Ted Cruz considering 2016 bid for president

[spanone]

Friends of the senator tell National Review that he’s been listening to enthusiastic supporters and discussing the possible campaign with associates. “We all see a path, and he does, too,” one former colleague tells the magazine.

There’s no big surprise here. Conservatives have been buzzing about a potential Cruz candidacy for a while. And while he’s new to the Senate, by 2015 he will have spent as much time there as Barack Obama did before launching his first White House campaign. It’s already clear that he has no particular love for Congress; last weekend he called some of his Republican colleagues “squishes.” He might appeal to primary voters who don’t like Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s (R) immigration plan, a fellow Cuban-American and likely candidate. Sarah Palin, who still has a loyal if limited fan base, is a big fan.

But Cruz would compete for conservative votes with Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a close ally who has been open about his presidential ambitions.

“He’s more viable than folks might think because there was such a national effort to elect him,” one Texas GOP consultant told The Fix earlier this year. “But even so, no one who is serious is talking about a Cruz presidential in ’16.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/05/01/ted-cruz-considering-2016-bid-for-president/

[Oilwellian]

1. LOL n/t

[FSogol]

2. Note to self: Stock up on popcorn.

I can see the 1st GOP debate now:

Sarah Palin
Marco Rubio
Paul Ryan
Rand Paul
Ted Cruz
Jeb Bush
Newt Gingrich
Mike Huckabee
Donald Trump
Bob McDonnell
Herman Cain

[spanone]

3. that's the republican brain trust!!!

[FSogol]

5. Not sure I would use the term, "brain" in connection with that group

Sphincter trust?
Rectum trust?
Gizzard trust?

[Bucky]

7. As in, I trust they have brains (tho I can't quite prove it)

[lastlib]

15. And don't forget Frothy-Mix!

[Arkana]

35. You know it's bad when Marco Rubio and Bob McDonnell

are the sanest ones in the room.

[FSogol]

37. Which means they don't have a snowball's chance in Hell of getting the nomination from today's GOP

[rightsideout]

4. Easy out

[Bonhomme Richard]

6. Good for him.

I'm considering becoming a billionaire and we both stand the same chance of attaining our goals..

[Renew Deal]

8. I hope he runs

And I hope he gets the nomination while running against Hillary. It would be quite entertaining.

[byeya]

9. He's presentable looking and will garner tons of corp $$$. His handlers can keep away from

questioners and turn his(maybe) refusal to take part in the RepubliKKKan "debates" as a plus making him look even more "serious".
Money, looks; more money; slick lying telemercials; no unpleasant questions or un stage-managed appearances will get him his 46% Repug base and voter suppression, and a tepid Obama-type candidate in opposition might be enough for him to get elected.
I wouldn't laugh him off; I'd work to oppose and expose him at every chance starting now.

[spanone]

10. no laughing here...harvard law school...he's smarter than the average teabagger

[byeya]

12. We can't take these oligarchs too lightly; they are not all Perrys and if they are, unlike Perry

they can learn never to be in a situation where they have to think on their feet or appear in circumstances other than what their handlers dictate. I imagine the $$$men have learned a bit in the past few years and will package their candidates even more carefully.

[BlueStater]

31. Just becauce someone is intelligent doesn't make them a serious candidate.

After all, Bobby Jindal is a Rhodes Scholar and is pretty much seen as nothing but a joke these days.

[byeya]

33. $$$ makes a person a serious candidate(usually) and Cruz looks like he can attract

all he needs.

[Arkana]

34. Not in this day and age.

His opponents, whether they were Republican or Democrat, would EVISCERATE him if he refused to participate in a debate. His abrasiveness and the fact that even his fellow Republican Senators think he's a little shit would garner him few endorsements, and the money goes with the endorsements. I don't see Sheldon Adelson bankrolling Ted Cruz the way he did Newt Gingrich.

You can't sequester yourself completely from media attention and expect to win a primary, much less a general. He'd have no chance at all.

[FSogol]

38. Cruz also believes that Obama and the UN are trying to outlaw golf.

Cruz's mouth will ruin any chance he may have had. He's simply trying to up his griftting game.

[IggleDoer]

11. I thought he was born in Canada?

Will we have to amend the Constitution before he can run. While we're at it, there are a couple of amendments that we could modify too.

[Warpy]

13. His mother is a US citizen, raised in Delaware

so unless she renounced her citizenship before he was born, birtherism in his case won't work, either. He's been in the US since he was 4.

Pity.

It's also a pity the family didn't stay in Canada, where national health insurance would have allowed them to get him the mental health care he so desperately needs.

[FSogol]

16. +1 n/t

[byeya]

20. You're right: Wiki says born in Canada. I think he's ineligible.

[hrmjustin]

26. I loved that Warp!

[IggleDoer]

39. POTUS' Mom was an American citizen

Didn't stop Cruz and his ilk from harassing him. The 'baggers that support him have some 'spraining to do.

Have we seen his mother's birth certificate?

[sharp_stick]

14. So I can imagine

all the wacko gotta see Obama's birth certificate crew will be all over this Canuck.

Or will all that be "water under the bridge"?

Personally I'd love to see this fucked up nutjob run and be qualified to run. He'll burn nice and bright for the far right of the far right and then burn out completely just in time for the general election.

[Capt. Obvious]

17. Where's the Canadian birth certificate?

[tarheelsunc]

18. Can't wait for the 2016 GOP Debates.

If it's possible, the 2016 cast might be even crazier than the 2012 cast!

[Paladin]

19. Great idea, Ted. Go for it.

Every Democrat in the country is solidly behind you.....

[LonePirate]

21. Indeed! If a few more crazies decide to run, the Repub debates will be entertaining

Sure, those debates will be scary but they will be entertaining and once again help ensure the Democratic candidate will win.

[Paladin]

22. Hard to imagine the Repub. debates being more of a freak show than last time.....

....but if anybody's up to the task, it's Carnival Cruz. Maybe they could arrange for Crazy Louis Gohmert to introduce him.....

[onehandle]

23. Wapo pushes Canadian for President. Film at 11. nt

[TwilightGardener]

24. Delusional. No one except the teabaggiest baggers like him. And no, he really isn't

terribly bright. He's a well-educated idiot.

[Javaman]

25. 21st century pat buchanan. nt

[Botany]

27. Let me know where I can send some money to Cruz's for Prez operation.

[hrmjustin]

28. Oh he would be a hoot.

I could just imagine him on the campaign trail insulting everyone. He would probably get only 45% of the vote.

[CanonRay]

29. Let the Clown Show begin...

2016 edition

[Lil Missy]

30. Oh please do. Please!

[Arkana]

32. I want to see this sonuvabitch crash and burn like McCarthy and Goldwater.

He'd get destroyed in a Presidential campaign--sure, he'd win the teabagger vote, but they don't win you national elections.

[MineralMan]

36. Ho-hum. GOTV 2014! nt