Guess Who Just Crushed All Comers In A GOP Straw Poll?
The political establishment is going to start giving this Republican a lot more
respect now that he's crushed all comers in a recent Presidential Straw Poll of
GOP Voters...
(Politico) Sen. Ted Cruz dominated the presidential straw poll at the Texas GOP convention on Saturday, pulling in 43.4 percent of the votes at the contest in his home state, far ahead of other possible 2016 contenders on the ballot.
In the survey, which is an informal read of the most committed conservatives in the party, the retired neurosurgeon-turned-conservative firebrand Ben Carson came in a distant second.
Carson, who was not in attendance, raked in 12.2 percent of the vote, barely beating out Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, who pulled in 12.1 percent. Texas Gov. Rick Perry came in third with 11.7 percent, while well behind him was former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush with just 3.3 percent.
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(Politico) Sen. Ted Cruz dominated the presidential straw poll at the Texas GOP convention on Saturday, pulling in 43.4 percent of the votes at the contest in his home state, far ahead of other possible 2016 contenders on the ballot.
In the survey, which is an informal read of the most committed conservatives in the party, the retired neurosurgeon-turned-conservative firebrand Ben Carson came in a distant second.
Carson, who was not in attendance, raked in 12.2 percent of the vote, barely beating out Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, who pulled in 12.1 percent. Texas Gov. Rick Perry came in third with 11.7 percent, while well behind him was former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush with just 3.3 percent.
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This country is so screwed. No on cares anymore about the constitution. Cruz isn't eligble for the presidency or vice presidency. He was born In CANADA.
ReplyDeleteBefore you make such an ignorant statement, read the Constitution - in particular the 14th Amendment.
DeleteYes, Cruz is eligible to run for President, in a court ruling by Ted Cruz for President, both his parents were still American Citizens, and had yet to become a citizen of Canada at birth. At the time of the move to Canada, his father was working on a Visa, it wasn't until later they filed for "Dual Citizenship", Cruz has long since renounced his Canadian duality, as did his parents.
DeleteYou stupid people don't know your arse from a hole in the ground Ted Cruz is not eligible, 14th amend. has nothing to do with it. his father was not a citizen of the USA therefore he is not eligible to run for either office. Even though his mother was a citizen he is at best only a citizen, and he is not natural born. maybe he renounced his canadian citizenship he still is not eligible in the USA per article 2 section 1 clause 5.
DeleteAgreed , it's to bad he was born in Canada. We have a POTUS now with a questionable birth right to held office. Two wrong do not make a right. Constitutional law should be upheld it has not been for decades.
Delete"You stupid people don't know your arse from a hole in the ground "...
DeleteAnon... people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
I will vote for whichever has the courage to start impeachement proceedings
DeleteMy problem with the parties is that they are more like the Communist party in how the end seems to justify any means. Yes, Ted Cruz might be the kind of president we need, but NO, he's not qualified, as he was born in Canada. The Constitution is the SUPREME law of the land. It is time for us constitutionalists to infiltrate these "Manchurian" party leaderships. Get active at the local level.
DeleteDid you notice how the libeals are trying to get rid of the constitution?
DeleteIf Ted Cruz father was an American Citizen AT THE TIME OF HIS BIRTH, he is eligible. It doesn't matter that he was born in Canada. If his father was not an American Citizen at the time of his birth he is not Eligible.
DeleteHe is not eligible!
DeleteWell, the present resident of the Oval Office, The Little Moo-slum Chicken, was born in Kenya so what's your point?
DeleteThank God Jeb Bush is at the bottom of the barrel where he belongs.
DeleteA 14-page report by the non-partisan office’s legislative attorney Jack Maskell essentially states the Constitution sets out three eligibility requirements to be president: one must be at least 35, a resident within the United States for 14 years and a “natural born citizen.”
DeleteThe report states "the weight of scholarly legal and historical opinion appears to support the notion that 'natural born citizen' means one who is entitled under the Constitution or laws of the United States to U.S. citizenship 'at birth' or 'by birth,' including … those born abroad of one citizen parent who has met U.S. residency requirements."
