They're at the starting gate......

Ted Cruz.not surprise he will announce NOW, considering he's the biggest joke of them all.
 

I understand that he has no incentive to wait to announce. As a sitting Senator, he is prohibited from courting the big donors to contribute to his PAC. So waiting and raking in the money is not an option for him as it is for Jeb Bush or Scot Walker... I'm surprised Rand Paul hasn't announced as yet. He would be under the same restrictions as Cruz.
 
I've said it before.. watch out for Scot Walker. He entire political career has been bought and paid for by the Koch Brothers. He has decimated Union Rights and collective bargaining.. He has dismantled public education with $millions in cuts while giving bigger tax cuts to the wealthy.. and the very latest, he has turned Wisconsin into a "Right to Work" state.. He has more than earned continued financing by the Kochs and there is no doubt they will support him BIG in this election. We only have to look at the decline of Wisconsin to see what he and his partners Charles and David have in mind for the rest of the country.
 
Which republican candidate would you like to see run, I'm thinking Bush? From the conservative talk shows I've been listening to, he's not favored much there, too moderate.
 
Well, I'd like to see Donald Trump or Ben Carson get the nomination.... as a Dem that would please me to no end.. BUT which one do I think has the best chance of winning the nomination and the one that have at least a modicum of chance in winning that would be Bush or Walker. I wouldn't vote for either.. Now Should a Republican win, I think I'd be less sick about Bush than the others.
 
SeaBreeze said:
They just said that the Teaparty favorite Ted Cruz is about to officially announce he'll be running. I assume he's eligible? http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-m.../ted-cruz-born-canada-eligible-run-president/

I don't know much about him, here's some info. http://thinkprogress.org/election/2015/03/22/3637312/6-extreme-views-presidential-hopeful-ted-cruz/

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I read that The Donald was questioning whether Cruz could run because he was born in Canada, but he's willing to let the courts decide.
 
LOL......after all his dire warnings about Obamacare.......

[h=1]Rep. Ted Cruz Tells CNN That He Is Going On Obamacare[/h]Source: CNN

Ted Cruz is going on Obamacare. The newly announced Republican presidential candidate told CNN's Dana Bash on Tuesday that he will sign up for health care coverage through the Affordable Care Act -- a law he has been on a crusade to kill. "We'll be getting new health insurance and we'll presumably do it through my job with the Senate, and so we'll be on the federal exchange with millions of others on the federal exchange," Cruz said.

Cruz's admission comes one day after CNN first reported that the senator would no longer have access to health benefits through his wife's employer, Goldman Sachs. Heidi Cruz, a managing director at the firm's Houston office, has gone on unpaid leave for the duration of the senator's presidential campaign and will not have access to the company's benefits during that time.

Cruz's campaign appeared caught by surprise Monday by questions about the senator's health care. Asked how Cruz's family would be covered after his wife lost her Goldman Sachs benefits, Cruz spokesman Rick Tyler repeatedly answered that he didn't know. It's a deeply ironic development for the Texas conservative firebrand, who vaulted to fame during his few years in the Senate in large part by denouncing President Barack Obama's landmark health care law.

Cruz denied that there was anything ironic about the move, saying he was simply following the law. "I believe we should follow the text of every law, even (a) law I disagree with," Cruz told CNN. "It's one of the real differences -- if you look at President Obama and the lawlessness, if he disagrees with a law he simply refuses to follow it or claims the authority to unilaterally change." Cruz also said he will continue advocating for repealing the law.








Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/24/politics/ted-cruz-obamacare/index.html
 
I just heard this on a conservative talk show this morning, Ted Cruz wants Jesus as his running mate.

“After a long afternoon of prayer, and knowing the Lord is on my side in all of this, I’ve chosen Jesus Christ to be my running-mate on the 2016 presidential election ticket,” said Cruz on his Google+ account. “This is a decision that I know is right for me and most definitely for the country. I can’t wait to begin campaigning alongside him.”
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Ted Cruz has been existing in the far right wing bubble. Oh sure he's made waves in the Senate with his hijinks, but for the most part all his press exposure has been in the friendly realm of Fox news and other conservative talk shows.. Now as a presidential candidate he will have to face a Press that will be far more likely to call him on some of his nonsense. It's the same thing that happened to Michelle Bachmann exposing her to the General Electorate for what she was.. A wing nut. That is what I predict will happen to Cruz. As for Texas.. well... sorry Jackie... but Texas is Texas as far as politics go.. How are you even able to keep your sanity there?
 
Butterfly said:
One thing I would like to see in the best of all possible worlds would be terms limits for congress. AND serious campaign finance reform. But, I don't think either of those will ever happen because the foxes are guarding the henhouse, so to speak.
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EXACTLY!! :greedy_dollars:
And they "govern" a the behest of corporate lobbyists and Adelson/Koch Brothers, etc.
 
QuickSilver said:
Ted Cruz has been existing in the far right wing bubble. Oh sure he's made waves in the Senate with his hijinks, but for the most part all his press exposure has been in the friendly realm of Fox news and other conservative talk shows.. Now as a presidential candidate he will have to face a Press that will be far more likely to call him on some of his nonsense. It's the same thing that happened to Michelle Bachmann exposing her to the General Electorate for what she was.. A wing nut. That is what I predict will happen to Cruz. As for Texas.. well... sorry Jackie... but Texas is Texas as far as politics go.. How are you even able to keep your sanity there?
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Well, they say Texas Democrats are loud and passionate, and that is because we are surrounded by Republican BS.

What you need is sustained outrage ... there's far too much unthinking respect given to authority.
Molly Ivins
 
I don't understand how Cruz can go on Obamacare. When I applied for Covered California as it is called in my state, I was asked if I had insurance available to me through an employer. The answer was no, so I was accepted. Doesn't Cruz already have insurance available to him by virtue of being in the U.S. Senate? I know they're saying he was on his wife's insurance but presumably he still has the Senate insurance available to him. Does anyone know?
 
Glinda said:
I don't understand how Cruz can go on Obamacare. When I applied for Covered California as it is called in my state, I was asked if I had insurance available to me through an employer. The answer was no, so I was accepted. Doesn't Cruz already have insurance available to him by virtue of being in the U.S. Senate? I know they're saying he was on his wife's insurance but presumably he still has the Senate insurance available to him. Does anyone know?
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I think Congress HAS to use Obamacare... and without subsidies. I understand the Republicans insisted on that... thinking it was a bad thing.
 
I am at an age where I have turned the world over to my kids and their peers to run as they see fit. I have voted in every election I was qualified to vote in since the Truman era. I am considering not voting come the 2016 election. Yet I am greatly interested in national politics, have always been interested but have learned you can't take politics too seriously. You have to view it as a game. My preference is not Hillary but I can't yet say whom. I'm hoping my view will become clearer as we advance toward the time to vote, whether I vote or not.
 
Jackie22 said:
Well, they say Texas Democrats are loud and passionate, and that is because we are surrounded by Republican BS.

What you need is sustained outrage ... there's far too much unthinking respect given to authority.
Molly Ivins
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Texas needs another Ann Richards!!!
 
With nothing to protect Seniors from a teaparty congress but the Presidential veto all seniors who depend on Social Security, Medicare, and related programs better damn well vote for whoever the Democrats run. PERIOD!!
 

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