Can Ted Cruz Play Well With Others?

Slate ^ | March 30, 2015 | John Dickerson

[2ndDivisionVet]

Ted Cruz defended his lack of executive experience this weekend saying that he is not a “community organizer.” The Texas senator explained that unlike Barack Obama, who also ran for president after one term in the Senate, he had accomplished more before becoming a legislator. Cruz pointed to his period as solicitor general of Texas—an answer that was itself a display of the debating talents his supporters say qualify him to be president. Cruz wasn’t answering the question as much as redefining the criteria. A lack of executive experience cannot be overcome by simply not having the attributes of the last president who also lacked it.

On the strict comparison, Cruz has more leadership experience than Obama had at the beginning of his presidential campaign. Over five and a half years as solicitor general, Cruz led a large agency with hundreds of lawyers. Obama never ran an equally complex organization.

But that’s not the operative issue when executive experience is the question. The practical question is whether he has the kind of skills the Republican governors he’s competing against use every day and which most closely approximate the ones a president needs....

[Beowulf9]

I tweeted this statement to Cruz on Twitter. Hope he or someone gets it over there and relays the message. It’s good info.

[conservativejoy]

The most important quality for President is Leadership. This is an innate quality that one either has or doesn’t have. It cannot be attained by experince. Cruz is a Leader and he has reverence for our Constitution.

[conservativejoy]

We don’t need someone to play nice with these clowns. We need someone sho can kick some liberal butt!