A rising star in the Republican Party is Ted Cruz. A patriot from the great state of Texas.

Discuss

Unlike the current White House resident, we know a little about his Harvard schooling.

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Dershowitz: Ted Cruz one of Harvard Law’s smartest students

8:34 PM 05/09/2013

CHARLES C. JOHNSON

Contributor

Famed Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz ranks Sen. Ted Cruz among the school’s smartest students, adding that the Canada-born Texan can run for president in 2016.

Cruz was a “terrific student,” Dershowitz told The Daily Caller. “He was always very active in class, presenting a libertarian point of view. He didn’t strike me as a social conservative, more of a libertarian.”

“He had brilliant insights and he was clearly among the top students, as revealed by his class responses,” Dershowitz added.

http://dailycaller.com/2013/05/09/dershowitz-tex-cruz-one-of-harvard-laws-smartest-students/

Unlike the current White House resident, we know a little about his Harvard schooling.

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Dershowitz: Ted Cruz one of Harvard Law’s smartest students

8:34 PM 05/09/2013

CHARLES C. JOHNSON

Contributor

Famed Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz ranks Sen. Ted Cruz among the school’s smartest students, adding that the Canada-born Texan can run for president in 2016.

Cruz was a “terrific student,” Dershowitz told The Daily Caller. “He was always very active in class, presenting a libertarian point of view. He didn’t strike me as a social conservative, more of a libertarian.”

“He had brilliant insights and he was clearly among the top students, as revealed by his class responses,” Dershowitz added.

http://dailycaller.com/2013/05/09/dershowitz-tex-cruz-one-of-harvard-laws-smartest-students/

"......he was clearly among the top students, as revealed by his class responses,” ". Clearly. Nothing to do with his grades that are NOT mentioned, Which is what appears to be the gripe with the "current resident".

Why the double standard? "Class responses" as related anecdotaly are a signifyer of greatness?

Ted Cruz?
Seriously?

Gag me with a spoon ...

Just other right wing nutjob in the pay of the NRA and oil. He's no different to people such as Michelle Bachman, Rick Perry, Sarah Palin, John Fleming and the list goes on. Glen Beck who is a seriously deluded individual thinks he is the bee's knees while Pat Robertson....

On the other hand, the OP is quite correct in saying that Ted Cruz is a rising star in the Republican party. If he goes up against Clinton in the next presidential election he has a good chance of winning. Way way too many people dislike Clinton to such a degree that they could not bring themselves to vote for her resulting in a Cruz win by low turnout.

Ted Cruz threatens the 'old guard' of the Republican Party because he brings in new ideas such as following more strictly to the Constitution. Novel idea that, eh. He was recently blamed (incorrectly) for Obama's passage of his nominee for Surgeon General.

Did Ted Cruz really bungle the lame-duck session for Republicans?

The money quote from the article:

"...there were some very complex cross-currents going on in the Senate in the last few days. The bottom line is that President Obama and Democrats got the confirmations they wanted — just as they planned and intended, regardless of anything Ted Cruz did. As he made clear before it all began, Harry Reid was going to make full use of his last chance to confirm his party's nominees. It would have made no sense for him to do otherwise."

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/did-ted-cruz-really-bungle-the-lame-duck-session-for-republicans/article/2557498

Of course they hate Ted over at Salon and Daily Kos & that ilk but when facts get in the way of ideology, the Left always throws a tantrum.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjruOE-nImI

Man is totally insane but perhaps more appealing in that he does not wear magic underwear.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjruOE-nImI

Man is totally insane but perhaps more appealing in that he does not wear magic underwear.

Thanks for those videos. They show the following:

1. Sen. Feinstein is an idiot when confronted with Constitutional law. She is an emotional political professional that needs to retire.

2. Huffington Post is reduced to panic when they choose an unknown 30 year old blogger to channel their frustrations through.

3. Cruz believes in what he does but, most importantly, you have committed the unpardonable sin. You have used a Fox News source claiming it as accurate.

Definite no-no.

Unlike the current White House resident, we know a little about his Harvard schooling.

