Posted on 04/09/2014 10:55:33 AM PDT by C19fan
The prospective Republican presidential primary field can be broken down into three tiers: There’s the tea-party wing, where Sens. Rand Paul and Ted Cruz are already competing for the most conservative voters. There’s the gubernatorial wing, where lesser-known Republicans like Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Ohio Gov. John Kasich will be looking to parlay their executive experience into a spot on the national stage.
But most important to the process is the establishment wing, the candidate whom party leaders and donors gravitate toward, usually early on. Despite rumors of their demise, GOP insiders have always played a critical role in Republican presidential nominations and are showing no signs of slowing down for 2016. The establishment gravitated to Mitt Romney not long after his 2008 loss, anointed George W. Bush as the front-runner well before the 2000 presidential campaign began, and shepherded Bob Dole and George H.W. Bush through conservative insurgencies. Despite the presence of social conservatives and tea parties over the years, the Republican Party has tended to rally behind a more moderate contender.
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I was asking oldhunk, who stated that, and just CCing you since he made the statement to you.
Listen to Cruz discussing an amendment he proposed to Rubio’s bill last year. Then tell me he’s not a squish on the issue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iloBCB59O0#t=264
You don’t realize that LEGAL immigration and ILLEGAL immigration are two different things? Who is your boy?
Sorry, anyone who is proposing to increase legal immigration to provide cheap labor for the likes of Zuckerberg doesn’t get my support. Just another crony capitalist. Cruz also seems willing to give legal status to those already here.
I wish I had someone I could support. I really admire what Scott Walker has accomplished in Wisconsin, but he is also a squish on immigration. The only prominent politician I know of that seems to have it right is Jeff Sessions.
Jeff Sessions is the finest man in Washington.
You do know that not enough of our kids are taking mathematics, engineering, medicine, physics and a thousand other things we need more of in this country to sustain our lead and keep our economy going, right? If there were some large surplus of Americans with degrees in the hard sciences I could see your point, but there isn’t and hasn’t been for many years. Senator Ted Cruz facing that bitter reality doesn’t make him a crony capitalist in any way. I was a recruiter and career counselor for many years. It is what it is. And again, show us where he has indicated an acceptance of amnesty.
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