.
I am reminded that the same was said of Ronald Reagan, that the DC establishment would never support him - and they didn't because he wanted to end the go-along-get-along system that allows both Democrats and establishment Republicans to buy votes at the taxpayers' expense.
Cruz's conflicts with the Republican Party's Capitol Hill leaders have all been about fulfilling the Party's campaign promises. Defunding Obamacare, defunding Planned Parenthood, defunding amnesty for illegal aliens, cutting spending and standing against ISIS and Muslim terrorism are all issues that unite the vast majority of Republican voters as well as most Americans.
If Ted Cruz has made enemies among his Senate colleagues, it is for all the right reasons.
Along with Ted Cruz's talent and zest for political combat, and consistent record of supporting conservative policy solutions, goes a methodical self-discipline and self-control that distinguish him from the longtime front runner who has been the other message-carrier for the conservative grassroots and their demand for change in Washington - Donald Trump.
Finally, and perhaps most importantly, Ted Cruz is the only candidate who can unite the conservative coalition that is necessary to win both the nomination and defeat Hillary Clinton in November.
Cruz has the record and the platform to bring together the three legs of the Reagan coalition; national defense conservatives, economic conservatives and cultural conservatives. He came to Washington on a wave of Tea Party support, and unlike Marco Rubio he did not abandon those principles once he got to DC. Cruz also has stood with the liberty movement on issues of privacy and constitutional liberty, and will attract most libertarian-leaning voters that establishment Republicans have alienated.
For these reasons, and others that I plan to share over the next few weeks, I am proud and honored to endorse Senator Ted Cruz as not just the movement conservative candidate for the Republican nomination for President, but as the candidate best able to defeat Hillary Clinton and restore constitutional liberty to this great country.
I’m just waiting for my primary date.
Good question! I’ve been behind Ted since the beginning and will stay there.
Nervous Trumpsters swarming in 3...2...1...
Cruz just said the most ignorant thing when he claimed we don’t ban muslims from entering this nation and chastised Trump for suggesting it.
He also wants 325,000 more foreign tech workers to come here when we already have high unemployment.
Just who the Hell is Cruz representing anyway, Americans or foreigners? Seems he represents foreigners over Americans.
I’m waiting on Trump to win.
We’re waiting for Ted to dump Free Trade and Cheap Labor Immigration.
Not gonna happen, or it would have by now.
I would like to see a link supporting that part. All I have seen is he clearly stated he disagrees and will NOT criticize Trump for having a different approach.
Why Ted Cruz won't slam Donald Trump
http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/08/politics/ted-cruz-donald-trump-disagreed/
As every GOP White House hopeful raced on Tuesday to issue harsh condemnations of Trump's plan to forbid Muslim immigration to the United States, Cruz made significant news by barely saying much at all.
He disagreed with Trump — that's it.
"I do not agree with his proposals. I do not think it is the right solution," Cruz said in the Capitol. "The right solution I believe is the legislation that I have introduced."
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Cruz: 'I Like Trump' But I Disagree With His Muslim Immigration Ban
http://insider.foxnews.com/2015/12/09/ted-cruz-i-trump-i-disagree-his-muslim-immigration-ban
Cruz said he doesn't think Trump has the "right approach" to address the issue of refugees coming from Syria and other Middle East nations.
Cruz said instead of engaging in "personal insults and attacks" against Trump, he's trying to focus on solutions that he is putting forth...
“I like and respect Donald Trump. I don’t anticipate that changing at all,†said Cruz, adding that he's glad Trump has entered the race because he has helped focus attention on border security.
Been saying this for weeks. Ted Cruz is the only Republican candidate who can reunite the Reagan coalition. Welcome aboard, Mr. Viguerie.
I’ll back Trump if he wins.
Will you back Cruz if he wins?
We want a wall, not BS.
Ted Cruz would make a great US Attorney General.
No disrespect, but are those issues bigger than terrorism?
Cruz belongs on the Supreme Court.
He lacks the skill set for this upcoming battle, he’s not that good at retail, and if you manage to get him nominated I believe he will lose the election.
Others who have suspicions along these lines are waiting to be proven wrong, by actual voters voting in actual primaries.
The author is establishment all the way.
Cruz is best on civil liberties and religious freedom issues, on jobs not so much.
Ted Cruz releases immigration plan: Suspend issuance of H-1B visas for six months, halt legal immigration if unemployment is high
http://hotair.com/archives/2015/11/13/ted-cruz-releases-immigration-plan-suspend-issuance-of-h-1b-visas-for-six-months-halt-legal-immigration-if-unemployment-is-high/
NOVEMBER 13, 2015
I can’t possibly summarize the whole thing, as there’s lots of detail. You should read it yourself, with the promise that you’ll find plenty to like. Border wall? Check. Biometric screening system at points of entry? Check. An end to sanctuary cities? Checkity check. Criminalizing visa overstays? Yep, that too. Strengthening E-Verify? Oh yeah. Nary an enforcement mechanism is left unmentioned.
But it’s not the provisions on illegal immigration that people are buzzing about on social media. It’s what Cruz has to say about legal immigration. Isn’t he the guy who called for vastly expanding the cap on H-1B visas two years ago, when the Gang of Eight bill was in the works? The Gang settled on 180,000 per year; Cruz had asked for 325,000. But that got him in trouble with some border hawks, who complain that too often H-1B visas operate as a vehicle for corporations to dump higher-paid American workers and replace them with cheaper foreign labor. That was a dilemma for Cruz, who’s always tempered his criticism of illegal immigration with enthusiasm for legal immigration. What would he do about H-1B visas as a candidate?
That question has now been answered:
Suspend the issuance of all H-1B visas for 180 days to complete a comprehensive investigation and audit of pervasive allegations of abuse of the program: Initiate an immediate 180-day investigation and audit of the H-1B visa program and enact fundamental reforms of this program to ensure that it protects American workers. In recent months, more and more reports have become public of companies replacing American workers with cheaper foreign workers, contrary to the stated intent of the H-1B visa program. This will stop, and the H1-B program will be suspended until we can be certain that the program is no longer being abused.
That’s not all. He also wants, among other things, more rigorous standards for applying for the visas — requiring foreign applicants to hold advanced degrees, for starters, enforcing stricter accreditation requirements for those degrees, and mandating a “cool off” period for companies that have laid off an American worker before they can access the H-1B system. The 180-day suspension feels like a concession to righties without clearly backing off his earlier effort to raise the cap: He’s not going to limit legal immigration but he will make sure that it meets organic demand among businesses, not demand manufactured by firing Americans. It’s a compromise.
Actually, wait, hold that thought. Maybe he is going to limit legal immigration:
Halt any increases in legal immigration so long as American unemployment remains unacceptably high. The purpose of legal immigration should be to grow the economy, not to displace American workers. Under no circumstances should legal immigration levels be adjusted upwards so long as work-force participation rates remain below historical averages.
Real conservatives are Nationalist patriots that give a damn about sovereignty, the republic and borders.
Count me as one.
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