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Commentary: Ted Cruz Merits a Look for President in 2016
Yahoo! Contributors Network ^ | July 24, 2013 | Mark Whittington

Posted on 07/24/2013 2:03:36 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

A Marist poll released Wednesday indicates that Hillary Clinton is the clear frontrunner for the Democratic nomination in 2016, and that there is a very crowded and tight field among Republicans. Yahoo asked voters: Which candidate are you backing and why? Here's one perspective.

COMMENTARY | The latest Marist poll of potential presidential candidates shows a couple of interesting results. First, Hillary Clinton is blowing away other Democrats. Second, the Republicans appear to be bunched up with no clear front runner.

Turning one's attention to the Republican field, one looks upon Ted Cruz, the junior senator from Texas. Hot Air, relying on a piece by Byron York, has a pretty good run down on why Cruz is appealing to conservatives. Writing, though, from this conservative's perspective, the one thing most appealing about Cruz is his lack of nuance, especially on the issues.

Illegal immigration? He's against it. Gun control. He's against that as well. What to do about Obamacare? Repeal it. Taxes? Cut them. Spending? Cut it.

To be sure, there are some details that show that Cruz has a more subtle grasp of the issues. When fighting against the Senate version of the immigration reform bill, Cruz proposed a host of amendments that would loosen legal immigration, both to make illegal immigration less appealing and to attract the sort of immigrants who would benefit the United States.

Cruz was a champion debater at Princeton and is a graduate of Harvard Law, which means that unlike every other Republican from Ronald Reagan to Sarah Palin, he can't be accused of being stupid. He is like fire when on the stump, with the capability of bringing people to their feet without effort, much like Reagan and Palin.....

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Texas; Issues; Parties; Polls
KEYWORDS: 2014election; 2016; 2016election; 2016gopprimary; byronyork; cruz; cruz2016; election2014; election2016; markwhittington; palin; tedcruz; texas
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1 posted on 07/24/2013 2:03:36 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Here come the birthers.


2 posted on 07/24/2013 2:05:09 PM PDT by Perdogg (Cruz-Paul 2016)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’ll canvass the neighborhoods and be a block captain again for his race should he run.


3 posted on 07/24/2013 2:05:47 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (All that is required for evil to advance is for government to do "something")
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To: Perdogg

The only thing about “birthers -” and I am one, ‘cause I don’t think Obama was born here, either that or there is some Big Secret on his birth certificate -

is, the rule has to apply to all, or none.

If we don’t get to see proof positive of Obama’s nativity, I don’t think we should have to see proof positive of anyone else’s.

I want the Constitution to be followed. But not by just half the country.


4 posted on 07/24/2013 2:07:50 PM PDT by Persevero ( What is your 'fair share' of what someone else has worked for?" -Thomas Sowell)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I am “all in” for Cruz!


5 posted on 07/24/2013 2:08:03 PM PDT by Kansas58
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To: Perdogg

I’m a birther. And I’d vote for Cruz for president. So what’s your point?


6 posted on 07/24/2013 2:09:18 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

it’s pretty simple. any republican desiring the conservative party mantle can come to the conservative party convention. but exactly one of them or an independent conservative leaves.


7 posted on 07/24/2013 2:12:40 PM PDT by dadfly
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To: Persevero; Responsibility2nd

I apologize for the pre-empted strike. It was made out frustration in past postings, my bad.


8 posted on 07/24/2013 2:13:31 PM PDT by Perdogg (Cruz-Paul 2016)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Cruz is among a few republicans I would love to support for president.

Others are Palin, Lee, Sessions.

I really cannot think of anyone else.


9 posted on 07/24/2013 2:14:11 PM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: Perdogg

Well, after the ênyan’s presidency, Natural Born, along with the rest of the Constitution is no longer relevant so Cruz has just as much right to be President as anyone else on Earth.


10 posted on 07/24/2013 2:16:40 PM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINE http://steshaw.org/econohttp://www.fee.org/library/det)
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I’m fine with Cruz, although it would be fun watching Hillary stand next to Sarah on a stage.

I’m still not convinced Biden isn’t going to run, and there will be blacks and maybe Hispanics running. Hillary may have a cakewalk to the general election, but not before stepping on a lot of toes.

The Democrat dog and pony show might be more entertaining than the Republican show.


11 posted on 07/24/2013 2:18:10 PM PDT by pallis
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To: Persevero
I want the Constitution to be followed. But not by just half the country.

RIGHT! So if the Left uses the Constitution for toilet paper, we should, too. It's only fair.

Do you really think we should ratify the junking of the Constitution? It served us pretty well for a couple of centuries. Are we beyond that now?

12 posted on 07/24/2013 2:20:08 PM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINE http://steshaw.org/econohttp://www.fee.org/library/det)
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Illegal immigration? He's against it. Gun control. He's against that as well. What to do about Obamacare? Repeal it. Taxes? Cut them. Spending? Cut it.

CLOSE. ENOUGH.

Wow.

Ted Cruz... President.

Greg Abbot... Governer of Texas.

Wow.

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13 posted on 07/24/2013 2:20:51 PM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: Perdogg

Its quite all right. Like you - I have seen FReepers who would REFUSE to vote for Cruz.

I could understand their reasoning. Except the courts have refused to rule Obama is ineligible, so therefore Cruz is most certainly qualified.


14 posted on 07/24/2013 2:23:52 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: arthurus

Do you really think we should ratify the junking of the Constitution? It served us pretty well for a couple of centuries. Are we beyond that now?

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Puh-leaze. Allowing the courts to rule against a certain class of citizenship that only pertains to the president of the US and no one else is not “junking” the Constitution.


15 posted on 07/24/2013 2:27:39 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Perdogg

I’m a birther but if we don’t get somebody of substance in the Oval Office real soon there won’t be a Constitution to follow or a country to save. I will gladly vote for Cruz if he still looks this good in 2016.


16 posted on 07/24/2013 2:32:21 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: arthurus

Cruz’s Canadian birth certificate is too controversial and will be a major distraction. It will be like Romney’s mormonism in the previous election.

As much as we would like to think that most people will get past it, the fact is that many never will. The discussion will never end and nobody will change their minds.

Cruz, Rand Paul and Mike Lee have an almost identical voting record. The smart play here is for Rand Paul to run for president and for the other two to stay in the sidelines so as not to divide the vote. Then Cruz can be appointed attorney general and Mike Lee treasury secretary. Just my opinion.


17 posted on 07/24/2013 2:32:41 PM PDT by BarnacleCenturion
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To: Responsibility2nd
I’m a birther. And I’d vote for Cruz for president. So what’s your point?

See post 12.

18 posted on 07/24/2013 2:35:49 PM PDT by Sans-Culotte ( Pray for Obama- Psalm 109:8)
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To: Sans-Culotte

I saw post 12. I replied to post 12.

See post 15.


19 posted on 07/24/2013 2:37:54 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"When Jon Stewart called him a "dirty syrup guzzler," he [Cruz] sent him a nice note and a bottle of Texas syrup."

Now that's funny. I don't care who you are.

20 posted on 07/24/2013 2:42:52 PM PDT by ReeseBN38416
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