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Ted Cruz Auditions to be the Koch’s Paid Whore on Capitol Hill

Ted Cruz is spending this weekend with the Kochs, and what is going on in that ocean-side retreat has nothing to do with family values

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Ted Cruz’s Hilarious Challenge to Debate President Obama on Iran

Senate “No-Show” Cruz says Obama “snuggles up to” radical Islamic regimes, but suggests Obama is too busy golfing to take him up on it

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Ted Cruz Hands Democrats 2016 Victory With Government Shut Down Threat Over Planned Parenthood

Ted Cruz and House Republicans are teaming up to hand the White House to Democrats in 2016 by threatening to shut down the government over Planned Parenthood.

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Bush, Cruz, Rubio and Walker To Attend Koch Brothers’ Summit To Grovel For Their Support

Several of the leading GOP candidates are planning to attend a Koch-sponsored event in Southern California to court billionaire donors.

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Mike Lee and Ted Cruz’s Effort To Defund Planned Parenthood Gets Squashed By Senate

The GOP’s inability to get along with one another has ensured that for now, Planned Parenthood, will continue to receive federal funds.

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Ted Cruz Sells His Soul to Frackers for $15 Million

Ted Cruz just brought in the largest campaign contribution in the 2016 election cycle, from a pair of rich Texas frackers

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Donald Trump May Be the Worst Thing to Happen to the Religious Right

Trump doesn’t seem impressed by the Religious Right and has shown no signs that he feels the need to impress them, or even that they matter

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GOP Unity Blows Up As Ted Cruz Tries To Win GOP Nomination By Bashing McConnell

Ironically, Ted Cruz appears to be running for president as an opponent of GOP Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

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Ted Cruz Goes Ballistic On The Senate Floor and Calls Mitch McConnell A Liar

Ted Cruz went ballistic and called Mitch McConnell a liar during a meltdown on the Senate floor.

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Struggling To Stay Relevant, Rand Paul Takes Chainsaw To US Tax Code

Presidential hopeful Kentucky Senator Rand Paul released a video of him carving up pages of the tax code with a chainsaw.

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Ted Cruz Cancels Press Conference In Order To Avoid Answering Questions About Trump

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz never showed up for a press conference after his speech at the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa because he didn’t want to answer questions about Donald Trump.

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Upset with #IranDeal, Ted Cruz Vows for the Fourth Time to Block Obama Nominees

Ted Cruz has returned to his old game of refusing to approve Obama nominees in order to punish the president for not obeying Congress

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Chuck Todd Gets It Wrong And Defends Cheating Ted Cruz For Buying His Own Book

On Meet The Press, under the disguise of breaking down the publishing primary, Chuck Todd defended Ted Cruz as he left out key facts and called the exclusion of Cruz from the NYT bestseller list “conspicuous.”

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Ted Cruz’s Caught In A Lie As He Has No Proof That He Did Not Buy His Own Books

After being accused of printing a false story by the Ted Cruz presidential campaign, PoliticusUSA asked Cruz to provide proof that he or one of his super PACs did not buy his own books. The result has been complete silence from the Cruz campaign.

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Ted Cruz Throws A Tantrum And Claims NY Times Is Lying About Him Buying His Own Books

In a statement that read more like a temper tantrum than a defense, Ted Cruz claimed that the New York Times was a liberally biased liar that was blackballing his book.

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Ted Cruz Busted For Buying His Own Books As NY Times Refuses To Put Him On Bestseller List

The New York Times has refused to put Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz on their bestseller list after finding evidence that his book sales were not authentic.

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Here’s The Proof That Donald Trump Is Destroying The Republican Party’s Chances In 2016

A quick look around at the mass Republican implosion on the Sunday shows provided ample evidence that Donald Trump is destroying the Republican Party.

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Ted Flops: Cruz Falls Apart When Asked How He Would Solve The Immigration Problem

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) fell apart when asked for a real world solution on how to solve the immigration issue on Meet The Press.