I would not trust a 14-page report. I've heard two conservative Constitutional law experts say that the original intent of the Founding Fathers when they used the term "natural born" citizen to mean BOTH parents should be US citizens and the person should be born on US soil. Cruz fails on both counts (born in Canada & father not a US citizen at the time). I like Cruz, but as someone said above, 2 wrongs don't make a right. Just because Obama got away with it, Cruz shouldn't.
DeleteMark Levin explains that Ted Cruz IS a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN. Levin is a CONSTITUTIONAL ATTORNEY! http://therightscoop.com/mark-levin-explains-that-ted-cruz-is-a-natural-born-citizen/
DeleteTed Cruz is just as eligible as this so called black muslim terrorist pig we got stuck with now.
Deletethen how did obama make it-- Only God knows what hole he was born in!!!
DeleteWould all you Anonymous people please sign up! No one knows if it's the same person or many others!
DeleteBecause of this, guess I'll have to contact them again, and once again take the Anonymous choice away.
"If Ted Cruz father was an American Citizen AT THE TIME OF HIS BIRTH, he is eligible."
DeleteEveryone is forgetting that Ted Cruz has a mother...
That is right but how is it that of**ko was elected? Low or No information people elected the muslim of**ko.
DeleteTed Cruz's father was NOT an American citizen at the time of Ted's birth. Ted Cruz is, therefore, an American citizen through his mother's citizenship but also a Cuban citizen through his father's citizenship. Since he did NOT have TWO U. S. citizen parents at the time of his birth, he is NOT a natural-born citizen and is NOT qualified for POTUS. I will NOT vote for him.
DeleteHe was born in Canada but has American citizenship from birth because his father is an American. He has recently renounced his dual Canadian citizenship. Yes, he is eligible to be president and there is a good chance he will be. Yeah!!!
DeleteYeah and your boy Obama was born in Kenya,Africa so what else is new? Born in Kenya and gets a free pass on destroying the Constitution at every turn, yet anyone questioning the Messiah's origins is vilified as a "birther" insisting he was born in Hawaii which has proved to be fraudulent. Cruz having been born in Canada is of course fair game, what hypocrisy !
ReplyDeleteWhy is not anyone pushing the constitution requirements for Cruz? Why wait until he is challenged by the Democrats? Lets be above board and make sure that Cruz is eligible before we go down the road too far.
DeleteCruz's parents were American citizens. Obama was born in Kenya and his father, a Kenyan, was a British subject. Obama is not an American. His mother was too young to confer citizenship when he was born. Even his grandmother (Well, the mother of one of his grandfather's wives. He was a polygamist.) said she was present at his birth in Kenya.
DeleteMark Levin explains that Ted Cruz is elegible: http://therightscoop.com/mark-levin-explains-that-ted-cruz-is-a-natural-born-citizen/
DeleteBut wouldn't just the little bit of doubt about his citizenship make a lot of folks not vote for him?
DeleteCruz's father was NOT an American citizen at the time of Ted's birth forever disqualifying Ted from being a natural-born citizen.
DeleteAgreed! His own grandmother BRAGGED about her being there for his birth In Kenya. Funny how those video clips became "lost" and poor grammie mysteriously DIED! (just like the person that FORGED his so-called birth certificate.) Kinda sounds like the Clintons all over again ya think??
ReplyDeleteTed Cruz mother was born in Delaware an American citizen and the agreement between Canada and the US he would be a US citizen, Canadian or dual. He has had dual and has given up his Canadian citizenship because you cannot run for President with dual citizenship. He is more American than those that say he isn't that's for sure -
ReplyDeleteHe denounced his other citizenship and is now an AMERICAN. An american that we need badly.
DeleteThere is no such agreement between Canada and the U.S. Each determine who is entitled to citizenship independently.
DeleteYes, yes, yes. Ted Cruz is an American citizen BUT he is NOT a natural-born citizen. Why can't you people get this? To be a natural-born citizen, one must be born to TWO U. S. citizen parents. Ted's father was Cuban-Canadian at the time of Ted's birth. He is NOT qualified for POTUS!
DeleteEven if obummer were born in Hawaii, which I doubt, he is still not a "natural born citizen". So if he gets a pass, why not Cruz ????
ReplyDeleteLets not think about a pass. I do not think Obama is a natural born citizen and should not be our president. However, I could support Cruz as president if we just make sure that he is a natural born citizen. Let's not have any controvery.
