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Why Ted Cruz Has More To Gain As The Presidential Election Campaigns Gear Up
http://www.examiner.com ^ | 7/28/2015 | Jack Dennis

Posted on 08/03/2015 7:36:30 AM PDT by conservativejoy

Sen. Ted Cruz, on Friday at the end of a nearly 20-minute speech on the Senate floor, accused Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of lying to him. Sen. Ted Cruz, on Friday at the end of a nearly 20-minute speech on the Senate floor, accused Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of lying to him.

Ted Cruz, the first Latino elected to the Senate from Texas and the first Hispanic law clerk for a chief justice of the Supreme Court, has more potential to gain than other presidential candidates as citizens begin to learn more about him. Most voters have yet to hear and see him at this best--when he is debating. While Cruz begins this week preparing for the upcoming debates in August, his opponents continue to worry about Donald Trump's strong momentum.

Republican presidential candidate is known as the "smartest man in Congress" by Rush Limbaugh.

Often compared to President Ronald Reagan, some of the similarities are prominent. During the 1980 election, Reagan was despised by many in the Republican leadership because he would not go along with their politics and agenda. When he challenged Gerald Ford, the sitting president in 1976, he made adversaries within the party.

Like Reagan, Cruz said from the beginning his purpose in Washington was not to make friends. Instead he has gained recognition for standing out and doing what most Senators will not dare try. His record is one of fighting for conservative and independent voter causes even when they aren’t widely held by established politicians. Many conservatives considered Cruz brave for taking on Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell by revealing his "flat out lie" Friday. Some politicians, loyal to the establishment, were quick to call Cruz out.

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KEYWORDS: 2016election; election2016; tedcruz; texas
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1 posted on 08/03/2015 7:36:30 AM PDT by conservativejoy
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To: conservativejoy

Well sure. He’ll pick up a lot of the Trump voters when trump eventually drops out.


2 posted on 08/03/2015 7:43:44 AM PDT by RIghtwardHo
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To: conservativejoy

“as citizens begin to know more about him”...Well, for one, he is a Harvard Educated Attorney. Secondly, his wife is an Analyst at Goldman Sachs. Lastly, he is supported by trial lawyers. Enough said!


3 posted on 08/03/2015 7:44:02 AM PDT by Old Retired Army Guy (frequently.)
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To: conservativejoy

He’s the brightest up there.


4 posted on 08/03/2015 7:46:21 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: longfellow

He is by far the brightest. Trump is also very smart. Some of the others are not so bright and we need to make sure we don’t get stuck with them.


5 posted on 08/03/2015 7:54:37 AM PDT by conservativejoy (We Can Elect Ted Cruz! Pray Hard, Work Hard, Trust God!)
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To: conservativejoy

Go Cruz.


6 posted on 08/03/2015 7:54:44 AM PDT by ravenwolf (If the Bible don`t say it, don`t preach it to me.)
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To: conservativejoy

But I’ve never seen him flip flop and always gives a straight answer.

If trump divides the vote and gets us Hitlary I’ll kill him.


7 posted on 08/03/2015 7:59:20 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy

Well if you hate him, then I love him! So thanks for convincing me!


8 posted on 08/03/2015 8:01:41 AM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius (www.wilsonharpbooks.com - Sign up for my new release e-mail and get my first novel for free)
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To: conservativejoy

Cruz has been saying much of what Trump has been saying.

The difference is that Trump has a much bigger Megaphone.


9 posted on 08/03/2015 8:03:03 AM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy

“as citizens begin to know more about him”...Well, for one, he is a Harvard Educated Attorney. Secondly, his wife is an Analyst at Goldman Sachs. Lastly, he is supported by trial lawyers. Enough said!

OK Who is your guy?


10 posted on 08/03/2015 8:03:17 AM PDT by brickdds
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To: conservativejoy; Kale; Jarhead9297; COUNTrecount; notaliberal; DoughtyOne; MountainDad; ...
    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!

11 posted on 08/03/2015 8:30:22 AM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: brickdds

Excellent points!

Oh yeah, Cruz is my guy.


12 posted on 08/03/2015 9:21:21 AM PDT by Reagan Disciple (Peace through Strength)
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To: conservativejoy

Cruz/Fiorina.


13 posted on 08/03/2015 9:22:28 AM PDT by CTyank
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To: conservativejoy

He is absolutely the best
Hope the exposure gets him new voters and backers


14 posted on 08/03/2015 9:24:21 AM PDT by uncbob
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To: tcrlaf
The difference is that Trump has a much bigger Megaphone.

Yep... Trump has a billion dollar megaphone. And the thing Trump has that most of the others don't have .... is the name recognition. We who follow politics and study the various candidates forget the MEGA impact that name recognition has. When I was 18 my father was a local elected politician for several years. I learned then that there is no substitute for name recognition. A large number of people walk into a voting poll and often just vote for the name they have heard before, or recognize.

15 posted on 08/03/2015 9:27:10 AM PDT by kjam22 (my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy
Well, for one, he is a Harvard Educated Attorney.

Who clerked for Conservative Supreme Court Justice and won several cases for conservative causes in front of the court

Alan Dershowitz said he was a brilliant student

He was also national debating champion
16 posted on 08/03/2015 9:28:13 AM PDT by uncbob
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius

I didn’t realize I had a “fan club”. I don’t “HATE” him or for that fact any Republican candidate. I just think that his credentials make me suspect that he will be partial towards trial lawyers and Wall Street like a lot of politicians. I would prefer someone like Scott Walker who has taken on the Public Sector Unions and the Democrat Macji9ne in a Blue State and won every time. Cruz can compete with that kind of proven record. Of course I would vote for him if he were the party nominee against any Democrat, but I just think we can do better than another trial lawyer.


17 posted on 08/03/2015 9:45:16 AM PDT by Old Retired Army Guy (frequently.)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy

Meant to type “machine” instead of what my fingers typed. Also meant to say Cruz “CAN’T” compete with the kind of record Walker has of actually accomplishing things.


18 posted on 08/03/2015 9:49:06 AM PDT by Old Retired Army Guy (frequently.)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy

Then promote your guy. Tell me why I should vote for Walker. Stop the ripping down of other candidates. It isn’t helpful. This is why we end up with tattered and destroyed nominees, because no one is pure enough to satisfy anyone.

Promote Walker. That’s all.


19 posted on 08/03/2015 9:55:19 AM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius (www.wilsonharpbooks.com - Sign up for my new release e-mail and get my first novel for free)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy

Our Standard: The Constitution

Ted Cruz has spent a lifetime fighting to defend the Constitution — our nation’s founding document and the supreme law of the land — which was crafted by our founding fathers to act as chains to bind the mischief of government and to protect the liberties endowed to us by our Creator.

Religious Liberty

Second Amendment

U.S. Sovereignty

Government Overreach

 

More Proven Records:


20 posted on 08/03/2015 11:31:50 AM PDT by Isara
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