Whatever happens in the presidential election, someone will need to resist big spending whether it comes from liberal Democrats or leap-year conservatives. . . .
"Texas is too Republican a state to settle for anything less than a conservative leader," Cruz says. Even casting the right votes and getting high ratings from conservative groups isn't as important as rocking the boat. . . .
Cruz identifies Jim DeMint, Rand Paul, and Mike Lee as examples of what he is talking about (he notes that all three senators have endorsed him in his primary). He also points to Marco Rubio and Pat Toomey, suggesting that the generation of conservatives who came of age in the Reagan years are ready to make their mark on the party. . . .
He has the backing of FreedomWorks, the Club for Growth, Redstate.com's Erick Erickson, and the radio talk show host Mark Levin. George Will, the dean of Washington conservative columnists, opined that for "conservatives seeking reinforcements for Washington's too-limited number of limited-government constitutionalists, it can hardly get better than" Cruz.
A graduate of Princeton and Harvard Law (magna cum laude), Cruz displays legal interests quite uncharacteristic of the Ivy League: he believes it is important to limit the federal government to its constitutionally enumerated powers, as the Ninth and Tenth Amendments make clear. . . .
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Update: World Magazine has an extensive write-up of Ted Cruz within its story of how the Republicans can court the culturally conservative Hispanic vote. "When was the last time you saw a Hispanic panhandler?"
After seeing you blog listed on Milblogging.com, I dropped by. Seeing that you are a fellow Texan, I did some reading - Texas politics are always interesting, although I don't follow the politicians like I used to.
ReplyDeleteI try to follow Texas politics because I'm no longer there. But stop by anytime; glad to have you.
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