DeleteYou can try all you want, but Cruz will NEVER qualify as a natural-born citizen. Move on. A natural-born citizen has TWO U. S. citizen parents at the time of his birth.
DeleteNatural born = born on American soil?
ReplyDeleteNatural born as in BOTH parents are US citizens at the time of his birth.
DeleteA 14-page report by the non-partisan office’s legislative attorney Jack Maskell essentially states the Constitution sets out three eligibility requirements to be president: one must be at least 35, a resident within the United States for 14 years and a “natural born citizen.”
DeleteThe report states "the weight of scholarly legal and historical opinion appears to support the notion that 'natural born citizen' means one who is entitled under the Constitution or laws of the United States to U.S. citizenship 'at birth' or 'by birth,' including … those born abroad of one citizen parent who has met U.S. residency requirements."
Sorry, but a REPORT does not law make! The report is erroneous and not founded in fact.
DeleteNatural-born does NOT equal born on American soil. Natural-born means born to TWO U. S. citizen parents. Cruz was born to an American mother and a Cuban father. He is a U. S. citizen through his mother's citizenship. He is also a Cuban and Canadian citizen through his father's citizenship and through his birth in Canada. Since his father was NOT a U. S. citizen at the time of his birth, Ted Cruz is NOT a natural-born citizen.
DeleteNatural born as in both his parents are born in the USA and he is born USA or military base (which is considered USA).
ReplyDeletethis applies to any candidate for highest office
DeleteA 14-page report by the non-partisan office’s legislative attorney Jack Maskell essentially states the Constitution sets out three eligibility requirements to be president: one must be at least 35, a resident within the United States for 14 years and a “natural born citizen.”
DeleteThe report states "the weight of scholarly legal and historical opinion appears to support the notion that 'natural born citizen' means one who is entitled under the Constitution or laws of the United States to U.S. citizenship 'at birth' or 'by birth,' including … those born abroad of one citizen parent who has met U.S. residency requirements."
That was brought up before and he can run for president and I think he would be great, much better then who we have now that really isn't a citizen at all!!! And he hates American and Americans too!!!!!
ReplyDeleteUse names in place of pronouns, because I can't read if you're talking about Obama or Cruz.
DeleteA report does NOT make law or change law!
DeleteI don't know about Cruz, but we all know this excuse for a president is a disgrace. I would like to propose a newcomer, who is making great waves/strides in showing what a true American is really like. Dr. Ben Carson is also a black man, but he has intregrity and a real desire toi help us get back our country and show the rest of the world we haven't lost our most important desire to get back to being honest and loyal Americans.
ReplyDeleteI would vote for Dr. Carson in a minute. He is a true, loyal American who cares deeply for his country.
DeleteI've long enjoyed his political views he has long been preaching especially for our youth, both black and white, but really enjoyed him ripping Obama in public at the National Prayer Breakfast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83IiLN_EaF4
DeleteBut I don't know if he has what it takes, but if he's the candidate, he has my vote.
I agree, I think Dr Ben Carson would be a great choice. He is intelligent mature, and seems to care about where this country is headed under this administration.
DeleteWhen you stupidly vote for unproven Carson, be sure to takes your guns along to the polls and turn them in. Carson is big-government too. Don't be fooled because he's gets SOME things right.
DeleteThe problems in this country are so complex that it's going to take someone as smart as a brain surgeon to solve them. We need someone who is not a politician to head this government. Someone who has a lot of common sense and is not afraid not to be politically correct. Dr. Ben Carson for President of the United States.
ReplyDeleteI am a Texan born TexMex. And for what it's worth, I totally agree that Dr. Ben Carson is a great choise foe the Presidance job... I would vote for his.. For what it's worth...
DeleteThe problems in this country are NOT complex. The solutions are simple, but they will not be implemented because most of those in power do not want them to be. Another reason simple solutions will not be enacted is because a large percentage of this nation likes big government and the perks it provides them. Until "we the people" stop looking to government for our welfare and until we learn to rule ourselves, we will always fall victim to the abuse of those chosen to rule over us. No one man or leader will fix our woes. WE the people are a big part of the problem. Until and unless the citizens of this nation desire independence, personal responsibility, and hard work, nothing will change or can change.
DeleteHOW CAN TED CRUZ BE PRESIDENT WHEN HE WAS BORN TO AN AMERICAN MOM AND A CANADIAN FATHER?