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It Is Time For Americans To Declare Their Independence From GOP Religious Oligarchy

Americans should take time today to reflect on just how far the nation has drifted from the Founders’ “we the people” sentiment.

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Human Rights Report That Ted Cruz Demanded Reveals Republican Hypocrisy

In fact, the State Department could easily have substituted the name Republican Party for Islamic Republic of Iran, condemned the same practices, and no conscious American or citizen of any other foreign nation would have batted an eye or disagreed with the assertions in the report; America’s human rights violations as of late are well known around the world.

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The Cockroaches Scatter: Ted Cruz Can’t Give Back Conservative Group’s Money Fast Enough

The Council of Conservative Citizens says blacks are “the laziest, stupidest and most criminally-inclined race in the history of the world”

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Ted Cruz Whines as Republicans Get Called Out for Their Symbol of Racial Hate

Cruz says the flag is “a question for South Carolina” to decide but as I recall, that issue was settled in 1865 and SCs flag then was white

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GOP Has Reason To Fret As Clinton Leads Bush 47-40 In North Carolina

A PPP poll found Democrat Hillary Clinton enjoying a modest 47-40 lead over Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush in North Carolina.

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Republican Heads Explode As Obama Vows To Keep Fighting For Undocumented Immigrants

As Republicans become more anti-immigrant, President Obama repeated his pledge to fight to bring undocumented immigrants out of the shadows during his weekly address.

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With His Mocking of Joe Biden, Ted Cruz Proves That He Isn’t Fit to Govern

Our politics are centered on policy, but there is a line that should not be crossed and Senator Ted Cruz has officially crossed it. He is not only not fit to be president, he isn’t fit to be a sitting senator.

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Obama Rescues Arrogant and Ungrateful Texas Republicans With Federal Disaster Declaration

President Obama has rescued arrogant and ungrateful Texas Republicans by signing a federal disaster declaration for those areas impacted by the state’s deadly floods.

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Texas-Size GOP Hypocrisy As a Result of Climate Change Deluge

It is true that all Republicans are blatant hypocrites, but now that go-it-alone awesome Texas experienced a little anthropogenic climate change weather, the Lone Star State’s Republicans, both tea party and mainstream Republicans alike, are demanding some of those hated “federal government handouts” they oppose for other Americans whether it is for food, housing, healthcare, or disaster relief.

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Ted Cruz Demands Federal Money For Texas Floods After Blocking Hurricane Sandy Relief

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who called federal disaster relief for Hurricane Sandy victims wasteful is now hypocritically demanding that the federal government fulfill its obligation and provide disaster relief to Texas.

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Marco Rubio Says Marriage Equality a Real and Present Danger to Christianity

Rubio talks about being globally competitive, but does hating gays more than Putin’s Russia make us globally competitive, too?

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Hillary Clinton Calls Out Republicans For Killing Jobs And Not Standing Up To Tea Party

At a craft brewery in Hampton, New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton called out her Republican presidential opponents for sacrificing American jobs to appease the billionaire Koch Brothers and talk radio Tea Party extremists.

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Here Are Pictures Of Molester Josh Duggar With Scott Walker, Rand Paul, and Ted Cruz

Josh Duggar’s admission that he molested girls has the potential to damage Republican presidential candidates as Duggar has posed for pictures with Scott Walker, Ted Cruz, and Rand Paul.

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Ted Cruz Confuses The Right To Marry With Being Obsessed With Sex

Senator Cruz accuses the media of being obsessed with sex because they asked him questions about where he stands on LGBT issues.

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Jeb Bush Flip-Flops And Finally Decides That The Iraq War Was A Bad Idea

On Thursday, Bush finally relented and joined others in the GOP field in admitting that the Iraq War was a mistake.

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32% Of Republican Voters Think The U.S. Government Is Trying To Take Over Texas

A national PPP poll finds that 32 percent of Republican voters believe “the government is trying to take over Texas”.

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Republican Presidential Wannabes Gather In South Carolina To Renounce Democrats

A bunch of Republican real and presumed presidential primary candidates descended on Greenville, South Carolina, Saturday. The event was the “South Carolina Freedom Summit.”

