Posted on 11/08/2013 9:03:35 AM PST by SoConPubbie
As a Latino myself, I totally agree with Cruz and Rubio. The GOP establishment is making too much over a “non-race” in New Jersey. The Democrat Party didn’t compete for the New Jersey governorship because they want Christie as the GOP nominee in 2016, so that the media can turn around and destroy him. It’s all a set up!
Fox News reports while the spotlight shines brightly on Gov. Chris Christie, and more moderate Republicans see a glimmer of hope to winning back the White House, two prominent Tea Party stars are very publicly rolling their eyes – senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio.Both senators on Wednesday downplayed the view that Christie’s victory in Democrat-leaning New Jersey, and his strong showing among Latinos – he got 51 percent of this crucial electorate’s vote – was a model for the GOP to follow on a national level.
Cruz gave what, at best, could be considered a backhanded compliment.“I think it is terrific that he is brash, that he is outspoken, and that he won his race,” Cruz, who is from Texas, told ABC News. “But I think we need more leaders in Washington with the courage to stand for principle. And in particular, Obamacare is not working.”The ABC report then added: “Asked whether Christie is a true conservative, Cruz walked away. Aides said he didn’t have time for more questions.”
Cruz, Rubio and Christie are all considered potential presidential candidates in 2016. But given the dismal performance of the GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney in 2012 among Latino voters – he got only 27 percent of their support, while President Obama’s was 71 percent – political experts say Christie’s more moderate image and his broad appeal now put him in a stronger position to be the GOP nominee in 2016.
Rubio, Cruz’s fellow senator and fellow Cuban-American, expressed similar tepid feelings in an interview with CNN.
He said, essentially, that Christie’s style may be just fine for New Jersey, but that people should not be so quick to think it’s the magic GOP wand for the nation.
“I think we need to understand that some of these races don’t apply to future races. Every race is different–it has a different set of factors – but I congratulate (Christie) on his win,” he told CNN.
On the night of his victory, and the next day, Christie did not hesitate to gloat about achieving the kind of broad support that has eluded his party.
“We won the Latino vote last night,” Christie said on Wednesday at a speech in Union City, traditionally an immigrant gateway, just a few miles from Manhattan, where 85 percent of the population is Latino. “Now find another Republican in America who’s won the Latino vote recently. Why? It’s because of the relationships. You get in, you build relationships, you build trust, and then people are willing to give you a chance. And of all the things that happened last night, that’s the thing that I am most gratified about.”
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I agree wholeheartedly. I am of Hispanic Decent as most Spanish speakers descend from Spain, Hispaniola not from Rome Italy/ Latin. But above all I am American!
I asked in another post that someone name Christie’s opponent without going to Google to find out.
So far no answer.
Christie had no opposition to amount to anything. Democrats spent all their money on McAuliffe while Republicrats held back funds from Cuccinelli.
The Republicrats elected McAuliffe.
Kris Kristie Kreme Ping!
Warm. Soft. Words melt in your ear.
My grand parents came from Sicily, I learned to speak, Italian, Latin, Spanish and German, am I a Latino Nazi? Just axin'.
/johnny
McCain had a good chance of winning until 9/15 when Bush’s treasury secretary effectively gave the election to Obama. After the conference in Washington, McCain made nice the rest of the campaign. He let Obama play the moderate rather than play up the Democrat’s obvious radicalism. My guess is that even when he was nominated the party had leaders told him to keep it toned down and that after the election they could work with the Democrats on the economic crisis. Palin did not fit in this strategy. Which is why they tried to shut her up and then after the election to discredit her. They are upset with Cruz because he has all her pizzaz and the Elitist credentials that she so totally lacks. They can’t call him “white trash” because he, like Bill Clinton, and unlike Barack Obama, is super smart and has the academic record to prove it.
Where would Democrats be without the voter support of criminals, liars and welfare beggars?
You’re absolutely correct.....the election is being played hot and heavy on the “back burner” while we are kept occupied and under fire on “the front burner” until they are ready to “show and tell” what’s really in the pot.
Oh yeah, hispanics are gonna fall all over themselves to vote for a fat, obnoxious white guy.
I see that you are from Illinois, which helps me to understand your posts. You are surrounded by RINOs and obviously think that is the OK way to go.
Ted Cruz, or those like him, should be the future of GOP.
We need true believers and not actors who try to act like they think a conservative should act, without really believing in it....People can spot those phonies from a mile away.
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True, so very true. In any walk of life/any profession if you believe in what you’re doing/saying...you will be more successful than the phonies out there. And having some passion about what your doing/saying also helps convince people that YOU are the real deal.
You SHOULD feel that way. Sadly, in Scranton HS, one student interviewed every fellow student of PR descent. Among the dozens, only TWO thought of themselves as Americans first, and not Puerto Ricans. Very sad, but typical of the brainwashed masses who have been victimized by the culture, and government schools. Bob
Don’t absolve Bush himself. He didn’t have to go along, and destroy the free market to “save” it.
Show me, using the last elections voting and electoral numbers how to do that? GW Bush wasn’t conservative.
Absurd. Should isn’t will. I don’t like RINOs, but we have to live with them. Look at the political reality. RINOs are regular betrayers of the conservative cause because...wait for it...they’re RINOs, not conservatives.
They represent states or districts that aren’t monolithically conservative. Do the math. Be realistic. We’re not going to win this in a single fell swoop.
We have to hold the Congress for a Generation. You’re not going to overthrow more than a half century of indoctrination in government schools or programming via the media. But you can slowly turn the ship around. To do so you must find areas of common accord and agreement.
Take homosexual marriage and the latest push to get every sexual deviant a seat at the table. Push back with the Right of Conscience and the Right of Free Association. People can be bargained with. We lose when we don’t move the ball forward, particularly when the deal is all or nothing.
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