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Ted Cruz on Mitt Romney: No need for ‘mushy middle'
Politico ^ | 01/12/15 | Ben Schreckinger

Posted on 01/13/2015 5:52:26 AM PST by celmak

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz took a swipe at Mitt Romney on Monday, saying that Republicans’ path to the presidency doesn’t cut through “the mushy middle.”

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2016; braking; cruz; elections; gope; loserromney; mitt; mushyromney; rinoromney; romney; stinkyromney; tedcruz; uniparty
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To: celmak
Actually, Cruz said candidates shouldn't "run to the mushy middle," not through it. There's a bit of a difference. "Through it" sounds as though you might end up somewhere else. You won't.
21 posted on 01/13/2015 7:01:41 AM PST by firebrand
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To: celmak
“the mushy middle”

Ouch!

Pro-Romney articles recently are saying Romney will attack Jeb from the right.

Good to see Ted even more to the right of both. Romney and Jeb can claim to be conservatives, but neither can really show it now.


22 posted on 01/13/2015 7:02:06 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: firebrand

BINGO! We have a winner!


23 posted on 01/13/2015 7:12:26 AM PST by Biggirl (2014 MIdterms Were BOTH A Giant Wave And Restraining Order)
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To: TomGuy
We do not need any reruns nor any spin-offs. We need no Romney, no McCain, and please no bushes. Give us a plain talking, America loving, constitutional, wholesome, Godly,articulate person. We are just waiting to vote for such a person.
24 posted on 01/13/2015 7:37:53 AM PST by cotton (one way, one truth, the life.)
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To: celmak

I’m thankful every day that the Romneybots are gone...for now.


25 posted on 01/13/2015 8:04:24 AM PST by arderkrag (The biggest problem faced by any FReeper: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias)
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To: Ditter

You’ll know when he actually announces because it’ll be the lead story on every 24 hour cable news show, 6pm and 11pm newscast, blog, website, newspaper etc...

And it’ll be especially celebrated here. I imagine a link to that announcement will be in Breaking News in ALL CAPS.


26 posted on 01/13/2015 8:09:22 AM PST by Personal Responsibility (I'd use the /S tag but is it really necessary?)
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To: TADSLOS; celmak

Thing is, Romney is the “squishy left”


27 posted on 01/13/2015 8:38:32 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: celmak

nor the mucky left either, Ted,

Willard is closer to the left than he is the middle..


28 posted on 01/13/2015 8:42:28 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: WayneS

Mitt better counter this with a speech to prove he has hardened his mushy middle—We need no Twinkie Romney—we need a Reagan Romney. Advise to Mitt: Attack Obama! Attack his Foreign Policy as not only wrong headed but dangerious. Read ted Cruz’s page to get a few new ideas. Get hard or get out! Maybe have a chat with Sarah Palin! Maybe a trip to Israel is in order. But the old Mitt needs a re-invention! No more mr. Nice Mormon! Better come out with your inner Brigam Young!


29 posted on 01/13/2015 10:18:39 AM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: TADSLOS

We have been served GOPE mush since 1992 and the recipe hasn’t changed, it sucked then and sucks today. The GOP is the definition of insanity.


30 posted on 01/13/2015 11:06:21 AM PST by sarge83
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To: celmak

Rand Paul campaigns FOR Romney, and Cruz says this.

Worth remembering as the media tries to sell Rand Paul.


31 posted on 01/13/2015 11:29:17 AM PST by ansel12 (Civilization, Crusade against the Mohammedan Death Cult.)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

True.


32 posted on 01/13/2015 11:49:46 AM PST by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: celmak

“mushy middle” I like that description.


33 posted on 01/13/2015 11:52:00 AM PST by TruthWillWin (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
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To: SoConPubbie; celmak; Kale; Jarhead9297; COUNTrecount; notaliberal; DoughtyOne; RitaOK; ...
There is a very good theological reason for backing Mitt, The Millionaire Mormon Milquetoast, over Ted Cruz. Our eternal happiness depends upon our understanding and acceptance of it. It's that serious, OK?

As you chaps may, or may not know, your top Mormons are on the Fast Track to becoming Gods on Other Planets. After several days of fasting in the desert, which is not easy on FL's Gulf Coast, it came to me in a mystic sort of vision. This planet, Mother Gaia, or "Earth," as you Right Wing GW Deniers call it, may well have already been assigned to Mitt (possibly aka "Willard, The God of This Planet") It is reasonable to assume then, that opposing him could be what the RC's call "a mortal sin."

You are all welcome to fast with me to contemplate this issue. While true that I took in no solid food, my spiritual advisor advised me that for reasons of health, I should frequently refresh myself with FL beverages. That is, drinks with tricky little paper umbrellas sticking out. The more refreshment he allowed me, the more convincing this theological proposition became. I am writing to Ted tonight in the fervent hope of his repentance.
Amen.

34 posted on 01/13/2015 2:14:45 PM PST by Kenny Bunk (No Program, No Plan, No Leader ... no Constitutional Reforms.. no Republic..)
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To: celmak

Didn’t Romney himself tell us he was “severely conservative” when he ran against Obama in ‘12?


35 posted on 01/14/2015 6:39:46 PM PST by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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