ReplyDeleteNEITHER CAN RUBIO, OR GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA.
CHECK THIS OUT?
I*t beats the Hell out od Obama a TRAITOR
DeleteTwo wrongs don't make a right!
DeleteA 14-page report by the non-partisan office’s legislative attorney Jack Maskell essentially states the Constitution sets out three eligibility requirements to be president: one must be at least 35, a resident within the United States for 14 years and a “natural born citizen.”
ReplyDeleteThe report states "the weight of scholarly legal and historical opinion appears to support the notion that 'natural born citizen' means one who is entitled under the Constitution or laws of the United States to U.S. citizenship 'at birth' or 'by birth,' including … those born abroad of one citizen parent who has met U.S. residency requirements."
It should be easily determined whether Ted Cruz's father WAS an American citizen WHEN Ted was born. If hew was and clearly his mother was THEN he is an American Citizen!
ReplyDeleteWhy does everyone foolishly keep talking about American citizenship. NO ONE is disputing Cruz's American citizenship. That is NOT the issue. Cruz is an American citizen but he is NOT a natural-born citizen. To be a natural-born citizen one must be born to TWO U. S. citizens. It's not that hard!
DeleteGeorge Washington was born as a British subject & served under the Crown in the French/Indian War; he owned slaves...he served 2 terms as President, and appears to us now on the face of the dollar bill & on the quarter...for over 2 centuries, nobody ever questioned his citizenship. Many, if not all the founding fathers also were born under British rule (in a British territory). I guess it is all in the timing!
ReplyDeletereddy. Go back and read the qualifications for president in the Constitution. Note, also, that Martin Van Buren was the first President born a United States Citizen. All before that were born British citizens.
DeleteYes, it IS all about timing. Those who were British citizens at the signing of the Constitution fell under different rules. No one else has ever fallen under those rules. To qualify for POTUS since that time, a candidate had to be a natural-born citizen (i.e. born to TWO U. S. citizen parents).
Deletehttp://www.newswithviews.com/JBWilliams/williams279.htm
ReplyDeleteTed Cruz has been cleared to run for President by the Federal Elections Commission, and the courts.
DeleteTed Cruz has not been cleared by the Constitution, Patriot55.
DeleteCruz is to liberal. Dr. Ben Carson is the best of all !
ReplyDeleteYeah, Ben Carson is "the best of all." All what? Big-government, big-spending, etc. He wants to have HSA (Healthcare Savings Account) mandatory from the cradle! He wants to restrict gun rights. Have we learned nothing yet. ALL candidates must be looked at with suspicion and even contempt. It is their natural bent to rule over and to seek their own welfare. It we would but rule ourselves, we would not clamor to be ruled by those who almost always abuse us!
DeleteCruz renounced his Canadian citizenship long ago and Ben Carson would be a great one to run also maybe a Cruz Carson team. jeb bush stay right where you are comfy and cozy and pampered and let the real leaders take this on to the white house.
ReplyDeleteSo what if Cruz renounced his Canadian citizenship. He is still a Cuban-American because of his father's Cuban citizenship at the time of Ted's birth. He is NOT a natural-born citizen because he was NOT born to TWO U. S. citizen parents.
DeleteCourts have cleared Cruz to run for the Office of President, his parents held dual citizenship of the U.S. and Canada. Whereas Obama's father didn't even have a U.S. citizenship, his step-father was a citizen of Indonesia, as was Barry Jr. when he entered a Muslim School.
DeleteMight I suggest Ben Carson and Rand Paul on the ticket Two doctors to clean up the health care mess. The two will clean up the VA mess and they will secure our borders, PLUS they stand with Israel. Gowdy needs to be our speaker and Cruz would be a great Secretary of State! Let's win the Senate and move forward! Both men are for the Pipeline as well; More jobs folks! They can wrap circles around Hillary! Carson does not ruffle when speaking like Hillary she gets so flustered. Can you imagine him at a debate with her on Health care? He would chew her up and spit her out! Amen to both of them. WE are war weary and we need to secure the USA. We need our pride back and we need to stop supporting countries that hate us IE NO MORE MONEY like Rand Paul said! Let's get our Budget in order. They are both for getting rid of the IRS nonsense. This is a winning team! Our soldiers need to secure the borders and electrify it if need be. That will stop them and we need to stop the bleeding heart PC nonsense.
