Posted on 01/24/2015 3:51:41 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The Texas conservative and his team are trying to lock down a state director for his White House run.
DES MOINES -- Ted Cruz's presidential campaign in Iowa is unofficially underway.
The Texas senator and his lieutenants have been making calls to top Iowa activists and consultants for the past two weeks, multiple Republican sources told National Journal, hoping to lock down a state director for his White House campaign.
Cruz has not yet made that critical hire, the sources said.
But he's making other moves in this first nominating state.
At the end of a fiery speech here Saturday to the Iowa Freedom Summit, Cruz instructed his cheering audience to send a text message with the word "Constitution" to the number 33733. Iowans all over the auditorium could be seen whipping out their cell phones and punching keys. Within moments, anyone who sent the text got this reply: "Together let's bring bold, clear leadership to America." The message included a link: " tedcruz.org."
It was an innovative way to collect contact information from masses of committed Iowa conservatives. It also erased any remaining doubts about Cruz's intention to run for president -- even if he downplayed the move, with a smile, when asked about it after his speech.
"What we're doing is, we're working to build a grassroots army in Iowa and all across the country," Cruz said. "Because the only way we're going to turn this country around -- it's not going to come from Washington. It's got to come from the American people. "
Judging from his performance Saturday, Cruz won't have trouble recruiting Iowans for his "army."
The Texas senator received a rock-star reception from the conservative crowd, which began cheering upon the first mention of his name. He delivered a speech full of conservative objectives – "repeal Obamacare" and "abolish the IRS," for instance – that was interrupted repeatedly by applause.
He suggested taking the 110,000 current employees of the IRS and sending them instead to guard the southern border. "Somewhat jokingly," he said of the plan. (The side benefit, he laughed, would the agents would scare away would-be illegal immigrants.)
Most notably, Cruz positioned himself to the right of all his potential rivals in the 2016 field. He warned the audience that all of the Republican contenders would fashion themselves as true conservatives when they are not.
"Talk is cheap," he said of his fellow Republicans. He then drew from the Bible – as he did elsewhere in the speech – saying, "The Word tells us, 'You will know them by their fruit.'" Many in the audience knowingly murmured the words along with him.
"Show me where you stood up and fought," Cruz challenged potential rivals on issue after issue, from Obamacare to gay marriage to the Common Core education standards.
The theme of Cruz's speech was "The Miracle of America" -- a message the senator was road-testing as a potential 2016 campaign slogan.
The message, as delivered here, touched on everything from promoting upward mobility to defending religious liberties to advocating a muscular U.S. foreign policy. Cruz told the crowd that "each of us have seen miracles every day," and shared with the evangelical audience how his father left him and his mother many years ago, only to become a Christian and come back to the family.
Cruz promised the crowd that even though times are tough in America, a "miracle" could be on the horizon. He said the country's current challenges are surmountable when considering the historic triumphs over Britain in the Revolutionary War and the Nazis in World War II.
"We have done it before," Cruz exclaimed. "We can do it again!"
Add me please. GO TED, GO! Thanks
Yes...I’ve heard he was the debating champion in college. And his former professor, Alan Dershowitz, (of all people) has said of Cruz, that he he was possibly the brightest student he had ever taught, and that he, Cruz, should not be under-estimated ;)) (paraphrasing, of course)
I believe you are correct. Unfortunately, IMO, the Left has convinced a majority ofppeople that Palin is a joke, not to be taken seriously. A truly evil assault on a fine & brilliant woman & her family. :(( A modern day political tragedy.
Good to know. Thanks
Absolutely agree! It’s a shame what they’ve done to her and her family. It started in 2008 when she was a threat, so the left has done all it can to vilify her.
With that said, I think at that point it’s better to look elsewhere for our political savior.
He’s conservative in claim only. I doubt many people can match up to Cruz, and/or Walker. Either of those two appear so far to be better than anything we had in 2012.
The Huckster would be better off using his money for liposuction.
The “left” did demonize Palin .
however the left doesn’t have a megaphone. it was the mainstream news media and other media which slandered Palin. but the media is the left(democrats). and they are pure evil. Palin is for limited government and would be a great president. but the media lied about her.
I pray that is the case.
You’ve been added to the Ted Cruz Ping LIst!
Plus the naive Huckleberry loves pardoning violent criminals so they can go out and kill, as long as they claim to have had a “come to Jesus” moment. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/30/AR2009113003928.html
Every crook in prison feigns a born-again experience to try and get early release. You have to be a real sucker to fall for that.
Huckleberry is the Republican Mike Dukakis.
“I don’t think there is a single Dem who can debate Cruz.”
Sure there is, Candy Crawfish will tell him he’s wrong and say the RAT won the debate. All the alphabet networks and the print media will run that headline.
Cruz/Jindal would be a force!
Cruz/Jindal would be a force!
Cruz/Walker would be better. Jindal has changed his stance on nearly every issue. That leads me to believe that he blows in the wind.
That will never happen. Walker is in with the Ryan/Reince group...Walker was vocally against Cruz defund efforts. Walker is more important in Gov role than VP role.
Cruz/Walker won’t happen.
http://www.billoreilly.com/poll-center
I put a vote in for Cruz
thought I’d pass link a long in case someone else wants to ck it out
Not so fast-
Article II, Section 1 wording in the Constitution remains the same today as originally adopted/ratified. The Library of Congress contains Farrand’s records (Robert Farrand was a Constitutional Convention scribe) of the debate around Article II. Original proposed wording was that the office of President required a “citizen of one of the several states.” Also in the Library of Congress is a letter written by John Jay (who eventually became first Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court) to George Washington (who was a delegate to the Convention) proposing the requirement be “natural-born citizen.” The founders/framers understood the distinction.
The US Supreme Court cited The Law of Nations at least four times from its inception through 1875 when it issued the ruling in Minor v. Happersett, in which the court cited the definition of natural-born citizen from The Law of Nations pretty much verbatim. It requires birth in the country to parents who were citizens (plural) at the time of birth.
The debates around the 14th Amendment (Congressional Record) are full of statements that confirm the definition from The Law of Nations
Current day legislators obviously also understand the distinction between “citizen” and “natural-born citizen” as they attempted eight times in a twenty-two month period through February, 2008 to either change the requirement to “citizen” or remove it.
Obama is not the first to be sworn in illegally. Chester Arthur was after Garfield was assassinated. Since the 12th Amendment sets the same requirements for VP as President, Arthur was illegally sworn in as VP. Records indicate that Arthur had his family birth records destroyed.
From my understanding of the records, Cruz is not eligible, nor Rubio, nor Jindal.
Huckabee is a RINO.
Huckabee called for republicans to stop calling other so called republicans...”RINOS”
because He is a RINO.
I will never vote for him.
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