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Posted on 10/15/2013 1:55:02 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said Republicans have a chance to take back the majority in the Senate in 2014 only if the party boldly differentiates itself from Democrats.
“I think 2014 can and should be a very good Republican year and I think if Republicans stand for principle, we’re going to win in 2014," Cruz said in an interview with David Brody of the Christian Broadcasting Network.
Cruz argued that the 2006, 2008, and 2012 election cycles were "disastrous for Republicans," because in "all three of those cycles Republicans followed the philosophy of keep your head down, don’t rock the boat, don’t stand for anything, don’t take any risks and we’ll just somehow magically win at the polls."
Cruz contrasted those election cycles with 2010, where "Republicans stood strong for principle, we stood against Obamacare, we stood with the American people and we won a tidal wave election."
"Now what do all of the voices of Washington say now? ‘We need to return to the pattern of ’06,’08, and ’12. We need to return to not standing for anything, not risking anything, not rocking the boat,'" Cruz said. "That is a path to losing. The way you win elections is you paint in bold colors not in pale pastels. You stand strong for the American people just like Ronald Reagan did."
Cruz said "that’s the path to victory" and emphasized that "if Republicans do that I think in 2014 Republicans can and should take a majority of the U.S. Senate."
"But if we don’t stand for principle we’re not going to win in November," Cruz said.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
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Ted Cruz Ping!
If you want on/off this ping list, please let me know.
Please beware, this is a high-volume ping list!
I need on please.
Done!
You honor me SoConPubbie,
Thank You!
Well, It’s an honor to have you on the list BF.
DAT TED = ‘HE DA BOMB’ It’s my opinion that you can actually get smart by LISTENING TO SMART PEOPLE....SO...TIME TO LISTEN UP TO TED....AUUU RAH!
Thank you SoConPubbie and thank you for this great ping list.
Very much appreciated FRiend! :)
We are so blessed to have somebody like him on our side. He has given me faith that maybe, we will actually save our nation. If we do, he surpasses all who preceded him.
And don't forget Newt's Contract With America.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3079011/posts
“Sen. Ted Cruz met with roughly 15 to 20 House Republicans for roughly two hours late Monday night at the Capitol Hill watering hole Tortilla Coast.
The group appeared to be talking strategy about how they should respond to a tentative Senate deal to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling without addressing Obamacare in a substantive way, according to sources who witnessed the gathering. The Texas Republican senator and many of House Republicans in attendance had insisted on including amendments aimed at dismantling Obamacare in the continuing resolution that was intended to avert the current shutdown.
Sources said the House Republicans meeting in the basement of Tortilla Coast with Cruz were some of the most conservative in the House: Reps. Louie Gohmert of Texas, Steve King of Iowa, Jim Jordan of Ohio, Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Raúl Labrador of Idaho, Steve Southerland of Florida, Mark Meadows of North Carolina, and Justin Amash of Michigan.
The group is a collection of members who have often given leadership headaches in recent years by opposing both compromise measures as well as packages crafted by fellow Republicans. And, it seems, leadership unwittingly became aware of the meetup.
While the dinner meeting was held in a private basement room, the group was spotted by Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who was dining with some other members, including Gregg Harper, R-Miss. McCarthy is a regular at the Capitol Hill watering hole, and a source said he seemed particularly interested in what the group was up to.”
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.rollcall.com ...
The man is the very essence of articulation; just amazing.
Please add me to your ping list.
This guy is friggin awesome! He’s taking the crappy GOPe by the horns and attempting to set them straight.
Mr. Cruz is a Harvard debate champion and, as the libs are finding out, very difficult to rattle. Ever hear Hillary as she gets excited while speaking? Her voice gets more and more shrill. You won't hear that from Mr. Cruz. If those two are running against each other in 2016, the contrast will be striking.
Ted Cruz is a once-in-a-generation kind of conservative. Completely unafraid. Thanks as always for the ping.
The GOP agreeing to a union obamacare exemption will be the parties obituary. It boggles the mind that leadership would agree to that. Total beltway fever insanity.
I seem to be missing Cruz’s message, no doubt because the media doesn’t want to convey it, but what does Cruz want in order to back off and vote to raise the debt limit? Is defunding Obama care the only issue in play, or does he feel like that’s not enough?
In any event, I’ve not heard him spell out that he would rather the US face default rather than fund Obamacare. I would guess this is his position, but I’m not sure.
Put me on this list :)
“Stand for principles”
You know that’s going to irritate the RNC and assorted RINOs in Congress. Can’t have that, you know. The media will find us objectionable.
