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Addressing a packed ballroom at the National Review Summit, Texas Senator Ted Cruz stood without a podium or notes. His rhetorical style, reminiscent of an evangelical minister, conveyed a clear and optimistic message regarding the future of the GOP.
“Tattoo these two words on your arm,” he said gesturing to his forearm. “Growth and opportunity.” Focusing on these inherently positive concepts, he claimed, would have a powerful impact on the electorate by demonstrating more effectively how Republican policies can improve social mobility and generate much needed revenue.
“I would love to double your taxes,” Ted quipped to an imaginary businessman, “after you have doubled your profits.”
Cruz also connected these terms to why he thought Republicans didn’t capture the White House in 2012. Republicans failed to win the argument by not showing how their policies aid the fateful “47% percent”. Focusing like a laser on “Opportunity Conservatism,” he predicted, would win over the youth vote as well as the much-discussed Hispanic vote.
To support this, Cruz cited internal polling of Hispanics in Texas that showed only a very small percentage put any emphasis on immigration reform, compared to the more than 50% that emphasized wealth creation. Regarding the youth vote, he relied on less data and more on his own experience. He claimed that young people are attracted to an optimistic leader and message, such as Ronald Reagan who they voted for overwhelmingly.
“We in Congress were mostly children when Reagan was president,” he explained, and therefore, in more ways than one, “We are the children of Reagan.”
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RJ| 1.27.13 @ 4:13PM
Ted Cruz is great.
On the other hand, I noticed this morning that John McCain is talking about immigration reform and that it should lead to citizenship for illegals. Well, the federal government has put us in over $16 trillion in debt, with $1 trillion annual deficits and the Senate has not passed a budget for over 4 years. Government spending should be the issue which is front and center, yet people like John McCain are happy to distract our attention from it by talking to his media friends about amnesty and citizenship. Folks, deal with the most pressing issue first. Anything else tells us that you are enablers of the problem and should be removed from office at the next election.
Mike W| 1.28.13 @ 7:59AM
Cruz is great. He might be one of our few hopes in the bipartisan goal to destroy our country by giving 20 million illegal Democrats citizenship.
Amnesty is the true tipping point that will take us from a semi socialist system to a full blown socialist welfare state. Turds like McCain and even Paul Ryan seem to actively take us in that direction.
TAS doesn't write about illegal immigration much. Perhaps Sheldon Adelson is footing the bills here also.
Bob K| 1.29.13 @ 12:23AM
Yes.
AS avoids the Immigration issue as much as it can but it won't go away. There are many more people who are affected by it than there are readers of AS. Since the magazine's leadership left Heartland, America and moved inside the Beltway they are not as concerned with the day to day issues that affect the public.
Maxwell| 1.28.13 @ 9:22AM
Unfortunately Senator Ted Cruz does not get much coverage here in the Garden State of Jersey nor do I remember reading much about him when he was right down the street from me here in Princeton. I do have to confess that I did post to his web page, please run for President last week.
Bob K| 1.29.13 @ 12:34AM
Soon enough it will become common knowledge that he was born in Canada while his father worked there for an energy firm. That his mother is part Irish and Italian and that he is Southern Baptist. And that his father was a refugee from Cuba who was jailed by Batista and who then fought on Castro's side until he lost favor with him and escaped. It's all on wiki for what it is worth.
Not your typical latino.