Posted on 10/22/2015 6:49:14 PM PDT by Isara
In an exclusive interview with The Brody File, Ted Cruz says he has a plan to begin highlighting, policy differences between him and Donald Trump. There are plenty of policy differences and there may well come a time when we start highlighting those more, Cruz tells The Brody File. In a political campaign there are seasons and phases to it as the race narrows down, as people start making choices, we may see some more policy contrasts.
Cruz has been climbing in the polls and has the money to make a serious run at the nomination. Hes been courting evangelical voters since his announcement speech at Liberty University. The truth is this: Cruz needs Trump to fade to have a realistic shot. The Brody File contends that Trumps biggest threat is not Jeb or Rubio. Its Cruz. Hes going after many of the same voters as Trump and he has the credentials, intellect, debating skills and passion to really make a dent in Trumps voter pool.
One other quote from Cruz during our interview:
I think the sharpest difference between my record and that of every other candidate is that people are tired of campaign conservatives. Theyre tired of people who talk a great game while theyre on the campaign trail but they actually havent walked the walk and I think people are looking for a consistent conservative.
Watch the video at the link from CBN News/The Brody File.
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Strongly Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale) |
Ban taxpayer funding of abortion & partial birth abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Companies can deny insuring birth control: Opposes topic 1 Protect innocent human life with partial-birth ban: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Opposes public abortion funding: Opposes topic 1 Opposes churches providing birth control: Opposes topic 1 |
No opinion on topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale) |
Disallow Ku Klux Klan from participating in Adopt-A-Highway: Favors topic 2 NO on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act: Opposes topic 2 |
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-5 points on Social scale) |
Pray against a court decision legalizing same-sex marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Zealotry on same-sex marriage leaves out religious liberty: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Most states can ignore Supreme Court legalizing gay marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Opposes the unrelenting assault on traditional marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Overturn Supreme Court with anti-gay marriage Amendment: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Opposes gay pride parades and opposes gay marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 One-man-one-woman marriage is building block of society: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Supports defining traditional marriage: Opposes topic 3 Supports banning military gay marriage: Opposes topic 3 Sponsored state definition of marriage supersedes federal gay marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 |
Strongly Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-5 points on Social scale) |
Defend Judeo-Christian values against liberal fascism: Strongly Favors topic 4 Stop IRS from asking: 'tell me the content of your prayers': Strongly Favors topic 4 Government checks create dependency: Favors topic 4 Defend Ten Commandments and "under God" in the Pledge: Strongly Favors topic 4 Rated 100% by the AU, indicating opposition to separation of church & state: Strongly Favors topic 4 |
Strongly Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale) |
I regret voting for John Roberts because of ObamaCare vote: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Washington wants ObamaCare, the people want liberty: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Support nuns' battle for religious liberty against ObamaCare: Opposes topic 5 To repeal ObamaCare, show Dems they'd lose by supporting it: Opposes topic 5 5 million had health insurance canceled because of ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Vow to repeal ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Save Medicare by raising eligibility age: Favors topic 5 Throw my body in front of a train to stop ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Defeat ObamaCare; rein in the federal government: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Defund, repeal, & replace federal care with free market: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Repeal any federal health care takeover: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Supports repealing ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Supports market-based health insurance: Opposes topic 5 |
Strongly Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+5 points on Economic scale) |
Raise retirement age; cap increases to inflation rate: Favors topic 6 Transition younger workers into personal savings system: Favors topic 6 Rated 0% by ARA, indicating a pro-privatization stance: Strongly Favors topic 6 |
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale) |
Right to education: public, private, charter, or homeschool: Strongly Favors topic 7 Education decisions best made at local level: Favors topic 7 Denounce the Common Core State Standards: Favors topic 7 |
Favors topic 8: EPA regulations are too restrictive (-3 points on Social scale) |
NO on protecting ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems: Favors topic 8 |
Strongly Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-5 points on Social scale) |
World Court should have no say in Texas executions: Strongly Favors topic 9 Fully monitor sexual predators & bring them to justice: Favors topic 9 Supports the death penalty: Strongly Favors topic 9 |
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale) |
Opposes unreasonable and burdensome gun restrictions: Strongly Favors topic 10 Opposes restricting the Second Amendment: Favors topic 10 NO on banning high-capacity magazines of over 10 bullets: Strongly Favors topic 10 |
Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+2 points on Economic scale) |
Abolish the IRS: Strongly Favors topic 11 Permanent Washington elite protects the tax code: Opposes topic 11 Adopt a single-rate tax system: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Repeal tax hikes in capital gains and death tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Opposes increasing tax rates: Opposes topic 11 Supports eliminating the inheritance tax: Opposes topic 11 |
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale) |
End Obama's illegal amnesty via Congress' checks & balances: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Defund amnesty; and refuse any nominees until rescinded: Strongly Opposes topic 12 No path to citizenship for 1.65 million illegals in Texas: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Give police more power to ask about immigration status: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Boots on the ground, plus a wall: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Triple the size of the Border Patrol: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Strengthen border security and increase enforcement: Strongly Opposes topic 12 |
Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+5 points on Economic scale) |
Defended Chinese company on intellectual property theft: Strongly Favors topic 13 |
Strongly Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+5 points on Economic scale) |
Don't let world courts bind American sovereignty: Strongly Favors topic 14 Cuba is oppressive but never misses chance to propagandize: Favors topic 14 America is indispensable; our allies need our leadership: Strongly Favors topic 14 US has a responsibility to defend our values abroad: Favors topic 14 Sponsored opposing the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty: Strongly Favors topic 14 Oppose the United Nations' Arms Trade Treaty: Favors topic 14 |
Strongly Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-5 points on Social scale) |
Vital role for deploying military force abroad: Strongly Favors topic 15 Fierce advocate of recruiting and growing the military: Strongly Favors topic 15 |
No opinion on topic 16: Make voter registration easier (0 points on Social scale) |
If you like special interests, I ain't your guy: Favors topic 16 Require voters to show ID to avoid voter fraud: Opposes topic 16 |
Opposes topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (-3 points on Social scale) |
Toughen sanctions on Iran, to safeguard America: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Arm the Kurds to fight ISIS, with US air support: Opposes topic 17 Bomb ISIS back to the Stone Age: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Arm & aid the Peshmerga Kurds against ISIS: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Don't arm Syrian rebels without a clear plan to combat ISIS: Favors topic 17 Vigorous sanctions against Putin; help eastern Ukraine: Opposes topic 17 Install Eastern European ABMs; stand up to Russia in Ukraine: Opposes topic 17 Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan went on too long: Favors topic 17 Sponsored shutting down Iranian foreign reserves: Opposes topic 17 |
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale) |
Fight against Gulf moratorium on offshore exploration: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Cap-and-trade has no impact on global temperatures: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Explore proven energy reserves & keep energy prices low: Opposes topic 18 Let states lease energy rights on federal lands: Strongly Opposes topic 18 |
Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+2 points on Social scale) |
Lower minimums and mandatory sentencing for drugs: Opposes topic 19 |
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale) |
Pass a flat tax and abolish the IRS, and jobs will follow: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Balanced budget amendment to stop bankrupting our country: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Debt ceiling limits "blank check" of federal spending: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Limit federal spending growth to per-capita inflation rate: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Supports the Cut-Cap-and-Balance Pledge: Opposes topic 20 Audit the Federal Reserve & its actions on mortgage loans: Opposes topic 20 |
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Tell it to the GOP nominee Herman Cain.
You’re right though, in polls Hillary wins over Cruz by less than she wins over Trump.
If you want to actually win - in polls - vs. Hillary, you should be backing Bush or Carson.
I’m sorry, I should have said:
You’re right though, in polls Hillary wins over Cruz by MORE than she wins over Trump.
You people are kinda nuts, scuse me for saying. Somebody said Cruz has only 3 friends in the Senate. That’s probably an exaggeration but Cruz has spoken out against the poor estabishment leadership in the Senate.
That doesn’t make friends but it’s honest. He told the truth about McConnell whereas most Senators just hover around trying to stay in office and get along.
Trump supporters are terrified and paranoid. I like Trump a lot. I just like Cruz better.
As far as Facebook goes, I don’t know what goes on on your page, but mine is all Cruz and not because of me because most of the posters are not even my friends.
How about senators Sessions, Shelby, Sullivan, Cotton, Boozman, Gardner, Crapo, Perdue, Risch, Grassley, Ernst, Roberts, Moran, Vitter, Cassidy, Wicker, Blunt, Daines, Fischer, Sasse, Heller, Burr, Hoeven, Inhofe, Lankford, Toomey, Scott, Rounds, Corker, Hatch etc. seldom back Cruz?
But Donald Trump has offered NO specifics on what he would do if elected.
But Donald Trump has offered NO specifics on what he would do if elected.
Keep on hallucinating.
You can’t fight city hall. We must learn to deal with what America is, not what we wish it was.
Nice non-substantive reply.
Did you know that Cruz was well over 25 points behind his GOP primary opponent in the senate primary that he won?
Very good post, from a Cruz supporter. In my honest opinion, Cruz is a very fine conservative, but he has 2 problems. He must take orders from his rich donors to push for the cheap labor express (H1-B visa, foreign trade pacts) and the second problem is he is just not resonating with voters. Even voters who call themselves conservative are going for Trump & Carson.
All Trump has to do is enforce existing immigration law. That’s it, easily doable and he is the only GOP candidate that says he will enforce existing immigration law.
“...Mr.Trump because Im polling so low and you are polling so high ..”
Herman Cain was the frontrunner at this point in time, and Cruz is NOT low, and raised twice as much $$ as Rubio for the 3rd quarter.
We can argue till we are blue in face, because none of the primaries have taken place. Why don’t we wait until March 1st super Tuesday when a dozen primaries take place.
Because by then we do not need to argue who is really resonating and winning with voters.
It required 101 previous posts before you stepped in with words of sanity. I was wondering when the cavalry would arrive and here you are.
Herman Cain was never ahead by double digits in every state. And he did not stay on top for 5 months. And he did not have his own money. When his rich supporters left, Herman faded out. And he was not good at using social media. And Herman had bimbo eruption problems.
Yes, exactly.
Thank you - for agreeing with my point.
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You have one big problem.....Cruz is on video, pushing H1-B visa’s....500%.
Here is the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHlGlNwsQb0
Do you really think the US Supreme Court would rule that the US Supreme Court is subservient to the World Court on matter pertaining to US law? Get real that win was a no brainer.
Ted Cruz says he has a plan
Most of us remember the super genius, super secret plans of GW.
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