Posted on 03/03/2014 6:50:16 PM PST by SoConPubbie
The longest shadow in Tuesday’s primary election in Texas is being cast by a politician not even in the running, freshman U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican.
Mr. Cruz, just two years into his first major elected office, has arguably become the most loved politician among Republicans in Texas, an incubator for national conservative policies where the party dominates the statehouse and has not lost a statewide race since 1994.
A host of Republican hopefuls are trying to ride his coattails, turning campaigns into raucous affairs about how much they despise Obamacare, embrace the constitutional right to bear arms and see a need to raise alarms about illegal immigration.
Mr. Cruz has turned an already right-leaning Texas Republican Party even further to the right, analysts said.
“Cruz scared the daylights out of centre and center-right conservatives to the extent that they do not feel comfortable enough to run on their true positions and feel compelled to cater to the most conservative elements of the Texas Republican primary electorate,” said Mark Jones, a political science professor at Rice University in Houston.
Mr. Cruz, 43, a darling of Tea Party Republicans with their often unbending policies to shrink government, has mostly steered clear of direct campaigning in Texas but has supported a select few candidates challenging established Republicans.
Last year, Mr. Cruz led the push to deny funding to President Barack Obama’s healthcare plan, resulting in a 16-day government shutdown. The strategy left congressional Republicans further divided, with moderates in the Senate unhappy about the public backlash against the GOP.
In Texas, support has grown for Mr. Cruz since the standoff, with 43 per cent of respondents in a University of Texas-Texas Tribune poll in February having a favourable opinion of him, higher than the 33 per cent favourable rating for fellow Senator John Cornyn, a Republican.
(Excerpt) Read more at theglobeandmail.com ...
Among Ohio Republicans, Ted Cruz is regarded as a vitriolic buffoon.
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Who gives a crap what people in Ohio think? I lived in Michigan for 10 years; just 30 minutes from the Ohio border. Ohio has the dubious honor of being the state with the most child molesters, per capita, of any state in the Midwest. Like anyone cares what a bunch of perverts think?
Your Post #15 to staytrue is spot on!
anyone in TX have any input on which way the wind blowing in regards to ousting Cornhole?
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I think we’re looking at a run-off between Cornhole and either Steve Stockman (gag me), Dwayne Stovall, or Linda Vega. He is running scared and having to use a whole helluva lot of his campaign war chest. And, I’m thinking God isn’t even for Cornyn. See the link below:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3129021/posts
Love it. I don’t know who created that bumper sticker but, they are sitting on a gold mine. Hold onto that for another year.
Patterson makes me sick! He’s a buddy of Strauss...who REALLY makes me sick!
Ted, we've been waiting for you...
Thanks for the link! I hope we all can have a little Fun in the upcoming 18 months - Ted is becoming both a Hero and anti-hero in the sense that he is never seen with a fake plastic politician smile. That pin with those eyebrows and his distinctive face - priceless. Genuine.
I am so proud of his emphasis on being principled and I am seeing others noticing the valor associated with this quality.
He’s a young man, so he can lead the way for a long time, but the Dems and Rep establishment will have the long knives out for him.
LOL!
Ted Cruz tells the truth, and all the cringing GOPe pansies wet their panties. Disgusting.
Ted Cruz for President.
I have no particular reason to trust you (or not) ... but your claim is an indictment of Ohio Republicans.
It’s lying, too. Cruz has been visiting New Hampshire, Iowa, Ohio for about a year now, building the grassroots.
I’m straining trying to think of a name of a Ohio Republican. Kasick, Kasich, something like that....
“txhurl” For the Defense?
I’ll add that I actually know a handful of “Ohio Republicans”; opinions are generally favorable of Cruz. They’re from rural parts of Ohio. Not sure if they’re representative, especially of the urban hellholes.
I just knew I’d find you here.
Welcome to FR!
Thank you! Seems like a very cool website. I think I'll hang around for a while.
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