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Dershowitz: Ted Cruz one of Harvard Law’s smartest students

8:34 PM 05/09/2013

CHARLES C. JOHNSON

Contributor

Famed Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz ranks Sen. Ted Cruz among the school’s smartest students, adding that the Canada-born Texan can run for president in 2016.

Cruz was a “terrific student,” Dershowitz told The Daily Caller. “He was always very active in class, presenting a libertarian point of view. He didn’t strike me as a social conservative, more of a libertarian.”

“He had brilliant insights and he was clearly among the top students, as revealed by his class responses,” Dershowitz added.

http://dailycaller.com/2013/05/09/dershowitz-tex-cruz-one-of-harvard-laws-smartest-students/

"......he was clearly among the top students, as revealed by his class responses,” ". Clearly. Nothing to do with his grades that are NOT mentioned, Which is what appears to be the gripe with the "current resident".

Why the double standard? "Class responses" as related anecdotaly are a signifyer of greatness?

A simple check on your part and all the rhetoric would have been unnecessary. You wouldn't seem nearly so pedantic if you did a little research prior to making some of your posts.

Valedictorian of his High School graduating class.

Graduated cum laude from Princeton University with a BA in Public Policy

Graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School with a Juris Doctor degree.

The following from Wikipedia:

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Cruz graduated cum laude from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy[33] from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs in 1992.[6][5] While at Princeton, he competed for the American Whig-Cliosophic Society's Debate Panel and won the top speaker award at both the 1992 U.S. National Debating Championship and the 1992 North American Debating Championship.[34] In 1992, he was named U.S. National Speaker of the Year and Team of the Year (with his debate partner, David Panton).[34] Cruz was also a semi-finalist at the 1995 World Universities Debating Championship, making him Princeton’s highest-ranked debater at the championship.[35][36] Princeton's debate team later named their annual novice championship after Cruz.[35]

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After graduating from Princeton, Cruz attended Harvard Law School, graduating magna cum laude in 1995 with a Juris Doctor degree.[6][38] While at Harvard Law, Cruz was a primary editor of the Harvard Law Review, and executive editor of the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, and a founding editor of the Harvard Latino Law Review.[5] Referring to Cruz's time as a student at Harvard Law, Professor Alan Dershowitz said, "Cruz was off-the-charts brilliant."[18] At Harvard Law, Cruz was a John M. Olin Fellow in Law and Economics.[39]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cruz

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Maybe graduating cum laude from Princeton and magna cum laude from Harvard Law don't mean anything to an Australian, but it is a nice addition to one's CV in the rest of the world.

Bad grades won't get either of those honors.

James Carville is a long time Democratic Party operative who started with Bill Clinton and is still in vogue today.

Watch what he has to say about Cruz.

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Interesting that the name Diane Feinstein is brought out. A thrice-married Obama sycophant who has lost all credibility with the much maligned 'Torture Report' recently released by her office. The American public gave her a collective 'ho hum' - like they were not in the least impressed.

Regarding Ted Cruz who has made mention he hasn't out ruled a bid for POTUS. . Will be interesting if he can gain the money backing.

What concerns me with Cruz is where he was born. His birth country is Canada and he is a naturalized US citizen.

With the Constitution calling for a "natural born citizen" to be President, does he qualify?

I'm sure the Democrats are sitting in the wings with all sorts of legal actions awaiting his candidacy, but will they have any legs?

I dunno, but the threat is out there.

I am not a Ted Cruz fan, but he is not naturalized. He was a dual citizen until he renounced his Canadian one -- an American because of his mother, and Canadian because the country, like America, grants automatic citizenship to anyone born there. Cruz qualifies as a natural born citizen,because he was American at birth.

I don't want him to run for president, because Charles Krauthammer warned him what would happen if he tried shutting down the government. He did it anyway and not successfully.

IMO, if he runs against Hillary, he will get smeared and it will be at least 4 more years of Obama's failed policies.

Unlike the current White House resident, we know a little about his Harvard schooling.

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Dershowitz: Ted Cruz one of Harvard Law’s smartest students

8:34 PM 05/09/2013

CHARLES C. JOHNSON

Contributor

Famed Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz ranks Sen. Ted Cruz among the school’s smartest students, adding that the Canada-born Texan can run for president in 2016.

