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The Best Choice for the Republican Presidential Nomination
By Morton Blackwell
Dear Fellow Conservative,
Last November I wrote and circulated a piece to help conservatives, including me, decide on whom to support for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.
Whom we should unite for was not obvious to me then. Many presidential candidates were running who are more conservative than anyone the Republican Party has nominated for president since Ronald Reagan. Each of those candidates had the support of admirable conservative leaders and activists.
In the past several weeks, the presidential contest has clarified. I have decided to endorse Ted Cruz and to urge other serious conservatives to join me in supporting Cruz.
In the piece I wrote last November, which you can see here, I discussed several factors important to consider in making a choice. Here they are:
Has the candidate a record of personal activism and leadership for conservative principles?
Is the candidate surrounded by people notable for their firm commitment to conservative principles?
Are the candidate’s currently stated policy positions solidly conservative?
Has the candidate ever continued to fight hard for conservative principles when it appeared to be a losing battle?
Does the candidate frequently reverse his or her positions on important issues?
Has the candidate built a record of helping conservative organizations and working to elect conservative candidates?
If elected, would the candidate melt when the heat is on?
Can the liberal media destroy any truly conservative presidential candidate?
Applying those questions and similar considerations to the current candidates and their campaigns, you and I should unite in support of a candidate who could win election and whom we believe would be the most determined and effective conservative president.
I believe that person is Sen. Ted Cruz.
He has consistently demonstrated his deep commitment to conservative principles. He works hard for those principles. He is very smart. He’s a world-class speaker. He has shown that he can raise the large amounts of money necessary to win the nomination and the November election.
Ted Cruz has famously organized what is probably the best national ground-game campaign. Supporters of some other candidates have focused largely on paid advertising that has a limited effect on identifying supporters and getting them to participate personally in caucuses and primaries.
Republican Presidents frequently have problems selecting federal judges and Supreme Court Justices who turn out to be reliably conservative on the bench. From personal experience, Ted knows much better than others the vital importance of this matter.
You and I can be confident that Ted Cruz will make superb judicial nominations.
The Democrats will almost certainly nominate a badly flawed candidate - a notorious, serial liar who is widely disliked and distrusted. Let’s take this opportunity to nominate and elect a Republican president who has the courage and skill to advance our conservative principles.
Like me, you have probably sensed that support for Ted is growing rapidly across the country. I hope and now expect him to win the nomination.
Please join me in supporting Ted Cruz.
Cordially,
Morton Blackwell
Virginia Republican National Committeeman
P.S. Feel free to circulate copies of this letter if you wish. -MCB
There's no way Cruz will win the Repubilcan nomination, because people who believe in his POV are, fortunately, in the minority in our country.
On the other hand, a Cruz win in the Republican primary would ensure a Democrat win in November.
Sorry, keep on keepin' on, greasy creepy guys!
I think the Cruz campaign will have to recognize that there is a certain contingent of low info types who have a visceral reaction against him as this poster does. They don't like the shape of his nose or whatever. The campaign will have to play it smart and find ways to overcome this. Maybe a bunch of ads featuring his wife and daughters or something. He's going to need some world class Madison Ave minds to deal with this contingent.
I think the Cruz campaign will have to recognize that there is a certain contingent of low info types who have a visceral reaction against him as this poster does. They don't like the shape of his nose or whatever. The campaign will have to play it smart and find ways to overcome this. Maybe a bunch of ads featuring his wife and daughters or something. He's going to need some world class Madison Ave minds to deal with this contingent.
I disagree. Conservatives believe that true fiscal and social conservatism will prevail every time, but that's not where the majority of the country is. Any political scientist will tell you that the ideology scale in this country looks like a bell curve . . . most clustered somewhere in the middle, and very little all the way to the left and all the way to the right. How is Sen. Cruz going to overcome this? He can't. He can pivot 180 degrees after getting the RNC nomination to be acceptable to more of the general electorate, but that would turn off pure conservatives for sure, and people would easily recognize his insincerity if he did that. To relate better to this, consider Sen. Sanders winning the DNC nomination - do you think he can win the general against anyone (maybe Trump and Cruz?).
How did you know!!!! I am in it for the long haul! Keeping people informed about the best candidate that only comes once in a generation. I hope we don't let this moment pass us by.
I disagree. Conservatives believe that true fiscal and social conservatism will prevail every time, but that's not where the majority of the country is. Any political scientist will tell you that the ideology scale in this country looks like a bell curve . . . most clustered somewhere in the middle, and very little all the way to the left and all the way to the right. How is Sen. Cruz going to overcome this? He can't. He can pivot 180 degrees after getting the RNC nomination to be acceptable to more of the general electorate, but that would turn off pure conservatives for sure, and people would easily recognize his insincerity if he did that. To relate better to this, consider Sen. Sanders winning the DNC nomination - do you think he can win the general against anyone (maybe Trump and Cruz?).
Mick
At this point in the game, people just want honesty and truth. That is how he operates and why he is moving up in the polls. Today, I would imagine that Code Pink has a degree of respect for him.
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