Cruz 2016?

[FSP-Rebel]

Freshman senator Ted Cruz is considering a presidential run, according to his friends and confidants.

Cruz won’t talk about it publicly, and even privately he’s cagey about revealing too much of his thought process or intentions. But his interest is undeniable.

“If you don’t think this is real, then you’re not paying attention,” says a Republican insider. “Cruz already has grassroots on his side, and in this climate, that’s all he may need.”

“There’s not a lot of hesitation there,” adds a Cruz donor who has known the Texan for decades. “He’s fearless.”

more: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/347052/cruz-2016 The comment section seems about half and half

 

[PSYOP]

no

 

[Brown Sapper]

I would only like to see him in the debates so that he can keep a balance between the real conservatives and the neocons. If it is just Rand up there it will be easier for them to paint him as fringe. Hopefully he will bow out before he start diluting our votes though.

 

[tttppp]

I think he can stir up more excitement than Rand when he speaks, but he has a long way to go to catch up to Rand's support.

 

[Uriel999]

He should run, I'd support him.

 

[Darguth]

no

Cruz is certainly not ideal but I'd strongly prefer him over pretty much any other plausible contender besides Rand.

 

[RonPaulFanInGA]

He's been in the U.S. Senate for a few months. He's kind of getting a fat head pretty quickly, ala Bachmann.

Not sure people would want to follow up Obama with another woefully inexperienced U.S. Senator.

 

[AuH20]

He would be a legitimate contender. Great debater. Well-informed. Charismatic. Though I think he should wait until he completes his first term.

 

[Valli6]

Absolutely not.

When did it stop being common knowledge that persons born in another country cannot be president of the U.S. even though they may have been born American citizens? Is there anyone over 25 that didn't learn this as a child?

 

[tsai3904]

I would only like to see him in the debates so that he can keep a balance between the real conservatives and the neocons. If it is just Rand up there it will be easier for them to paint him as fringe. Hopefully he will bow out before he start diluting our votes though.

He seems solid on civil liberty issues but his foreign policy is still unknown.

 

[Darguth]

When did it stop being common knowledge that persons born in another country cannot be president of the U.S. even though they may have been born American citizens? Is there anyone over 25 that didn't learn this as a child?

I honestly didn't know he was foreign born. I particularly didn't expect him to be born in Canada.

Though didn't this all go out the window with Obama's election anyway? /sarcasm

 

[FSP-Rebel]

I honestly didn't know he was foreign born. I particularly didn't expect him to be born in Canada.

Though didn't this all go out the window with Obama's election anyway? /sarcasm

In the piece, it talks about how Team Cruz thinks they can handle that in court if it were to go there since his mom was natural born here. My only issue to him is what he talks to these Wall st folks in the NYGOP about. He seems like a decent conservative alternate to Rand unlike there was no alt to Ron last time and we were stuck with pure establishment dirt.

 

[Christian Liberty]

Isn't Ted a warmongerer? Not to mention that he already voted to give medical data to the Feds. Rand Paul voted no. Mike Lee voted no. But Cruz caved.

We shouldn't have anything to do with him. I'm not going to vote for him.

 

[speciallyblend]

I do not trust the gop, hence i cannot trust Cruz. If the gop wants me to . I will vote GJ before i vote for their bs establishment assholes. The gop is a virus that needs to be put down.

 

[jkob]

Still think his eligibility is questionable with being born in Canada to Cuban parents. Guess that doesn't matter anymore after Obama...

 

[Christian Liberty]

Obama was born in the US. I hate Obama even morre than the people I know who think he's Kenyan do, but he was still born in the US.

 

[cajuncocoa]

No one is concerned that he will split the primary vote with Rand?

 

[kcchiefs6465]

When did it stop being common knowledge that persons born in another country cannot be president of the U.S. even though they may have been born American citizens? Is there anyone over 25 that didn't learn this as a child?

John McCain.

 

[Christian Liberty]

Yeah, I find that surprising. I didn't even consider it because I don't consider Cruz to be on "Team liberty" at all. Rand isn't perfect but at least he isn't a traitor. If Cruz is the nomineee I'll vote LP just like I would if Bush, Rubio, or anyone else was the nominee.

 

[cajuncocoa]

Yeah, I find that surprising. I didn't even consider it because I don't consider Cruz to be on "Team liberty" at all. Rand isn't perfect but at least he isn't a traitor. If Cruz is the nomineee I'll vote LP just like I would if Bush, Rubio, or anyone else was the nominee.

I don't either, but I know some here do.