[BeadCounter]

I agree. People are getting carried away. I’m from Texas and would vote for Cruz for President but I’m not unrealistic in discounting every other politician. I’ve seen where Cruz voices true conservatism, I do not note any bills he has passed, the House is who has defunded Obamacare and shut down the government.

[2ndDivisionVet]

I don’t want a legislator to “pass bills” I want them to get rid of Obamacare, red tape for businesses, welfare, political correctness and so much more.

[volunbeer]

I don’t think the “pass any bills” things matters much to the American people. After all, we elected “Senator short-term” that really had no resume by my recollection and he had a record of voting “present.”

With that said, I will not discount the power of the media and GOP elite to destroy any candidate that threatens them. Unlike FReepers, most Americans are lazy and get their news from the MSM and they will never portray Cruz or any other conservative in a good light. Whoever our nominee is will likely be facing the inevitable first woman Presidency. We hear it all the time on this site - Benghazi will sink her, but do your own polling and ask people that don’t follow politics and they known nothing about it and probably don’t care.

Hope and pray that I am wrong, but I just don’t have that much faith left in the American people and our political process. We are bankrupting our nation and the math is impossible with people that demand what the politicians promised.

[carlo3b]

I do not note any bills he has passed,..

Precisely what we need.. More like him that feels more government is not what we need, be an obstructionist, stop everything and everything they can, until it squeaks in Washington..

If someone would just propose that the budget be cut 10% a year for 5 years and let the dust settle.. Find out what we really need to be funded by attrition..

[SoConPubbie]

I do not note any bills he has passed, the House is who has defunded Obamacare and shut down the government.

Not a requirement for POTUS.

Conservative Leadership, on the other hand, is a requirement.

Senator Cruz has this characteristic in large quantities.

Much more, by far, than any other potential POTUS candidate in the GOP with the exception of Governor Palin.

[lquist1]

“I do not note any bills he has passed”

I sure hope he hasn’t passed any bills in a Dem-led Senate. If he had, that would make him either a RINO or Marco Rubio. The best you can do in this type of environment is OBSTRUCT — as much as possible — all the bad legislation in that originates in that body.