Sen. Ted Cruz Makes It Official

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Now this is a good poll with 4,900 respondents. Lots better than the other polls having much lower numbers..

Exclusive — Citizens United Poll: Donald Trump Leads, Outsiders Dominate Field

A post-debate poll from Citizens United — provided exclusively to Breitbart News — finds that GOP frontrunner Donald Trump remains the clear favorite in the field, with almost 31 percent of the vote.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) gets 18.5 percent, Dr. Ben Carson earns 17.4 percent, and former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina takes 11.3 percent. Combined, that’s 78 percent for the four consummate political outsiders in the race. Washington establishment candidates, including Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, trail badly.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-governm...ominate-field/

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Senator Ted Cruz on the GOP’s Surrender Politics

What happens in politics when one side is absolutely committed to its principles, willing to fight for them no matter the cost, and the other side reflexively surrenders on every issue? We have modern-day Washington.

Today, President Barack Obama fights relentlessly for his liberal priorities. Like the Terminator, he never gives up, he never stops. And Republican leadership responds to every challenge by surrendering at the outset.

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Surely, you might think, Republicans can use different “tactics” and accomplish something meaningful without risking a government shutdown.

Alas, no. In today’s partisan Washington, there are only two important kinds of votes: show votes on legislation that has no chance of becoming law and votes on legislation that “must pass.” (A third kind of vote—growing government and worsening the deficit—occurs as well. These votes succeed because Democrats and Republican leadership agree that expanding corporate welfare and cronyism helps the reelection of career politicians of both parties.)

The leadership loves show votes. They will schedule a vote on just about anything, confident that Senate Democrats will vote party-line and filibuster over and over again until Republicans retreat. Leadership wants and expects grassroots voters to be satisfied with these meaningless show votes.

The other type of vote is on “must-pass” legislation. Typically, these votes consist of continuing-resolution votes, omnibus appropriations votes and debt-ceiling votes. In short, “must-pass” legislation is where the rubber meets the road.

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And, notably, after President Obama forced the 2013 shutdown over Obamacare, predictions of electoral calamity proved false; instead, Republicans won a landslide victory in 2014.

When Reagan was president, there were eight partial shutdowns, including six before his historic 1984 reelection. The world didn’t end. But that’s what happens sometimes when a leader fights for his principles. The alternative—Republican leadership’s current strategy—is to surrender on everything and leave Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) 14% as the de facto leader of the Senate. We can do better.

Senator Cruz’s analysis, as usual, is exactly correct. The GOP leadership is interested in nothing beyond getting re-elected. The battles they fight are for the benefit of we rubes in the cheap seats.
http://www.redstate.com/2015/09/24/s...medium=twitter

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Look which presidential candidate, as usual, fights for what is right. Why are we funding a private entity that is under a criminal investigation? Why didn't his colleagues or the other pseudo conservative candidates come to his aid? He promised he would keep his word, and he has done that very thing.

Cruz foiled in bid for Planned Parenthood, Iran amendments

Cruz's amendment would place a one-year ban on federal funding for Planned Parenthood. It would also ban the Obama administration from using funds from the short-term bill to implement the Iran nuclear deal or any "assessed contributions" to the United Nations until lawmakers receive the "side deals" between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

The "side deals" have been a key point of contention among opponents of the deal. Cruz and House Republicans have suggested that the 60-day congressional review period for the Iran nuclear deal hasn't started because the administration hasn't given lawmakers the agreements.

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-actio...hood-amendment

Cruz warned that he will try to offer his amendment again on Tuesday, suggesting that constituents should watch to see which senator block his effort.

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On Senate Floor this evening addressing Planned Parenthood funding.

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Cruz Wins Endorsements From 41 State Lawmakers

Cruz's presidential campaign announced Wednesday that he has won the support of 36 state representatives and five state senators. The slate amounts to more than a third of all Republican members of the Texas Legislature.

http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/...ampaign=buffer

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What No One Seems To Know About Ted Cruz’s Past

Cruz was once a director at the Federal Trade Commission. He had a remarkable record of convincing Democrats to vote for conservative principles.

With presidents, the past is often prologue. So what do Ted Cruz’s early leadership roles tell us about his presidential proclivities?

http://pjmedia.com/blog/what-no-one-...ed-cruzs-past/

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Whether you like Ted Cruz or not, this is a must watch! His willingness to stand alone is true bravery!

“Fiat justitia ruat caelum” (“Let justice be done though the heavens fall”)

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On Senate Floor this evening addressing Planned Parenthood funding.

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Rush Limbaugh is right: Ted Cruz is most-principled candidate

In fact, I challenge anybody reading this to make an objective case there is a more principled candidate in the race than Mr. Cruz — because you can’t.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...ruz-most-prin/

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Glad someone pointed out the GOP Establishment hack - Mark Salter.

What Longtime Aide to McCain, Mark Salter, Really Stands For

Last week Real Clear Politics ran this piece by one Mark Salter—a longtime aide to Senator John McCain and the co-writer of McCain’s books—titled: What Ted Cruz Really Stands For

In fairness to Salter, every last Washington DC GOP Insider thinks this way, which is exactly why Donald Trump and all those outsiders, Ted Cruz included, have struck such a nerve out there on the campaign trail.

Note that Salter skips answering whether McConnell did in fact lie to Cruz.

https://www.conservativereview.com/C....mbuRFKsD.What

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Hahahahahahaha! Get 'er done, Sen. Cruz!

Sierra Club says that Climate Change can't be challenged. LOL!