Is Ted Cruz The New Richard Nixon?

Daily Caller ^ | 11/27/2015 | Matt K. Lewis

[Vaduz]

And he never sent arms to Mexico.

[Chgogal]

Sheesh, make problems when none exist.

[Chgogal]

News flash GOPe and Mr. Hume. I will never ever vote for Jeb. Why, his response to Megyin about Iraq being a mistake was pathetic. The only mistake was electing Obama twice. Period.

[FourPeas]

As Cruz gains support, one can smell the drive-by media’s fear.

[erod]

[CPT Clay]

Hey Matt, is YOUR candidate losing?

[CPT Clay]

I believe that he is a RINO.

[JewishRighter]

Ping

[CPT Clay]

Closer to Iowa, that is the plan!

[erod]

Pinged it FRiend.

[kygolfman]

if you look at the RealClearPolitics polls today, Cruz has a better chance than Trump!

Average—Cruz vs Clinton—Clinton +1.3
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general_election_cruz_vs_clinton-4034.html

Average—Trump vs Clinton—Clinton +4.4
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_clinton-5491.html

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

My take is that Hillary is fatally dirty. Benghazi is bad enough, but she and Bill left the WH dead broke, as she put it, and now they have more dough than Mitt Romney. People assert that a lot of that money came from foreign governments - and Hillary was on the federal payroll (senator and SecState) for most of that time. And whether that money was donated for, and spent in support of, charitable causes or not actually makes on difference to the fact that that is unconstitutional:

Article 1 Section 9:

No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state

If I am a Republican consultant I am promoting ways to dramatize the scofflaw nature of all that grifting. State governments should be lobbied to pass a law against the selection of Electors pledged to anyone one tenth as corrupt as the Clintons. There would be no problem passing constitutional muster because:

1. Each state’s legislature has (as SCOTUS put it) plenary power to determine how the Electors are selected. They do not even have to be popularly elected, so there would be no grounds for complaint SCOTUS about how the election was run. Unlike, say, states trying to impose term limits on Congressmen by keeping them off the ballot.

2. Even if SCOTUS heard a case, it would have to complain that the states were enforcing a constitutional provision in a minimal way; no criminal penalty would be involved, and not even a fine would be imposed. And SCOTUS has upheld McCain-Feingold - notwithstanding the opinion of four justices that it violates the First Amendment - on the basis that campaign finance contributions were a threat to the honesty of politicians. Here, there is no constitutional issue and the states would be on the side of cleaning up money in politics.

3. If you were really squeamish, you could simply require that the candidate with the illegit money not be on Row A, Row B, or Row C of the ballot. Democrats statewide would go ballistic over the thought of having to compete on even terms with Green parties and Right-to-Life parties . . .

IMHO Donald Trump will exactly run against Hillary’s money. He has not accept a dime from anyone, and she has been on the take from everyone.

[webstersII]

Where’s the evidence that shows Cruz and Rubio would be more likely than Trump to beat Hillary?

[Yosemitest]

It's all about the INNUENDO in the TITLE !
Nothing else matters to attack dogs, least of all ...THE TRUTH !

[Yosemitest]

That's a GREAT GRAPHIC, before the Linguine-Spined GOP let the COMMUNIST STEAL their color blue.
RED is ALWAYS A BETTER REPRESENTATION of COMMUNISTS !

[Finny]

Somehow, I don’t see Cruz imposing wage & price controls, like Nixon did.

Or creating the EPA. Nixon did that. Grrrrr.

[Finny]

If anyone's the "Nixon" in this race (in the way that the article describes), it's Donald Trump.

Yep.

But don't worry -- Trump promised "compassionate" conservative Hugh Hewitt that he'd have a military so good "your head will spin." We know this is true because he's built bit skyscrapers and stuff, and talks back to reporters. He also scornfully talks down McCain's status as POW, saying he's only a war hero because he got captured. "I like people that weren't captured," he quips, and the audience laughs in sympathetic agreement with Trump.

And I'm sitting there thinking about a man I knew who survived the Bataan Death March.

Trump should have loved Nixon -- didn't Nixon end the VN war, from which Trump had five deferments to avoid service?

[x]

In other words, he is fakin' it to get the nomination, then we think maybe he will be more like Bush to make us happy.

No, not faking it, but he's not going to make it on his first try. Maybe if Ted stays in the game long enough and makes enough tries he will finally get to the White House, but by then he'll have aged and ripened a bit and won't be the Ted Cruz you remember or want him to be.

It's not at all uncommon for politicians to be different from what they were at the beginning of their careers when they finally get the brass ring or golden ticket. Many politicians are in the game a long time and aren't very likeable to begin with. Nixon's the one who finally won, and that's one reason for taking him as an example here.

Of course, Nixonian has other connotations as well and the author probably intended to get the negative ones out there and make them stick to Cruz. Hillary against Cruz would in a way be a contest to see who comes across as less Nixonian, Hillary with her lying or Ted with what a lot of people see as his unlikeability.

[Finny]

Even if it meant resorting to defunding and government shutdowns.

Amen.

[okie01]

There is a real sense that Cruz, having rounded up the support of grassroots conservatives who might propel him to the GOP nomination, could later pivot—and run as a “kinder, gentler” Cruz.

Cruz has been a "consistent conservative" for forty-four years.

When he wins the nomination, he's going to change into a whole new person???

Bullhockey!