Cruz was a “terrific student,” Dershowitz told The Daily Caller. “He was always very active in class, presenting a libertarian point of view. He didn’t strike me as a social conservative, more of a libertarian.”

“He had brilliant insights and he was clearly among the top students, as revealed by his class responses,” Dershowitz added.

http://dailycaller.com/2013/05/09/dershowitz-tex-cruz-one-of-harvard-laws-smartest-students/

I thought one had to be born in the US to be acceptable as President - e.g. Boris Johnson is qualified, this guy appears not to be qualified.

I heard Obama was not born in the US. He was called out on this for many months by most Republicans. He has a fake birth certificate apparently and is also a Muslim.

I heard Obama was not born in the US. He was called out on this for many months by most Republicans. He has a fake birth certificate apparently and is also a Muslim.

That is absolutely correct.

That BC from Hawaii was the worst kind of fake possible. Folks down on Kao San Road wold laugh their asses off at that one!

I am not a Ted Cruz fan, but he is not naturalized. He was a dual citizen until he renounced his Canadian one -- an American because of his mother, and Canadian because the country, like America, grants automatic citizenship to anyone born there. Cruz qualifies as a natural born citizen,because he was American at birth.

I don't want him to run for president, because Charles Krauthammer warned him what would happen if he tried shutting down the government. He did it anyway and not successfully.

IMO, if he runs against Hillary, he will get smeared and it will be at least 4 more years of Obama's failed policies.

What's not to like about 'ol Ted? A strong supporter of the U.S. Constitution and we're not so sure that the Hildebeast is a shoe-in are we?

After all, he won the Federalist Presidential Straw Poll with 26 percent of the nearly one thousand votes cast.

: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/29/last-ted-cruz-finally-wins-presidential-straw-poll/#ixzz3NKQ8Kyej

4 more years of Obama's failed policies.

What was the deficit in 2009, what is it now and in which directing is it moving?

What was the unemployment rate in 2009, what is it now and in which direction is it moving?

Unless you refer to foreign policy.

I heard Obama was not born in the US. He was called out on this for many months by most Republicans.

Actually, it was the Hillary campaign that started the rumors in the first place and then some conservatives picked up on it. Most commentators on Fox News always maintained that it was not true.

I thought one had to be born in the US to be acceptable as President

You have to be a natural born citizen - born American - and he is. That is why John McCain could run.

What's not to like about 'ol Ted? A strong supporter of the U.S. Constitution and we're not so sure that the Hildebeast is a shoe-in are we?

I don't think that she is a shoe-in unless she is running against Ted or Rand Paul. I am pretty sure that she would smear either one of them.

Most commentators on Fox News always maintained that it was not true.

Yet it was covered in their 'hard news' sections for at least two months. Faux news promulgated it at first then took it to 'soft news' as an opinion piece to save their backs but still look after their paymasters, the Republican party.

It WAS news and the Hillary campaign made it news. Anyone who did not cover it had an agenda.

4 more years of Obama's failed policies.

What was the deficit in 2009, what is it now and in which directing is it moving?

What was the unemployment rate in 2009, what is it now and in which direction is it moving?

Unless you refer to foreign policy.

What was the national debt of the United States in 2009, what is it now and in which directing is it moving?

Unemployment Rate Down As Americans Give Up On Work

Dean Baker, an economist with the Center for Economic Policy Research in Washington, said Friday that the decline in U.S. labor force participation in this recent data release was “striking.”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2013/03/08/unemployment-rate-down-as-americans-give-up-on-work/

I am not a Ted Cruz fan, but he is not naturalized. He was a dual citizen until he renounced his Canadian one -- an American because of his mother, and Canadian because the country, like America, grants automatic citizenship to anyone born there. Cruz qualifies as a natural born citizen,because he was American at birth.

I don't want him to run for president, because Charles Krauthammer warned him what would happen if he tried shutting down the government. He did it anyway and not successfully.

IMO, if he runs against Hillary, he will get smeared and it will be at least 4 more years of Obama's failed policies.

