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"Firebrand." Drink!
1 posted on 03/25/2015 5:42:39 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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Link to article: http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/03/25/ted-cruz-gop-presidential-hopeful-your-say/70461558/


2 posted on 03/25/2015 5:43:00 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://www.tedcruz.org/donate/)
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I’ll vote for him, if I get the chance. Virginia usually falls after the RNC has crowned the designated loser.


3 posted on 03/25/2015 5:44:56 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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Who cares about the friggin’ GOP? CONSERVATIVES will nominate and elect him!!!!


4 posted on 03/25/2015 5:45:02 PM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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Screw the GOP. Bush, Rove, Dole, McCain, Romney, Boehner, McConnel, Snowe, Collins... They are losers and liberals. Yes, I will vote for Cruz regardless of the GOP. Cruz has the GOP pissing their pants.


5 posted on 03/25/2015 5:47:09 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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Yes, if he finds a few good men and women with a couple million to donate. These will be donors as yet untapped by other candidates. I suspect a number of conservative business owners would support him, such as the owners of Dominoes Pizza, Hobby Lobby and Chick Fil-A.


6 posted on 03/25/2015 5:47:12 PM PDT by lee martell (The sa)
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No.

Boehner, McConnell and the leftist media will make sure of it.

7 posted on 03/25/2015 5:48:05 PM PDT by South40 (Hillary Clinton was a "great secretary of state". - Texas Governor Rick Perry)
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No problem. In the end Cruz will win or lose on his ability to make his case to voters and if he does not self-destruct like so many candidates before him.


9 posted on 03/25/2015 5:49:36 PM PDT by Reno89519 (For every illegal or H1B with a job, there's an American without one. Muslim = Nazi = Evil)
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NBC: Ted Cruz a 'Conservative Firebrand' Who Throws 'Rhetorical ...
NewsBusters (blog)-Mar 23, 2015
NBC: Ted Cruz a 'Conservative Firebrand' Who Throws 'Rhetorical ... the Texas Republican as "whip smart, a real conservative firebrand, ...

Ted Cruz' most controversial quotes
Chron.com-Mar 23, 2015
Conservative firebrand Cruz announces US presidential bid on Twitter
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Ted Cruz, an Ambitious Conservative With Sharp Elbows
In-Depth-New York Times-Mar 24, 2015
Ted Cruz Set To Announce Presidential Bid
Blog-NPR (blog)-Mar 22, 2015
In 2016, Ted Cruz could be 'considerable factor' (+video)
In-Depth-Christian Science Monitor-Mar 24, 2015 The whole world is on fire': Scenes from Ted Cruz's campaign trail CNN-Mar 15, 2015 ... he's trying to build a campaign that breaks from the mold and showcases his firebrand conservatism. For example, his first question from the ... Ted Cruz Visits New Hampshire NECN-Mar 16, 2015 Firebrand is the new GRAVITAS!!!
11 posted on 03/25/2015 5:51:30 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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First Hispanic President. If the GOP had even a partial brain they would run with that. Would shut down the lib’s attacks as racist, bring in Hispanics, a win-win. But then I’m never sure the GOP wants to win.


12 posted on 03/25/2015 5:52:47 PM PDT by Kenny (,)
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The first hurdle will come when the GOP decides which candidates will even be invited to the primary debates. With 12 to 20 potential candidates, they will create a threshold system, and you can be assured they will do whatever possible to make it one that Cruz does not meet.


13 posted on 03/25/2015 5:53:44 PM PDT by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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Still dumpster diving, are you?


14 posted on 03/25/2015 5:53:55 PM PDT by be-baw (still seeking)
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It’s a real longshot.
I still think he’ll do about the same thing Fred Thompson did in 2008.
He’ll be the favorite here the same as Fred was but Fred topped out at about 12% and never had a real shot.
After the 3rd primary with no wins the money dried up.
I’m expecting Ted to do about the same JMHO.


16 posted on 03/25/2015 5:55:18 PM PDT by snarkybob
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They will or many are not going to vote any more. No joke. That will be it. Either he becomes the candidate with the will to get some things fixed in this nation, or many of us will be finished with it. Let it go to hell.


17 posted on 03/25/2015 5:56:00 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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>> Can Ted Cruz persuade GOP to nominate him? <<

Answer: No.

Next question?


22 posted on 03/25/2015 6:01:43 PM PDT by Hawthorn
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Based on what I have observed ... yes.


25 posted on 03/25/2015 6:07:09 PM PDT by hawkaw
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I’m not wild about Cruz but he sure beats Bush!


26 posted on 03/25/2015 6:08:07 PM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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He can get the nomination only if he will stop saying on Sunday he’s going to go around the MSM right to the people, only to sit down with Dem choir-girl Dana Bash on Tuesday.


34 posted on 03/25/2015 6:17:30 PM PDT by Migraine (Diversity is great -- until it happens to YOU.)
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I cut loose from the feckless, dickless and treacherous GOPE in early 2014. I would gladly vote for Ted Cruz - he's a leader, in sharp contrast to all the triangulators in politics these days. And I'd like Allen West as VP.


"Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre / mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."
"Thought must be the harder, heart be the keener, mind must be the greater, as our might lessens."

36 posted on 03/25/2015 6:19:46 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - <center> <table backSt. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)
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This is why I’m still registered as a Republican so I can vote in the primary for Conservartives like Cruz.


42 posted on 03/25/2015 6:34:22 PM PDT by RginTN
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