Cruz announces he's running for president

[King]

I wouldn't underestimate Ted Cruz in the primary. He knows how to twist words on attack and make even someone like Walker suddenly 'too liberal.'

[King]

Cruz is the only GOP candidate I see that can win the nomination but lose to Elizabeth Warren. So all you true libs should root for him

[King]

Ted Cruz, Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Rand Paul

god debate season cannot come soon enough

[King]

So, since the Republicans are going to run the first term Harvard Law Senator and the Democrats are going with the runner up from 8 years ago, Steve Bullock rises to the top of the Hillary VP list as a young first term governor form a 3 EV state.

Could Lindsey Graham be Cruz's Biden?

[King]

Also, really too bad they didn't have the guts to go all-in with the rhyme and call his press release section Cruz Newz

http://www.tedcruz.org/cruz-news/

And they may want to stop writing in the style of the North Korean Central News Agency:

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[King]

Evidently Liberty University required its students to attend the announcement:

His speech was during convocation, which is mandatory for students who live on campus, no matter who the speaker is. It used to be three times a week, now I think they have to go twice a week.

Makes sense. "Liberty" = the freedom to follow strict WASP rules.

[King]

Good. He's my second choice

This is a good sign for Cruz. The past few cycles the Republican who won the nomination has been the one who was the second choice of the most people. I won't be surprised if this time one of the candidates officially adopts "He's my second choice" for a campaign slogan.

"Settle on Cruz Control"

[King]

http://www.theonion.com/articles/who-is-ted-cruz,38278/

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[King]

He was definitely in command of the crowd, though. He's very charismatic for the Christian right worldview.

His speech today could definitely be enough to consolidate Huckabee and Carson support to him.

[King]

He was definitely in command of the crowd, though. He's very charismatic for the Christian right worldview.

His speech today could definitely be enough to consolidate Huckabee and Carson support to him.

Besides the very visible Rand Paul people behind him?

Rand has hard support. People will jump from Huckabee and Carson flavors to the more exciting Cruz.

[King]

I just finished the full speech. Pretty impressive job at making issues I know I disagree with him on completely seem palatable. A lot of more moderate Republicans and Independents could get pulled in by this guy. He just might be the nominee.

If you're a Democrat, this is definitely why you want Hillary to go up against him. Elizabeth Warren could not spar with him. Martin O'Malley would get slaughtered Dukakis-style. They are not in Cruz's weight class as a fighter.

Cruz has the very Clintonesque style in that, rather than debate an issue head on, he'll throw a curve ball answer to get people on his side. Only the Clintons can know how to defeat this. Bill Clinton would actually make an excellent debate prep stand-in for Cruz.

I'm interested to see how the GOP nomination polls move from this announcement. Walker got a huge bump for his speech in Iowa on the internet. This was far more impressive.

[King]

I just finished the full speech. Pretty impressive job at making issues I know I disagree with him on completely seem palatable. A lot of more moderate Republicans and Independents could get pulled in by this guy. He just might be the nominee.

If you're a Democrat, this is definitely why you want Hillary to go up against him. Elizabeth Warren could not spar with him. Martin O'Malley would get slaughtered Dukakis-style. They are not in Cruz's weight class as a fighter.

Cruz has the very Clintonesque style in that, rather than debate an issue head on, he'll throw a curve ball answer to get people on his side. Only the Clintons can know how to defeat this. Bill Clinton would actually make an excellent debate prep stand-in for Cruz.

I'm interested to see how the GOP nomination polls move from this announcement. Walker got a huge bump for his speech in Iowa on the internet. This was far more impressive.

I totally agree.  There is one huge stylistic problem with Cruz though; he can't smile.  Just look at his face, he looks very weird when he smiles.

he's definitely very weird looking... like an uglier mccarthy without that warm alcoholic's glow

He's McCarthy with Nixon's nose.