UG:

You are, of course, quite correct. I forgot that little nicety about American mother or father, even though my daughter has American citizenship in just that manner.

My bad.

4 more years of Obama's failed policies.

What was the deficit in 2009, what is it now and in which directing is it moving?

What was the unemployment rate in 2009, what is it now and in which direction is it moving?

Unless you refer to foreign policy.

1. "What was the deficit in 2009, what is it now and in which directing is it moving?"

The trend is down from 2009's final amount of $1.413 Trillion to the current estimated amount of $483 Billion for 2014. The years between were:

FY 2014: $483 bln

FY 2013: $680 bln

FY 2012: $1,087 bln

FY 2011: $1,300 bln

FY 2010: $1,294 bln

FY 2009: $1,413 bln

The last full year of the Bush administration and last spending bill approved by his administration was $458 Billion.

2. "What was the unemployment rate in 2009, what is it now and in which direction is it moving?"

The unemployment rate is hovering around the 5.8% figure for the past few months. Prior to that it reached something over 10% in the early stages of the Obama administration. Having said that, the labor participation rate is at its highest since 1954. The labor participation rate is the percent of the eligible (by age) work force in the US population hat have actively sought work during the last four week period prior to month's end. The U-6 unemployment rate, which includes those drop-outs, is running near 11% which is up from when Obama took office.

Things aren't quite as rosy in this area as one might expect.

4 more years of Obama's failed policies.

What was the deficit in 2009, what is it now and in which directing is it moving?

What was the unemployment rate in 2009, what is it now and in which direction is it moving?

Unless you refer to foreign policy.

1. "What was the deficit in 2009, what is it now and in which directing is it moving?"

The trend is down from 2009's final amount of $1.413 Trillion to the current estimated amount of $483 Billion for 2014. The years between were:

FY 2014: $483 bln

FY 2013: $680 bln

FY 2012: $1,087 bln

FY 2011: $1,300 bln

FY 2010: $1,294 bln

FY 2009: $1,413 bln

The last full year of the Bush administration and last spending bill approved by his administration was $458 Billion.

2. "What was the unemployment rate in 2009, what is it now and in which direction is it moving?"

The unemployment rate is hovering around the 5.8% figure for the past few months. Prior to that it reached something over 10% in the early stages of the Obama administration. Having said that, the labor participation rate is at its highest since 1954. The labor participation rate is the percent of the eligible (by age) work force in the US population hat have actively sought work during the last four week period prior to month's end. The U-6 unemployment rate, which includes those drop-outs, is running near 11% which is up from when Obama took office.

Things aren't quite as rosy in this area as one might expect.

Thank you for finding the information.

Still trying to get my head around 'failed policies'. It can certainly be argued that Obama could have done better especially during his first two years but that does not equate to failed policies.

4 more years of Obama's failed policies.

What was the deficit in 2009, what is it now and in which directing is it moving?

What was the unemployment rate in 2009, what is it now and in which direction is it moving?

Unless you refer to foreign policy.

1. "What was the deficit in 2009, what is it now and in which directing is it moving?"

The trend is down from 2009's final amount of $1.413 Trillion to the current estimated amount of $483 Billion for 2014. The years between were:

FY 2014: $483 bln

FY 2013: $680 bln

FY 2012: $1,087 bln

FY 2011: $1,300 bln

FY 2010: $1,294 bln

FY 2009: $1,413 bln

The last full year of the Bush administration and last spending bill approved by his administration was $458 Billion.

2. "What was the unemployment rate in 2009, what is it now and in which direction is it moving?"

The unemployment rate is hovering around the 5.8% figure for the past few months. Prior to that it reached something over 10% in the early stages of the Obama administration. Having said that, the labor participation rate is at its highest since 1954. The labor participation rate is the percent of the eligible (by age) work force in the US population hat have actively sought work during the last four week period prior to month's end. The U-6 unemployment rate, which includes those drop-outs, is running near 11% which is up from when Obama took office.

Things aren't quite as rosy in this area as one might expect.

Thank you for finding the information.

Still trying to get my head around 'failed policies'. It can certainly be argued that Obama could have done better especially during his first two years but that does not equate to failed policies.

