Newt Gingrich: I’m on Team Paul-Cruz

[eduardo89]

I just found an interview featuring the demon spawn. I expected far worse:

http://vimeo.com/12926194

She's got a pretty damn impressive CV

Cruz, who graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in economics and international relations from CMC in 1994, is a vice president in the Private Wealth Management Group at Goldman Sachs, Texas. She and her two partners work with clients to implement high net worth portfolios across a range of investments and asset classes, including complex derivatives products, private equity, hedge funds, single stock risk management, U.S. and international equities, and fixed income.

Ms. Cruz began her career as an investment banker with JPMorgan in New York, focusing on international structured finance and subsequently on Latin America mergers and acquisitions.

In 2000, she served on the Bush 2000 Campaign in Austin as one of President George W. Bush's three economic advisors. She also served in the Administration as the economic director for the Western Hemisphere at the National Security Council at the White House, advising the President and then-National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice. She also is a former director at the U.S. Treasury Department and was special policy assistant to Ambassador Robert B. Zoellick, then Chief U.S. international trade negotiator.

In addition to her private-sector work, Heidi served on the Board of Directors of Living Water International, dedicated to providing clean water and sanitation equipment in the developing world. Her publications include the book chapter, "Expanding Opportunity Through Free Trade," in Thank You, President Bush; a chapter in Exchange Rate Policies for Emerging Market Economies; and a Harvard Case Study: "American International Group." She also is a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

After graduating from CMC, Ms. Cruz received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, and a master's of European Business from Universite Libre de Bruxelles in Brussels, Belgium.

 

[JCDenton0451]

IMHO if Cruz was one of "them", he'd be all over the Amnesty bill like the other CFR republicans, most notably Paul Ryan and Marco Rubio. Corporate America (including Goldman Sachs) and the globalists are salivating over the prospect of this bill. This a key litmus test vote in that you can clearly tell who works for "the man." Cruz obviously isn't a Paul, but based on his actions thus far he is far from the enemy camp.

Cruz might be simply worried about his political future here. Amnesty means Blue Texas likely by 2018 and certainly by 2024.

Why isn't Rubio worried then? Because he is not particularly bright.

 

[presence]

 

[AuH20]

Well what do you know. Lloyd "scumsucker" Blankfein attended an exclusive White House immigration meeting in February with the usual suspects. This man should be in jail as opposed to walking around to meetings:

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief...es-immigration-reform-with-ceos-labor-leaders

The president will meet with with two waves: in the morning, a wave of allies, including those from civil rights groups and unions, and in the afternoon, business leaders from leading banks and corporations. Notable names include AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, labor and immigration activist Eliseo Medina, and Yahoo! president Marissa Mayer.

I'm telling you. That Ted Cruz is a puppet for Goldman Sachs!!!

 

[AuH20]

Cruz might be simply worried about his political future here. Amnesty means Blue Texas likely by 2018 and certainly by 2024.

Why isn't Rubio worried then? Because he is not particularly bright.

Possibly but not likely. Especially when the establishment is putting on a full court press the likes we haven't seen.

 

[J_White]

He knows which way the winds are blowing.

that certainly explains it.

 

[Origanalist]

I just found an interview featuring the demon spawn. I expected far worse:

http://vimeo.com/12926194

"Sorry, comments have been disabled by the owner of this video."

 

[Warlord]

Big fucking deal. So Cruz is more hawkish than Rand on some FP issues. When the rubber meets the road in 2016 Cruz will back Rand which will bring some votes over to his side. Cruz is an ally and a strong one.

He's very likely running against Rand and his position on FP shows incredible weakness.

Cruz is a MavPAC infiltrator imo designed to steal votes from Rand and allow a moderate to be nominated. This explains his trips to Iowa

 

[jtstellar]

Newt can be US ambassador for the moon under rand presidency.

harhar

 

[jtstellar]

imagine a bunch of inmates in prison getting excited because they think they can elect a new warden.
if they ever got close to it- lock down!

your internet pastime isn't much of a wager

 

[scrosnoe]

Many people that we do not philosophically align with we can agree with on protecting each other's constitutional rights. I would not, however, look to globalist Newt Gingrich for leadership. Nor would I promote him for any office in the land, because you can't trust him in a marriage contract or in anything else for that matter -- if history is any indicator...

