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2016 Postmortem

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tracks29

(98 posts)
Sun Mar 22, 2015, 12:06 AM Mar 2015

Ted Cruz to Announce Presidential Bid Monday [View all]

Wind up the clown car, here we go:

"Sen. Ted Cruz plans to announce Monday that he will run for president of the United States, accelerating his already rapid three-year rise from a tea party insurgent in Texas into a divisive political force in Washington.

Cruz will launch a presidential bid outright rather than form an exploratory committee, said senior advisers with direct knowledge of his plans, who spoke on condition of anonymity because an official announcement had not been made yet. They say he is done exploring and is now ready to become the first Republican presidential candidate.

The senator is scheduled to speak Monday at a convocation ceremony at Liberty University in Virginia, where he is expected to declare his campaign for the presidency."


More:
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/politics/us/article/Ted-Cruz-to-announce-presidential-bid-Monday-6150894.php?t=ec04aca79dc2a96c75&cmpid=twitter-premium

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.... truebluegreen Mar 2015 #1
Imagine, if you will... NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #2
Bush/Cheney, 2000-2008 blkmusclmachine Mar 2015 #19
I will announce right now that the very... 3catwoman3 Mar 2015 #3
. hrmjustin Mar 2015 #4
I demand to see a birth certificate Bjorn Against Mar 2015 #5
I hear there are some people asking questions about where he was born tracks29 Mar 2015 #6
I'm going to send my people to canada gwheezie Mar 2015 #8
Ted Cruz Hobo Mar 2015 #15
I'm glad the Constitution of the United States stood in the way of Ahnuld. merrily Mar 2015 #10
I certainly would not want him for President, but I don't base my views on the Constitution on him Bjorn Against Mar 2015 #12
People born here could be agents of a foreign government, so it's an imperfect standard. merrily Mar 2015 #13
That's great Renew Deal Mar 2015 #7
yep.... chillfactor Mar 2015 #9
On Monday: merrily Mar 2015 #11
Ugh. BlueStater Mar 2015 #14
Ted Cruz to Announce Also-Ran Presidential Bid Monday DRoseDARs Mar 2015 #16
Your world is on FIRE! Kablooie Mar 2015 #17
I think I will have a case of the Mondays if I have to read Ichingcarpenter Mar 2015 #18
Evangelicals will be ecstatic. They might even have sex with their wives... blkmusclmachine Mar 2015 #20
I am disappointed Arthur_Frain Mar 2015 #21
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