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Has the window already closed for North Texan’s Cruz primary challenge?
The Wichita Eagle ^ | November 13, 2017 | Andrea Drusch

Posted on 11/13/2017 3:00:43 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Establishment Republicans once dreamed of replacing Texas Sen. Ted Cruz with a less bombastic alternative in 2018.

Those dreams now appear out of reach, even as a North Texas Republican with ties to state’s old political guard is on the verge of launching a challenge to the first-term senator.

A Fort Worth-based super PAC aimed at replacing Cruz with a Republican in the “leadership style” of President Ronald Reagan has barely raised any money.

Its favored candidate, Christian television executive Bruce Jacobson, last week stumbled in the early stages of a possible campaign rollout.

And while Cruz, who has more than $5.6 million stockpiled for reelection, made plenty of enemies during his first Senate term, he’s spent the past year quietly mending fences with the same Republicans he disagreed with in the past.

Republicans both inside and outside Texas began public speculation about fielding a primary opponent against Cruz last year, citing personal disagreements with the senator. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., joked last year that “If you killed Ted Cruz on the floor of the Senate, and the trial was in the Senate, nobody would convict you.”(continued)

(Excerpt) Read more at kansas.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: cornyn; cruz; cubanadian; goldmansachs; iraniannukes; lyingted; republicans; texas
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Just as we predicted last year.
1 posted on 11/13/2017 3:00:43 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
replacing Cruz with a Republican in the “leadership style” of President Ronald Reagan

More FAKE News!
2 posted on 11/13/2017 3:18:19 PM PST by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ted could yet be a great Senator, but he has to forget about being President to get there.


3 posted on 11/13/2017 3:23:54 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: SoConPubbie

Ha! They don’t want Reagan. They want another Cornyn, McCain, Graham or McConnell. Someone to go with the swampy flow. Cruz needs to be there in hopes things really do change. He could be a better speaker than president.


4 posted on 11/13/2017 3:28:26 PM PST by outinyellowdogcountry
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To: Lurkinanloomin

He has the highest conservative ranking in the entire Senate last time I checked. What’s your definition of a “great” senator?


5 posted on 11/13/2017 3:32:20 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Could you back that up with something factual? Where exactly has Cruz compromised in order to reach for the presidency?


6 posted on 11/13/2017 3:38:58 PM PST by TheTimeOfMan (A time for peace and a time for war)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You can call Sen Cruz a lot of thing .... but “bombastic”???


7 posted on 11/13/2017 3:45:15 PM PST by taxcontrol (Stupid should hurt)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Mow ‘em down, Ted!


8 posted on 11/13/2017 3:50:43 PM PST by SharpRightTurn (Chuck Schumer--giving pond scum everywhere a bad name.)
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To: TheTimeOfMan

He is not eligible.
Born in Canada to a foreign national father.


9 posted on 11/13/2017 3:52:31 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Lurkinanloomin; TheTimeOfMan

That horse left the barn on January 20th 2009.


10 posted on 11/13/2017 3:54:32 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The Constitution may not matter to many, but I still think it does.


11 posted on 11/13/2017 4:00:36 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Show us the definition of Natural Born Citizen in the Constitution. I’ll wait.


12 posted on 11/13/2017 4:02:14 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

And a Canadian mother.


13 posted on 11/13/2017 4:03:14 PM PST by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Not to worry, the horse may have left the barn but there are many that will still remind you that it didn’t. It’s almost as obsessive as Hillary supporters still frothing at the mouth that she did not win. In fact worse because with his it was simply a primary


14 posted on 11/13/2017 4:09:26 PM PST by Jarhead9297
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They did not define any terms, they thought we would understand that one the same as they did, born here of citizen parents, same as understood by the Supreme Court in 1814 Venus case and 1875 Happersett.

Owing no allegiance to any other country, naturally an American because they could be no other.


15 posted on 11/13/2017 4:10:23 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Jarhead9297

Would you like to see Anwar al-Awlaki’s kids run for President?
They are as eligible as Ted Cruz.


16 posted on 11/13/2017 4:11:57 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

So you can’t show me in the constitution? Okay.


17 posted on 11/13/2017 4:12:33 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Oh and also conservatism is not a term followed within a Nationalist populist movement. From within the movement are conservative members however they are cast aside for the greater while for the benefit of the Nationalist populist ideaology


18 posted on 11/13/2017 4:14:05 PM PST by Jarhead9297
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To: Lurkinanloomin

I’m not bitter Ted didn’t win. I left that horse once the primaries were finished. However I’ll never leave support of Ted in the Senate where his stellar voting record has been the most conservative of all Senators and that isn’t debatable. He and Paul do our country well


19 posted on 11/13/2017 4:16:38 PM PST by Jarhead9297
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To: MrEdd

I have not been able to verify that she acquired Canadian citizenship.


20 posted on 11/13/2017 4:16:42 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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