Posted on 10/29/2013 7:33:09 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Was the end result of Ted Cruz’s effort to derail Obamacare in the recently concluded budget debate a good one? Rick Santorum doesn’t think so.
“I would say that in the end, he did more harm,” Santorum said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet The Press,” adding that while Cruz’s aim was worthy, his follow through wasn’t effective.
Does it matter what Santorum, a failed 2012 White House contender, thinks of Cruz, a freshman Texas senator and rising conservative star? Yes. Because of Iowa.
Cruz made his third swing through the first-in-the-nation caucus state over the weekend, building more bridges with conservative activists and stoking more chatter that he will run for president in 2016. If he does, Cruz will be spending an awful lot more time in the Hawkeye State, because the nominating caucus there, dominated by GOP activists, is his natural political base.
There’s little reason to doubt that Cruz could compete for Iowa in the GOP presidential sweepstakes. But he’s not a shoo-in. And one factor that could well determine how far he goes is what Santorum decides to do.
The eventual winner of 2012 Iowa caucuses, Santorum hasn’t ruled out another run....
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If we could coalesce behind one candidate early and REFUSE to lend any support whatsoever to the designated RINO, that cohesion behind one candidate would snowball. Cruz has provided the spark. It’s up to conservatives to fan the flame.
Rick’s plan was better, I’m certain. What was it again?
Do nothing and roll over?
The way I look at 2016, assuming we’ll be allowed to vote, is that the minute the GOP nominates their designated RINO, the election is lost. Conservatives will either stay home or write in “D. B. Cooper.” We’ve simply had enough with all the GOPe lies and backstabbing.
These “get along go along” types make me ill. Santorum is a mediocre candidate for any office.
Poppycock. They’re grasping - and that makes me smile!
He’s losing weight.
I voted and donated to Rick in the 2008 campaign.
Rick, You speak in paragraphs and nobody hears your message.
Ted is clear, focused, and on message.
Rick, Get off of Ted’s back. Maybe he’ll invite you to join his Cabinet.
Santorum was driven out of politics when he was kicked out of his Senate seat by a bigger margin than Christine O’Donnell lost her effort to win one by, close to an 18 point loss.
The career politician has been looking for a niche to fill ever since, he supported Arlen Specter not only in 2004 but also for the 2010 election, and he was a Romney man in 2008.
Santorum is looking for a place to land, and a desperate rino is dangerous indeed, not as a winner, but as a spoiler, or stalking horse, which I still think was his original role in early 2012.
We all say that.
I felt somewhat the same way. Cruz started out strong with the one day delay and his speeches, and then he sort of petered out with the rest of the GOP and watched the GOP Leftists give in. There seemed to be no real fight after the filibuster.
Gack! Santorum causes me to have an eye tic and annoys me something awful.
Ted Cruz is standing tall right now. I’m proud of him. I did everything I knew how to do to support him, including writing repeatedly to my own feckless Congresscritter. I’m all in with Ted. Captain, my captain.
Really, serious people must consign this quixotic idiosyncrete to the elephant's graveyard.
NO RETREADS!
Your worry is justified by history. IDK who it will be but the GOP wing of the ruling clique will certainly not go down without a fight. They will attack Cruz, or whoever runs in his place, tooth and nail-- and gladly see a 'Rat victory before allowing a conservative American victory.
We live in extraordinary times.
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