Cruz says he’s the most Reagan-like in crowded 2016 field

McClatchyDC ^ | February 26, 2015

[SoConPubbie]

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD — Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, gave an impassioned stump speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference today, presenting himself as the true Reagan-like conservative to look at in 2016.

“How do we bring back the miracle that is America?” he asked a mobbed ballroom at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center. “We reassemble the Reagan coalition.” In 1980 Ronald Reagan appealed to the traditional GOP base, labor and Democrats to win and serve two terms.

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“How do we differentiate? . . .In a campaign, every candidate say I’m the most conservative candidate that ever lived.”

Quoting Scripture - “You shall know them by their fruit.” - Cruz said, “Demand action, not talk.” He listed a litany of issues that he has been identified with - Obamacare, the nation’s debt, President Obama’s executive actions on immigration, support for gun ownership, Israel and Iran -- and after each one said people need to ask the same thing: “When have you stood up and fought?”

“Talk is cheap,”said Cruz. “If you’re really a conservative, you will have been in the trenches, you will be bearing the scars.”

And alluding to his frequent run-ins with Senate GOP leadership, he said, “If you had a candidate who stood against Democrats, that’s great. When have you been willing to stand against Republicans?”

“I am convinced 2016 is going to be an election very much like 1980,” he said.

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Cruz made clear that he is the last Republican in the Senate that will be accommodating.

[SoConPubbie]

"If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton "We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn’t make any sense at all." -- President Ronald Reagan "A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." - Thomas Paine 1792 "It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." - Samuel Adams "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams

[tumblindice]

Who's the cat who won't back down, when there's danger all around? Cruz. Ted Cruz!

[skeeter]

I can dig it.

[Reagan Man]

I like Ted Cruz and while he is a "true Reagan-like conservative", he is no Ronald Reagan.

And he'll never get the nomination.

[SoConPubbie]

I like Ted Cruz and while he is a "true Reagan-like conservative", he is no Ronald Reagan. And he'll never get the nomination.

That's funny coming from you.

You know they said the same things about Reagan, right?

[SoConPubbie]

Ted Cruz Ping!

If you want on/off this ping list, please let me know.

Please beware, this is a high-volume ping list!

CRUZ or LOSE!

[trisham]

Bump!

[Reagan Man]

Not the first time people have promoted longshots for potus as the next Reagan. Ted Cruz may espouse conservatism, but he is no Reagan. Period!

I know you guys will be doing your best to promote Ted Cruz, but he’ll never get the nomination. And you know it too.

[VideoDoctor]

I'll BELIEVE that Mr. Cruz can "git er done."

[Sirius Lee]

I know you guys will be doing your best to promote Ted Cruz,

Yeah, SoConPubbie! You know, "you guys". You damned Conservatives with "your guy's" damned Constitution. It's just a damned piece of paper! Why can't "you guys" just go along to get along with Jeb?

[SoConPubbie]

I know you guys will be doing your best to promote Ted Cruz, but he’ll never get the nomination. And you know it too.

I know NO such thing.

However, I do believe that, if you are being honest about liking Ted Cruz, you are going to be pleasantly surprised when he is nominated as the next GOP POTUS candidate for 2016!

CRUZ or LOSE!

[Georgia Girl 2]

What a guy! What a speech!

[Reagan Man]

>>>>>... if you are being honest about liking Ted Cruz, you are going to be pleasantly surprised when he is nominated as the next GOP POTUS candidate for 2016!

Always been honest and always been a conservative. If by some miracle Ted Cruz gets the nomination, he'll get my vote. America needs conservative leadership now more than ever. We don't need the lesser of two evil choices anymore. No more Dole-McCain-Romney types.

[The Toll]

It would be nice to have Ted Cruz as President, especially now that the Executive gets to make law.

[WIBamian]

I'm only voting for Cruz, whether selecting him as a choice on my ballot or writing him in. BTW, let me leave you with this quote: The most terrifying words for a Conservative are: I'm from the Republican establishment and I'm here to tell you who to vote for.

[txhurl]

America needs a total rewind back to 2008, ripping up and out everything zero has planted, fumigating the fields from coast to coast, and hardening all the laws that work and are constitutional, and complete re-seeding after applying the right fertilizer for our economy, defense, culture.

Walker gonna do that for you? He’s still tying his shoes over RTW and gay marriage. Not to mention building a Mexican Consulate in Madison.

[Jane Long]

Ted Cruz on fire, on Hannity, now. Recap of CPAC. Covering eligibility, too! Woo hoo!

[TADSLOS]

Cruz is ON A ROLL!!!!

[TADSLOS]

Ted is bringing down the house at CPAC!!!

[Jane Long]

Take ALL 125,000 IRS agents and put them on our southern border!!