Cruzin' To A Bruising: The Presidential Hopes of Canadian Ted

[TexasTowelie]

Calgary-born Ted Cruz will visit New Hampshire next Tuesday to give a keynote speech at a state party fundraiser, the latest in a series of visits to early primary states.

"Senator Ted Cruz is one of the most principled and exciting new leaders in the Republican Party. During his short time in the Senate he has already established himself as a leader in the fight to rein in President Obama's liberal agenda and return fiscal responsibility to Washington," New Hampshire GOP Chair Jennifer Horn said in a statement that reveals how far away Republicans are from winning the Granite State. "We are excited to welcome Senator Cruz to New Hampshire and hear about his vision for the future of our country."

In May, Cruz visited South Carolina and Real Clear Politics reports that the freshman senator is "expected to add trips to other early voting states in the coming months." We already know for certain that Ted Cruz is considering a 2016 run, and we know from recent polling that he's in the top six of GOP nomination contenders.

Let's imagine that Ted Cruz achieves his dream of being the first Canadian-born presidential nominee of an American political party in 2016. He'll immediately have to explain NRA-sponsored gun views and opposition to immigration reform, both of which highlight how far he is from mainstream American public opinion. And that's before the media sinks its teeth into Cruz's conspiracy theories - like how the United Nations wants us all to live in "hobbit homes". Fat chance of winning in a general against the likes (and likability) of a Hillary Clinton or Elizabeth Warren.

More at http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/13793/cruzin-to-a-bruising-the-presidential-hopes-of-canadian-ted .

[LonePirate]

1. Canadian Ted - I hope that nickname latches onto him and never lets go.

[Robbins]

2. Cruz

After all the BS Republicans gave to obama and that birther crap I hope some In MSM point out Cruz Isn't a born citizen when he runs for president.But like George Romney they will probally let it slide she's he's white and a republican.

[calimary]

3. How he doth flatter himself. But he's Canadian-born. Doesn't that make him ineligible?

Let's make him show his birth certificate. Give him a little taste of "what goes around comes around."

[former9thward]

4. I hope DU does not take on the birther cause.

He was born of an U.S. mother. The law is that you are a natural born citizen if you are born of a mother who is a citizen no matter where on earth the actual birth takes place.

[calimary]

5. Not a birther. I just like the idea of throwing their own stupid shit back in their faces.

Taste of their own medicine. See how they like it.

[DesertRat]

7. And don't forget his father was born in Cuba. n/t

[Sunlei]

6. If your parents (Mom especially) are American citizens it doesn't matter where one is born.

This Bush era person, who was deeply entrenched with Bushites policies up until 2003 and his wife a C. Rice assistant?

Have more to go after in their personal political history....than 'born in canada' birther scam.