 

[jtstellar]

Rand need Ted more than Ted need Rand. Ted is great on civil liberty and constitution. He could have sided with McCain and Graham and dismantle Rand like he dismantled Hagel as anti-Israel isolationist and raise millions from people like Adelson but he didn't. He stood with Rand on many occasions when he didn't have to.

especially considering ted doesn't have a movement to carry and doesn't seem especially interested in presidency.. not much to lose if he were looking for the easy way out

 

[Carlybee]

especially considering ted doesn't have a movement to carry and doesn't seem especially interested in presidency.. not much to lose if he were looking for the easy way out

I think he plays his cards close to his vest. He has to maintain his Tea Party cred...he was supported and endorsed by Tea Party people. I think he is a threat to Rand. All the radio pundits who claim to be anti establishment have been bringing his name up lately more than Rand's. I could be wrong, but it's just a feeling.

Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz (born December 22, 1970[1]) the junior United States Senator for the state of Texas since 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party and was Solicitor General of Texas from 2003 to May 2008, after being appointed by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott.[1] He was the first Hispanic Solicitor General in Texas,[3] the youngest Solicitor General in the United States, and had the longest tenure in Texas history.

Cruz was a partner at the law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, where he led the firm’s U.S. Supreme Court and national appellate litigation practice.[4]

He previously served as the director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission, an Associate Deputy Attorney General at the United States Department of Justice, and as Domestic Policy Advisor to U.S. President George W. Bush on the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign. In addition, Cruz was an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, where he taught U.S. Supreme Court litigation, from 2004 to 2009.

Cruz was the Republican nominee for the Senate seat which was vacated by fellow Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison.[5] On July 31, 2012, he defeated Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst in the Republican primary runoff, 57%–to-43%.[6] Cruz defeated the Democrat, former state Representative Paul Sadler, in the general election held on November 6, 2012; he prevailed with 56%-to–41% over Sadler.[6] Cruz is endorsed by the Tea Party movement and the Republican Liberty Caucus.[7]

On November 14, 2012, Cruz was appointed vice-chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.


Cruz graduated cum laude from Princeton University in 1992.[22][1] While at Princeton, he competed for the American Whig-Cliosophic Society's Debate Panel and won the top speaker award at both the 1992 U.S. National Debating Championship and the 1992 North American Debating Championship.[23] In 1992, he was named U.S. National Speaker of the Year and Team of the Year (with his debate partner, David Panton).[24] Cruz was also a semi-finalist at the 1995 World Universities Debating Championship.[25]

Cruz's senior thesis on the separation of powers, titled "Clipping the Wings of Angels," draws its inspiration from a passage attributed to James Madison: "If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary." Cruz argued that the drafters of the Constitution intended to protect the rights of their constituents, and the last two items in the Bill of Rights offered an explicit stop against an all-powerful state. Cruz wrote: "They simply do so from different directions. The Tenth stops new powers, and the Ninth fortifies all other rights, or non-powers."[18][26]

Cruz then attended Harvard Law School, graduating magna cum laude in 1995.[27][28][1] While at Harvard Law, Cruz was a primary editor of the Harvard Law Review, and executive editor of the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, and a founding editor of the Harvard Latino Law Review.[22] Referring to Cruz's time as a student at Harvard Law, Professor Alan Dershowitz said, "Cruz was off-the-charts brilliant".[17]

Cruz served as a law clerk to William Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States,[1] and J. Michael Luttig of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.[29][3] Cruz was the first Hispanic ever to clerk for a Chief Justice of the United States.[30]

Cruz served as an associate deputy attorney general in the U.S. Justice Department[1] and as the director of policy planning at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission under President George W. Bush.[17][1]

Appointed to the office of Solicitor General of Texas by Attorney General Greg Abbott,[3] Cruz served in that position from 2003 to 2008.[13]

Cruz has authored more than 80 United States Supreme Court briefs and presented 43 oral arguments, including nine before the United States Supreme Court.[3][17][15] In the landmark case of District of Columbia v. Heller, Cruz drafted the amicus brief signed by attorneys general of 31 states, which said that the D.C. handgun ban should be struck down as infringing upon the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.[15][31] Cruz also presented oral argument for the amici states in the companion case to Heller before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.[15][32] Cruz did legal work during the Florida recount for the Bush campaign.[33]

In addition to his victory in Heller, Cruz has successfully defended the Ten Commandments monument on the Texas State Capitol grounds,[17][15] the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools[17] and the majority of the 2003 Texas redistricting plan.[34]

Cruz also successfully defended, in Medellin v. Texas, the State of Texas against an attempt by the International Court of Justice to re-open the criminal convictions of 51 murderers on death row throughout the United States.[3][17][15]

Cruz has been named by American Lawyer magazine as one of the 50 Best Litigators under 45 in America,[35][36] by The National Law Journal as one of the 50 Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America,[37][38] and by Texas Lawyer as one of the 25 Greatest Texas Lawyers of the Past Quarter Century.[39][40]



