Iowa Trip Sows a Tea-Party Rivalry

Hotair ^ | 07/22/2013 | Robert Costa

[Trapped Behind Enemy Lines]

My first choice is Ted Cruz. Does his Canadian birth preclude him from becoming POTUS?

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Does his Canadian birth preclude him from becoming POTUS?

You’ve just opened up a can of worms for this thread.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Depends on which of the “Constitutional Experts” on Free Republic that you ask...

[miliantnutcase]

Obama became pres. so I say, “What difference does it make”?

[canuck_conservative]

Does his Canadian birth preclude him from becoming POTUS?

Why would it?

Obama was born in Kenya, nobody stopped him.

And if anybody asks Cruz any hard questions, all he has to do is scream "anti-Hispanic racism!" (cuz that's how the game is played now)

[Alex in chains]

If we can get three of four more conservatives in the primary, then...... Jeb Bush gets the nomination because we all split our vote, just like we did the last two elections.

Keystone Cop Conservatives set to strike again.

[ObozoMustGo2012]

Hey! Jeb Bush is a NBC! Problem solved! /sarc

[TexasCajun]

If a poor half-black man from Kenya...

[celmak]

Who could have standing, being that no one could “demonstrate a specific and individualized injury from the impending alleged violation of the Twelfth Amendment?” Only the ones going against him in the election, then it will go to the SCOTUS. 10 to one it will be one of Cruz's fellow Repubs, leaving the Democrat candidate for Pres. with clean hands.

[Nuc 1.1]

You are so correct. We better get behind one or two candidates from the git go or Jeb or some other progressive like him will be president.

[BarnacleCenturion]

“Does his Canadian birth preclude him from becoming POTUS?”

I don’t think so, but this discussion will never end.

Cruz has a Canadian birth certificate and for all we know still has dual citizenship. Some people won’t like that no matter what the courts say.

[ObozoMustGo2012]

McLame was born in Panama

[SeekAndFind]

Something interesting to know — BORIS JOHNSON, Mayor of London, who has NEVER, EVER lived in America, is an American Citizen by virtue of being born here in New York.

Therefore, by America’s stupid tax law, he should be filing income taxes here.

[ConservativeDude]

Could a Paul or a Cruz actually in in America?

I fear that they wouldn’t, actually.

That said, even if they lose, it is important to articulate an alternative. We’ve tried the strategy of losing without articulating an alternative, so better to lose while articulating an alternative.

Otherwise, it will be same old same old: nominate Bush or Christie, will will of course, lose. then blame it on conservatives and say “well, NEXT time, we have to appear to the middle and to minorities and we might win....”

same old same old....

(I like Paul and Cruz both...I think probably at the end of the day, Cruz would be better, though....)

[SharpRightTurn]

Rand, I don’t think anyone is better than you on working to reduce the size of the behemoth.

But when you played footsie with Amnesty, I had to push you down the list.

Go, Ted!

[SoConPubbie]

From a Tea-Party perspective, Rand Paul with his Amnesty plan is a Traitor!

[BarnacleCenturion]

Q10 Given the choices of Jeb Bush, Chris Christie,
Ted Cruz, Bobby Jindal, Susana Martinez,
Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Paul Ryan, and Rick
Santorum, who would you most like to see as
the GOP candidate for President in 2016?
Rand Paul ....................................................... 18%
Jeb Bush......................................................... 14%
Chris Christie .................................................. 16%
Ted Cruz ......................................................... 10%
Bobby Jindal ................................................... 2%
Susana Martinez............................................. 1%
Marco Rubio ................................................... 11%
Paul Ryan ....................................................... 15%
Rick Santorum................................................ 6%
Someone else/Not sure .................................. 7%

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_Iowa_711.pdf

[RS_Rider]

“Obama became pres. so I say, “What difference does it make”?”

What we are experiencing now is the result of unconstitutional actions. It certainly makes a difference. The framers knew what a natural born American citizen was supposed to be, we ignored that and are suffering the outcome.

[Mozilla]

Truth Hurts...the tea party is in disarray somewhat. Look at the blows tea party people will give each other in Kentucky and Wyoming senate races. Still bitter blood from Todd Akin and Christine O’Donnell and Richard Murdoch races. You now that barbs will be traded. And tea party groups will be on both sides. Guy taking on McConnell has a shady back ground and took some government funds for his business. Came from the Northeast. Some tea party groups against him.

So more infighting when several so-called tea party people run for POTUS. Marco still being allowed into tea party events and meetings along with Kelly Ayote and others. While at the same time they do leftist things. Rand is not that conservative on quiet a growing number of issues, but does that mean he is not tea party? Depends what he does. He could go one way or the other on some issues like defense and immigration.