Posts Tagged ‘Ted Cruz’
Brit Hume: Cruz has trouble shaking hands with the truth
Ted Cruz has not been forthright on his birthright citizenship position
“The 14th Amendment provides for birthright citizenship. I’ve looked at the legal arguments against birthright citizenship, and I will tell you, as a Supreme Court litigator, those arguments are not very good.”
Read MoreMarco Rubio’s conservative record
Out of 435 members in Congress, Marco Rubio is the 8th most Conservative.
He is more conservative than conservative Iowa Congressman, Steve King, or the iconic conservative Iowan Senator, Charles Grassley.
According to the Heritage Action scorecard, Mr. Rubio has a 94% conservative voting record…
Read MoreA vote for Trump or Cruz is a vote for Hillary
There is a huge problem with Donald Trump and Ted Cruz: independent voters hate them.
And without a majority of independent votes, Republicans lose.
Read MoreGood news: Trump slips in Iowa
Ted Cruz has taken a slight lead over Donald Trump in Iowa.
This is good news, because Donald Trump would most likely get trumped by Hillary Clinton in a national election…
An NBC/WSJ poll shows Hillary beating the Donald by 10 points, fifty to forty.
However, the same poll shows her only beating Ted Cruz by 3 points, forty-eight to forty-five.
Read MoreInsiders vs. outsiders in the Republican polls
Outsiders Donald Trump and Ben Carson continue to lead beltway insiders Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz in the RealClearPolitics (RCP) average for the Republican nomination.
In Iowa, here’s how they stack up:
Read MoreDebate idea
Four Republicans are brilliant debaters: Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Chris Christie and Carly Fiorina.
The Christie and Fiorina campaigns are lagging far behind. According to the Real Clear Politics average, Fiorina stands at 3.8% and Christie at 2%.
By Contrast, Rubio is in 3rd place (behind Carson and Trump) at 11% and Cruz is at 8.8%.
Here is an idea that could boost the efforts of Fiorina or Christie: one of them should challenge Bernie Sanders to a good old-fashioned one-on-one debate.
Mr. Sanders’ campaign needs a boost too. The RCP average has him trailing Hillary Clinton 54% to 32%.
Read More“Jeb can fix it”
The Jeb Bush campaign has come up with a new campaign slogan:
“Jeb can fix it.”
Mistake.
Let’s start with the obvious. Fix what?
Read MoreHow Republicans can regain the momentum
Obama has crushed the Republicans.
They knew heading into the government shutdown that they will lose the PR wars. Admittedly, they have always rebounded fairly well, as they did during the Gingrich/Clinton shutdowns in the mid 90s.
But times are different today. They are up against the most formidable foe the GOP has faced since the old Soviet Union.
Barack Obama will negotiate with terrorists, anti-semites, and America haters on any corner of the earth. But he has proven his resolve in not only refusing to negotiate with Republicans, but in trying to destroy the Republican brand.
There is one way for the Republicans to regain the momentum …