Cruz's election has been described by the Washington Post as “the biggest upset of 2012 . . . a true grassroots victory against very long odds.”[41] On January 19, 2011, after U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison said she would not seek reelection, Cruz announced his candidacy via a blogger conference call.[5] In the Republican senatorial primary, Cruz ran against sitting Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst. Cruz was endorsed by the Club for Growth, a fiscally conservative political action committee;[42] Erick Erickson, editor of prominent conservative blog RedState;[43] the FreedomWorks for America super PAC;[44] nationally syndicated radio host Mark Levin;[45] former Attorney General Edwin Meese;[46] Tea Party Express;[47] Young Conservatives of Texas;[48] and U.S. Senators Tom Coburn,[49] Jim DeMint,[50] Mike Lee,[51] Rand Paul,[52] and Pat Toomey.[53] He was also endorsed by former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and former Texas Congressman Ron Paul,[54] George P. Bush[33] and former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania Rick Santorum.[55]

Cruz won the runoff for the Republican nomination with a 14-point margin over Dewhurst.[56] In the November 6 general election, Cruz faced Democrat Paul Sadler, an attorney and a former state representative from Henderson, in east Texas. Cruz won with 4.5 million votes (56.4%) to Sadler's 3.2 million (40.6%). Two minor candidates got the remaining 3% of the vote.[6] Cruz got 40% of the Hispanic vote.[57][58]
Political positions

Cruz is a gun-rights supporter.[59] On March 25, 2013, an announcement was made by Cruz and U.S. Senators Rand Paul and Mike Lee threatening that they would filibuster any legislation that would entail gun control, such as the Manchin-Toomey Amendment, which would require background checks on sales at gun shows.[60] On April 17, 2013, Cruz voted against the Manchin-Toomey Amendment.[61] Republicans successfully filibustered the amendment by a vote of 54–46, as 60 votes were needed for cloture.[62]

Cruz also supports a federal definition of marriage and opposes same-sex marriage.


On March 14, 2013, Cruz gave the keynote speech at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington DC.[64] He came in tied for 7th place in the 2013 CPAC straw poll on March 16, winning 4% of the votes cast.[65]

Cruz planned several speaking events for the summer of 2013 across Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina which are early primary states, leading to speculation that he was laying the groundwork for a run for President in 2016.

Cruz and his wife, Heidi Cruz (née Nelson), have two daughters. Cruz met his wife while working on the George W. Bush presidential campaign of 2000. Cruz's wife is currently head of the Southwest Region in the Investment Management Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. and previously worked in the White House for Condoleezza Rice and in New York as an investment banker.

 

[Warlord]

You're right Carly. He wants to run for president and will be the stop Rand candidate the pundits can swing behind.

Cruz has major ties to Bush people.

 

[Carlybee]

You're right Carly. He wants to run for president and will be the stop Rand candidate the pundits can swing behind.

Cruz has major ties to Bush people.

At first I thought..no way..he's a first termer..nobody will buy it...but if you look at his career, he has a lot of political experience..you can't deny he is ambitious and has excelled. It's very possible he could get fast tracked and has appeal for not being Mitt Romney...and has sucked up just enough to Israel and just enough to the MIC. He is on a Military committee. I don't know what to think. I hope I'm wrong.

 

[eduardo89]

Cruz would be an excellent president. That's why I'm hoping for a 2-term Rand/Cruz administration, then 2 terms of Cruz/Amash.

 

[T.hill]

Rand need Ted more than Ted need Rand. Ted is great on civil liberty and constitution. He could have sided with McCain and Graham and dismantle Rand like he dismantled Hagel as anti-Israel isolationist and raise millions from people like Adelson but he didn't. He stood with Rand on many occasions when he didn't have to.

Ted is an extremely intelligent and gifted debator and orator, but Rand can hold his own. I doubt he would have been able to 'dismantle' him in any fashion.

Cruz is probably a better speaker, but I'm willing to bet Rand is every bit as smart as him.

 

[Carlybee]

Cruz would be an excellent president. That's why I'm hoping for a 2-term Rand/Cruz administration, then 2 terms of Cruz/Amash.

Even if he turns out to be a Bush neo-con wrapped in a Tea Party flag? That may be great for you but not to anyone who is a real liberty advocate. I'm not saying that's the case but looking at his history, one has to wonder.

 

[AuH20]

Cruz would be an excellent president. That's why I'm hoping for a 2-term Rand/Cruz administration, then 2 terms of Cruz/Amash.

Would they let him be an excellent president? I don't doubt Cruz or even Rand's sincerity, but this is one depraved ship that we want them to captain.

 

[thoughtomator]

I welcome Cruz' help, but his Goldman connection makes it impossible for me to ever consider him a leader I'd follow anywhere.

I would not give good odds that his wife is the one honest VP in Goldman history.