The vast majority of Americans couldn't care a hoot about who is President or any other office. They have become used to "Government". As long as there is "Government" everything will be ok. They don't vote on principle or logic, they vote on "values" "morals" "religion". That emotional voting allows manipulation and games, which cover up all the real manipulation. That is why only the "right" candidate will win, and the battle will be over which party can spen the most money to impress the masses with THEIR "rightness". Dems did it with "Change" the last 2 rounds, and the only thing that really changed is the incompetency level, prejudice, and total disregard for law that now has increased above the usual level. If Hillary wins it will escalate into a bigger, badder Empire than it is now. But if a Republican wins, I think it will just skew at the same level but to the opposit side. We can never win in this situation. I think that was why the Founders had all their secret ways to limit who could vote. Then they voted their own self interests which just happened to coincide with the country's.

Wow. This is why I left the US. I don't think we can elect a principled person like Rand Paul or Ted Cruz. Nothing is going to change. We will get the Republican candidate they want us to have. Then we will lose again or get a Republican who is for the party not the people or Constitution. Why is it if a person talks about religion now they are treated like they are not worth being elected. I'm just saying I don't understand why it is such as issue. I promise you they will do the same thing to the Constitution. This just smacks of brainwashing.

He is following the law by having to sign up for the ACA, there really is no choice. Will I vote for him? Yes I would.

Harmon, he may well be a great debate person, but he lacks the credentials to get sufficient votes to win. The problem any non-democrat candidate will face is getting enough non republicans to vote for him. After last election, when a couple I know said they voted for Obama because Romney was a Mormon, I saw why the Dems keep in power. Divide and conquer.

Whenever I hear the "extremism" epithet, I hear someone who has absolutely no argument to present against a hated opponent, but who dimly senses that "He's a Great Big Gob of Greasy-Grimy Gopher-Guts" might be a little too obvious. Along with Rand's go-to article, I also point people to Jacksonian editorialist William Legget's piece in the June 3, 1837 issue of the "Plaindealer," titled "The Morals of Politics" - specifically, the last two paragraphs (his gaffe against "selfishness" notwithstanding.) The "Extremist! Nyah!" epithet has been in play for a long, long time, and hasn't improved with age. 8^]

http://tinyurl.com/736873a

Also, I am endlessly baffled as to why anyone outside of the insular, vestigial collectivist camp goes anywhere near the "Huffington Post" for any reason, ever. Do not feed the beast, even with so much as a single site hit. (That goes double for using Orwoogle as your search engine. I recommend switching to DuckDuckGo.com)

What bu$$s$!t.

All I want to say about this is if Cruz can't beat the BIT_H then no one can!!!

Who are these people?

I get it now. Ted Cruz is Rand Paul's designated decoy. RP will now quietly stride forward to victory while Cruz does his job of letting HuffPo use him for a piñata!

Nice of you to take one for the team, Teddy boy!

he didn't back up the assertion in his title. -- j

I will vote for Cruz!

And Hillary's.

Ted Cruz is a world-class debate champion ... anyone with the courage to debate him face-to-face will eat their lunch. The man has an incredible brain to support his principles and beliefs ... not that you have to agree with them ... just know that he knows how to debate them.

A couple of years in the Senate, with no real accomplishments, how could such a person think they could become president? Oh yeah - those were Obama's qualifications too.

Huffpo's delusional rantings. I thought everyone knew that drugs were evil for the mind! Even more shocking I didn't think any Conservative still read anything Huffpo puts out. They are not even worth bed time stories for the sheep in the field.

The article alternates between accusing him of "extremism" and having integrity and principles without addressing what they are. Leftists, who don't dare acknowledge their sympathy with various brands of socialism, pretend they are "practical" with no political ideology -- they are Pragmatists whose only principle is to denounce all principles, while pretending that their collectivism and statism is not a political ideology.

Read or re-read Ayn Rand's "'Extremism', Or the Art of Smearing" in CUI.

I just read a libtard hit piece authored by what Rush Limbaugh calls "the drive-by media," who would love to see a rare Republican with a conservative spine go away.

I'd agree. Unfortunately, I agree with many of his general stances on freedom and liberty, but his delivery could use some significant improvement. As soon as he moves outside of the southern evangelical zone, he would be crushed.

HuffPo - I hit delete as soon as it popped up. i had to listen yo that kook for months when she ran for governor. Somehow with 2-3% of the vote, Ariana kept being "the third" in every debate sponsored by a media outlet.

Funny. Every reason they gave that disqualifies Cruz applies to Obama. Too extreme, weak on foreign policy, not experienced enough...

Huffington Post is an idiotic liberal piece of trash. I dont read anything they publish. Cruz is Cruz, and I dont need Huffington to tell me about him. He is deeply religious and owes allegiance to some "god" he things is all knowing. Unfortunately for him, I dont think his "god" IS all knowing.

Wow, Uffington REALLY dislikes the guy, this one is posted the next day and has already started the name calling. One day, one frigging day. This is sad, really.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-zo...

Which points out the real flaw in the system, there are democrats who are "conservative" and republicans who are "liberal", both seem a contradiction in terms. It decays into poolside politics where each party is broken into several smaller parties, and the only ones who benefit are? Thats what I have yet to figure out, it seems there is a missing piece of the puzzle.

Yes, it's definitely important to see which way the liberal media is blowing about someone like Cruz. There wholehearted bashing of him does have the ring of an endorsement in many ways!