We're not discussing foreign policies here so let me start off with these:

1. Energy policy, in spite of the large increase in oil production and the subsequent drop in the price of oil, this has been accomplished despite all efforts of this administration. The Energy Department has virtually stopped giving drilling permission offshore and on all federal land. The drilling has increased during the past four years because privately owned land is now leased and fracking has been developed into a finer method of extracting the oil. Keystone pipeline has been stymied by Obama due to his promises to the green industry donors (think Tom Styer et al) and support of many now bankrupt green companies (Solyndra at $500 million) and other donors (think Warren Buffett who owns the railroad that has been the primary mover of the Bakken shale oil in the Dakota's) to the southern refineries.

New offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico has been off the table since the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. Most of the movable drilling rigs have now moved from the Gulf to greener pastures in SE Asia because his Energy Department refused to issue drilling permits. The economies of those states bordering the Gulf have been adversely affected as a result.

2. EPA rules and regulations have been released en masse with a flurry of activity on 24 December 2014 with, as some call it, the costliest regulation in the history of the US. Requiring our industries to follow mandatory reductions in ozone emission beginning in 2015 that could cost as much as $3.4 TRILLION on the economy by 2040. http://www.nam.org/Issues/Environment/Ozone-Regulations/Ozone-Report-Executive-Summary-20140730.pdf

The EPA has been running amok during this administration with their new regulations and the impact on the economy and small business is intense.

3. Obamacare (Affordable Care Act) has been an unmitigated disaster since it was signed in the middle of the night on 12/24/09 by the Democratic Party and signed into law in 2010. It was sold to the public on a litany of lies and deceitful practices and there is no end in sight to it ever becoming anything approaching a workable law. The medical industry is beginning to unravel with doctors retiring, hospitals tightening their new patient rules. Only Medicaid, which is the free government paid insurance, has seen an increase and that is because...yep, you got it, the government is footing the bills here.

I haven't seen a recent CBO estimate on what the cost of Obamacare will be for the foreseeable future, but for something that Obama told us would not "add one dime to the deficit", the promise certainly sounds hollow today. The last estimate I recall seeing was something in the neighborhood of $2 Trillion added to the national debt by 2025 as a result of this piece of extremely bad legislation.

There are just three policy areas I consider as monumental mistakes in judgement carried out by the Obama administration. I'm certain there are many more but it is after midnight and my aching body requires sleep very soon.

Read it over and get back with me tomorrow.

Cheers.

4 more years of Obama's failed policies.

What was the deficit in 2009, what is it now and in which directing is it moving?

What was the unemployment rate in 2009, what is it now and in which direction is it moving?

Unless you refer to foreign policy.

1. "What was the deficit in 2009, what is it now and in which directing is it moving?"

The trend is down from 2009's final amount of $1.413 Trillion to the current estimated amount of $483 Billion for 2014. The years between were:

FY 2014: $483 bln

FY 2013: $680 bln

FY 2012: $1,087 bln

FY 2011: $1,300 bln

FY 2010: $1,294 bln

FY 2009: $1,413 bln

The last full year of the Bush administration and last spending bill approved by his administration was $458 Billion.

2. "What was the unemployment rate in 2009, what is it now and in which direction is it moving?"

The unemployment rate is hovering around the 5.8% figure for the past few months. Prior to that it reached something over 10% in the early stages of the Obama administration. Having said that, the labor participation rate is at its highest since 1954. The labor participation rate is the percent of the eligible (by age) work force in the US population hat have actively sought work during the last four week period prior to month's end. The U-6 unemployment rate, which includes those drop-outs, is running near 11% which is up from when Obama took office.

Things aren't quite as rosy in this area as one might expect.

Having just read through this post again, I find two glaring errors I made.

1. The original statement said this:

"The last full year of the Bush administration and last spending bill approved by his administration was $458 Billion."

and should read this:

"The deficit for the last full year of the Bush administration and last spending bill approved by his administration was $458 Billion."

2. The original statement said this:

" Having said that, the labor participation rate is at its highest since 1954."

and should read this:

"Having said that, the labor participation rate is at its lowest since 1954"

My apologies.