Posted on 03/09/2016 3:11:45 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The conventional wisdom is that the GOP candidate who poses the far greater peril than Trump can't possibly win the GOP presidential nomination, and would have absolutely no chance in a general election. The result is that few have actually taken the time to closely scrutinize Ted Cruz's actual record. Now that the race for the GOP presidential contest is effectively a two-man race between Trump and Cruz, and the GOP establishment is mounting a furious, all-out full court press to stop Trump, it's time to take the hard look at Cruz that should have been done long ago.
In 2000, the then 29-nine-year old Cruz was the domestic policy advisor to the Bush presidential campaign and a former law clerk for the hard-line, strictest of the strict constructionist SCOTUS chief justice William Rehnquist. From his Bush post, Cruz lined up the legal team that wrangled the conservatives on the Supreme Court to halt the disputed election Florida election count and tip the White House to Bush. Cruz' star skyrocketed in the GOP after that triumph.
While Cruz has seemingly warred with the GOP establishment at times, the fight has been mostly over his style, personality, and comportment, but not on the key issues from abortion and Planned Parenthood to the economy and foreign policy. Take Cruz's rough edge off his bluster about these issues, and his stance on them is mostly in line with the party's on many of these issues. Cruz has been on the political scene long enough to have enough of a paper trail to piece together a fairly accurate picture of what he will say and do on the big ticket issues such as the budget, government spending, civil rights enforcement, the environment, crime control, the military and foreign policy if in the White House....
(Excerpt) Read more at huffingtonpost.com ...
Cruz will NEVER be president - at least for this round. He’s in terrible shape for Tuesday, not even in the running for Ohio or Florida.
About all that Cruz can do is force a brokered convention and if he has about as much chance to be nominated there as Trump would. Instead we’ll, ONCE AGAIN, wind up with Jeb, Linda, maybe Rubio, or Romney.
Sad, Cruz is a great conservative, but a vote for him is now a vote for one of the GOPe candidates.
How about Club For Growth? They’ve spent millions on him.
How about the Bush family?
Are those the special interests you’re asking about?
Bwahahahahaha!
What matters is principles, principles that guide you through troubled times. The number one principle ought to be the constitution and its limits on the federal government. Trump has few principles other than self promotion. His other principles change with the wind.
I’m pretty sure Jeb was running against Ted.
Only Neil is on Ted’s team and is backing him, not steering.
What part of CFG’s Conservative agenda do you disagree with?
oh...other than opposing Trump.
Trump’s agenda is Trump. Period.
“Carter will wipe the floor with Reagan.” “Dewey defeats Truman.” “Gore won Florida fair and square.” “Lincoln is a spoiler.”
On day 1, he will be in charge of over 4 million government employees. And it will be a disaster.
Cruz actually believes in conservatism and is aligned with the official party platform, unlike the GOPe that pretends to believe in these ideals. They will not fight for them, but he will.
Trump = went to school in a military academy, learned all about honor, self-discipline, respect for our Nation and our military forces while Ted Cruz was still a gleam in daddy Rafael’s eye.
Cruz = born in Canada, moved to U.S. with his parents in 1974. Attended Ivy League colleges. Renounced his Canadian citizenship in 2014, 2 years after being elected to the U.S. Senate by Texas voters.
I’ll go with Trump, thank you very much.
Hey Obama did the WH thing with no problems, and talk about a lightweight resume....
The Cruzer just needs his version of ValJ. Not sure who that is, but there will be one.
True. I think its interesting, BTW that Cruz supporters are slammed for being ‘purists’, but when there is any news at all concerning an establishment character moving towards Cruz who howls the loudest.
What a laugh, they have hated Cruz since day one, what them mean is now they want to try and sway/remind the low information general electorate how much they have always hated Cruz.
Concentrate on the frontrunner, but throw in a refresher course when needed on Cruz.
The liberal MSM hates Trump, they absolutely detest and fear Cruz.
Cruz talks a lot, but didn’t accomplish anything and this is not likely to change.
Did you just compare a military-style prep school for unruly rich kids to the actual military?
The president, whoever it is, cannot create laws, only Congress can do that. We are electing a president, not an emperor or dictator.
Thats the HuffPo desired effect. They know you will like it and that makes the prospect of getting a beatable candidate for the general election more promising.
Why do you think the Huffington Post is suddenly promoting Cruz?
Only one reason: Hillary can easily beat him, if the GOPe pushes him to become the R nominee. Both the Dems and GOPe just want to defeat Trump.
That should tell you something...
“I am not taking Cruz seriously until he can win more then 3 state primaries”
He has won Iowa, Texas, Oklahoma, Idaho and Maine.
So you are now taking him seriously by your own vow, right?
Um, they’re not “promoting” Ted Cruz. Read the article.
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