Cruz would be the most conservative nominee in generations

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By NANCY COOK 04/08/16 02:03 PM EDT

... Cruz wants to resurrect the gold standard — an idea that went out of fashion with the Great Depression and is panned by most economists. He calls climate change a "pseudoscientific theory."

He opposes abortion even in cases of rape and incest — exceptions that got nods from Republican nominees Mitt Romney, John McCain and President George W. Bush.

And he would eliminate the payroll taxes that fund popular programs like Social Security and Medicare. He would also get rid of the Export-Import Bank, reviled by tea party Republicans but championed by most GOP moderates and business groups — as well as the federal agencies overseeing commerce, energy, taxes and housing ...

In 2015 in the Senate, Cruz voted for legislation that would gut the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Clean Water Rule that protects small streams and wetlands: the drinking water of one in three Americans, according to the environmental group the League of Conservation Voters. That same year, Cruz also voted for bills to block the EPA’s restrictions on carbon pollution from existing power plants — regulations introduced by the Obama administration. These moves earned Cruz a score of zero in 2015 on the League of Conservation Voters’ National Environmental Scorecard ...

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/ted-cruz-most-conservative-republican-nominee-221729

[Jackie Wilson Said]

1. Cant be, according to HUNDREDS of people here at DU, Hillary and Cruz are the same.

[vi5]

2. Yes, but he'll be "the reasonable one"

compared to Trump. I warned people about getting too hysterical about Trump, lest he end up losing momentum and allowing another GOP extremist to come in and position himself as the reasonable anti-trump. And now Cruz who is absolutely more sincerely batshit psycho conservative extreme than Trump is poised to do just that.

Our best move would have been to let their whole shit show play itself out. Not protest, no scream and yell about how evil Trump is. But since we couldn't do that, now we're likely going to have to deal with Cruz and a new batch of media sycophants painting him as some kind of "moderate".