ReplyDeleteClean up the healthcare mess? Carson wants cradle to the grave coverage. He advocates starting Healthcare Savings Accounts to newborns. Sound familiar? Sounds like Social Security to me and it sounds like a BIG government program.
DeleteWhy are we still fooled by these closet big-government, big-spending conservative-light candidates? Let's grow up in our assessments and thinking.
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH ALLT THE DUMB ASS! CONGRESS HAS TO DO IS DEFUND, THE IRS! EPA! THE DOJ!,AND THAT WOULD SHUT THIS TREASON NON AMERICAN MUSLIM NOT MY PRESIDENT DOWN!!!!! STOP HIM COLD! EVERY BODY CALL YOUR CONGRESSMANO OR WOMEN AND DEMAND TO DEFUND THESE DEPARTMENTS.INCLUDING ALL THE ILLEGALS HE JUST LET IN THAT HE KNEW WAS COMMING,AND NOW PRETENDS HE DIDN'T PUT YOUR FOOT DOWN PEOPLE AND DEMAND ACTION AND E-MAIL BOEHNER AND TELL HIM TO GROW SOME COHONA'S. WE ARE AMERICANS FIRST! REMEMBER!JOHN F. KENNEDY SAID DON'T ASK WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU! BUT WHAT YOU!!! CAND DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY! WE CAN NEVER LET THIS HAPPEN AGAIN!!!! PAY ATTENTION TO ELECTIONS AND DO YOUR HOME WORK BEFOR YOU VOTE! ELECTION'S HAVE CONSIQUINCES!!!
ReplyDeleteBEN CARSON I LIKE BUT ONE THING I SAY ON A INTER VIEW WITH HIM HE SAID ON THE 2ND AMMENDMENT! HE DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE IN THE CITY TO HAVE GUNS BUT IF YOU LIVE IN THE COUNTRY,HE DIDN'T MIND BECAUSE YOUR OUT IN THE COUNTRY! THE 2ND AMENDMENT IS FOR EVERY AMERICAN CITY! THE CONSTITUTION READS AMERICAN CITIZENS CAN HAVE WHAT EVER THE GOVERMENT HAS SO THE GOVERMENT CAN'T OVER THROW THE PEOPLE!!
ReplyDeleteWHYHAS OBAMA HAD 4 DIFFERENT SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS AND THE ONE HE HAS NOW BELONGS TO A MAN FROM CONNETICUT,FROM THE 1890'S H U M M!!!!! AND WHY DID HIS WIFE SAY ONE TIME TO AN AUDIENCE MY HUSBANDS HOME TOWN OF KEYNNA!H U M M!!!!
ReplyDeleteEVERY BODY MAKE SURE YOU GRT OUT TO VOTE IN NOVEMBER TO TAKE BACK THE SENNATE, AND KEEP THE HOUSE,AND IN 2016 WE TAKE THE WHITE HOUSE! AND TAKE THIS COUNTRY BACK AND MAKE IT BETTER SO OUR KIDS,AND GRAND KIDS HAVE A FUTURE!!! AND TAKE THIS WHOLE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO COURT AND TRY THEM FOR TREASON!!! AND STEALING FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THROW THEM INTO PRISON FOR LIFE!TAKE ALL THEIR ASSETS AND LIQUID DATE THEM INTO THE 17 TRILLION DEBT WE HAVE!!!!!!
ReplyDeletePUT THE HEAT ON OUR CONGRESS TO DEFUND THIS PREIDENT KNOW ONCE AND FOR ALL!!!! AND END THIS MADDNESS NOW!!!!AMERICA DON'T GIVE UP STAY STRONG AND STAY THE COURSE!!!WRITE E-MAILS,CALL YOUR REPRESENTITIVES,SEND FAXES!! STAY ON THEM ALL TILL 2014 ELECTIONS REMIND THEM WE ARE NOTG GOING TO TO TAKE THEIR CRAP ANYMORE!!! SEND BLAST FAXES THEY GET THOUSANDS OF THESE THEIR QUICKER THAN PAPER SIGNITURES AND MAKES A DIFFERENCE IMMEDIATELY!!!!
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