The GOP agreeing to a union obamacare exemption will be the parties obituary. It boggles the mind that leadership would agree to that. Total beltway fever insanity.
Agree. And if that’s true I think we will see that, and congress exemption be first and foremost in Cruz et al ‘s 2014 push.
I for one hope they are bold enough to call this out.
He needs to dial back just a bit of his hard edge and add back a touch of the Gipper’s humor.
He is right—more and more I am liking this Ted Cruz.
I agree 100%.
I strongly support Ted Cruz, and believe he is one of the GOP candidates most highly qualified for President.
I do not agree with him on healthcare, because we have no alternative.
I believe until we have an alternative we need to support what reforms have been made. I realize this is a minority position but I hold it strongly.
Republicans you are the competition.
WHERE IS THE GOP HEALTHCARE PLAN?
The GOP has trotted out a half dozen different alternatives to Obamacare but MSM coverage hasn’t happened.
So long as individuals buy their coverage through third parties of any kind, costs will continue to be up and to the right.
Has the GOP passed any, in the House?
(I don’t know the answer to this question, actually)
Ted Cruz is the definition of “bold” and may he continue to
be a beacon for conservatives and conservative candidates!
I’m WITH the Cruz Missile!!
Done!
Done!
The only GOP ‘plan’ I want is for them all to get the hell out of the way. Let me buy from whom I want, where I want, what I want. I will negotiate my own prices.
I disagree.
I disagree with you on this. I disagree with Sarah Palin on this (never, ever thought I would say that!)
I disagree with Senator Cruz on this.
That said, I am a bedrock American conservative.
The GOP needs to find some policy on insurance which is not chasing every democrat away.
We need to be ATTRACTING voters.
We need an healthcare insurance plan.
Of our own.
Now.
Well we seem to disagree on this issue, on which you seem to hold a high degree of view in common with the Conservatives I (otherwise) think the most of.
I am not saying you are wrong.
But I am saying I disagree on this issue.
And on the issue of American jobs. We need to stop sending US jobs to China.
Otherwise we’ll probably agree on most everything.
Reagan often met the press on the campaign trail with a very hard edge and very little humor. During the 1980 campaign the press painted him as certain to start WWIII.
The press also painted Reagan as a dim bulb, or they tried to but failed. A few top reporters and correspondents researched Reagan’s never released writings in his library after his two terms hoping to reveal his shallow command and lack of intellect. Instead they found a giant.
Reagan’s strength was not his humor and not even his principles, although his humor when visible was great and his principles were universal.
***Reagan’s strength was his ability to speak past the press and directly to the people.***
The press so many times would attempt to trap him but he would never back down. When they asked him for example why he didn’t support a freeze on nuclear weapons he would counter that he did not want to freeze their production but wanted to reduce their numbers.
Reagan saw all the traps the press would lay before him and with his quick wit and intelligence he would tie the press in knots.
Cruz is cut from the same cloth.
Cruz is a Harvard law grad graduating in the top half of his class but I think he was a debate champion at Princeton. His debate skills were born when he was still a pup in Texas.
It’s a shame we didn’t have Cruz running in 2012.
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high volume is not only acceptable, it is hoped for!!!
I do not wear Pale Pastels!
At least not in public.
Done!
Add me also please-—thanks
Done!
Aww, that flag needs to be a soothing shade of light lemon yellow... and the snake is too offensive, make it a weasel... JUST KIDDING JUST KIDDING
Not a plan, total reform is needed. But I will give you this much, the Dem's rapped their transformation into the "hope" of a insurance plan aka a individual policy.
The total package needed has so many pieces to the puzzle ( Hsa's + Concierge Service, High Risk pool, purchasing across state lines, all types of policies brought back, web-based marketplace, purchasing through groups such as your church, etc etc etc). All those mentioned in the brackets will take time to explain, I am not sure the low informational type amongst us will take the time to learn or care...
Please add me. Thank you.
Please add me. Thank you.
Sadly the GOP does not like the limelight, they do not want to be in charge, If they are in second position they are still the butt of scathing criticism, but when they are in charge it ramps up too much and unfortunately they can not stand the HEAT. God help America.
Ted Cruz, Rand Paul. Sarah Palin. Lee, and a few others are the exception and unless they can step forward and LEAD the weak GOP members that just want to get along and keep their perks; WE ARE LOST; and AMERICA with it! SCARY situation. We need to be mad. Mad as HELL with the GOP!
Pray for strength and understanding, and vision of God's solution to this debacle.
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