{"id":5081,"date":"2014-03-22T13:10:58","date_gmt":"2014-03-22T13:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/highplainsblogger.wordpress.com\/?p=5081"},"modified":"2014-03-22T13:10:58","modified_gmt":"2014-03-22T13:10:58","slug":"cruz-missile-for-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=5081","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Cruz Missile&#039; for president?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Shall I weep uncontrollably or jump for joy at this bit of political news?<\/p>\n<p>A former staffer for U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas may be planning a Draft Cruz for President within the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>Why weep? I suppose I would weep for a once-great political party if it actually committed the foolish act of nominating someone so, um, polarizing. Why be joyful? A Cruz candidacy and a thumping by the Democratic Party nominee in November 2016 likely would spell the welcome end of the movement this media hog is leading within the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/blog.mysanantonio.com\/texas-on-the-potomac\/2014\/03\/ted-cruz-may-be-drafted-for-president\/<\/p>\n<p>Raz Shafter, a former regional director for Cruz, is heading up a political action committee that &#8212; under federal election law &#8212; will be able to raise unlimited amounts of money to promote Cruz&#8217;s possible presidential bid.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz has been circumspect about this notion, which is a bit ironic given that he&#8217;s hardly exhibited any form of rhetorical reticence since joining the Senate in January 2013. He&#8217;s been blathering incessantly about the so-called evils of the Affordable Care Act, debt increases, Barack Obama&#8217;s presidency itself and wondering whether Vietnam War combat veterans John Kerry and Chuck Hagel had enough appreciation for U.S. military commitments.<\/p>\n<p>I guess my first reaction to this draft Cruz movement &#8212; whether I should weep &#8212; is a bit premature.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe I ought to start my happy dance at the idea that Republicans actually might nominate the Texas Cruz Missile.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shall I weep uncontrollably or jump for joy at this bit of political news? A former staffer for U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas may be planning a Draft Cruz for President within the Republican Party. Why weep? I suppose I would weep for a once-great political party if it actually committed the foolish act &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=5081\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#039;Cruz Missile&#039; for president?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1197,3907,4537],"class_list":["post-5081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-cruz-for-president","tag-republican-party","tag-ted-cruz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5081\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}