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Jeb Bush Calls President Obama Intolerant On Religious Freedom

Speaking at Liberty University, Jeb Bush accused President Obama of being small-minded and intolerant on issues of “religious freedom.”

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Louie Gohmert: It’s Obama’s Fault We’re all Idiots

I paraphrase, but not by much. Gohmert uses nuns, the Posse Comitatus Act, and Waco 1993 to prove Obama is to blame

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Ginned Up Scandals Have No Impact As Poll Finds Hillary Clinton Rolling In Iowa

A new Quinnipiac University poll has found that the attempts to gin up various scandals against Hillary Clinton has had no impact in Iowa as the Democratic frontrunner continues to roll.

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In Challenging the Supreme Court, Republicans Challenge the Constitution

The upcoming SCOTUS marriage equality ruling is just another opportunity for Republicans to challenge the constitutionality of the Consitution

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Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert Latches Onto Loopy Jade Helm Conspiracy Theory

Texas GOP Congressman Louie Gohmert issued a statement on May 5, 2015, that gives voice to the bizarre Jade Helm 15 conspiracy theory.

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Pentagon Debunks Crazy Republican Conspiracy Theory That Obama Is Taking Over Texas

Republicans like Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) helped to push a conspiracy theory that President Obama is sending the military in to take over Texas, but the Pentagon has thrown cold water on the GOP’s hysteria.

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Religious Right Leader Rick Wiles is Fascinated by Obama’s Privates

You know the Religious Right, and maybe some of its male leaders, have got nothing when they start worrying about Obama’s presidential package

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Tehran Tom Cotton’s Tactics on Iran Deal Are Backfiring on Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz

Cotton’s tactics served to force some wayward Democrats back to their side of the aisle and kill a needed win for Rubio, as well as Cruz, though let’s face it, hardly anyone in the Republican Party is rooting for Ted Cruz.

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Republican Presidential Hopefuls Put Their Buffoonery on Display in South Carolina

Jeb Bush, Rick Santorum, Rick Perry, Lindsey Graham, and Ted Cruz, got together and agreed to collectively sound like Elisabeth Hasselbeck

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In 24 Hours Bernie Sanders Raised More Money Than Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, and Ted Cruz

In the first 24 hours of his presidential campaign, Sen. Bernie Sanders has raised more money than Republican candidates Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, and Ted Cruz did during their first day in the race.

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Sen. Ted Cruz Humiliates Himself By Getting Key Senate Rules Wrong

While still trying to defend blowing off Loretta Lynch’s confirmation vote, Sen. Ted Cruz humiliated himself by not knowing the rules of his own job.

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Religious Right Serves Restraining Orders On Supreme Court Justices Ginsburg and Kagan

Tt was no great surprise that evangelicals followed the lead of two congressional Republicans and issued religious orders restraining the ‘wrong’ kind of Supreme Court Justices from fulfilling their duly sworn Constitutional duty.

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Gay Hotel Owners Who Hosted Ted Cruz Event Face Backlash From Activists

Two gay hoteliers who invited Ted Cruz to their Manhattan duplex, are facing a backlash from LGBT activists for hosting the Senator.

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Bush Campaign Shows Signs Of Unraveling As Jeb Drops To 4th Place In GOP Race

Jeb Bush has dipped to 4th place in a recent poll, and he also seems to be losing out to other candidates on the fundraising front.

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History Is Made As The Senate Votes 56-43 To Confirm Loretta Lynch

Loretta Lynch became the nation’s first female African-American Attorney General today as the Senate finally voted to confirm her nomination, 56-43.

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Public Support For Obamacare Grows As Less Than 30 Percent Of Americans Support Repeal

A Kaiser Health Tracking Survey finds that more Americans now have a favorable opinion of Obamacare than an unfavorable one.

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Latest Poll Shows Hillary Clinton Crushing The Republican Field By Double Digits

A CNN/ORC poll released on Monday finds Hillary Clinton is still dominating the Republican field in the 2016 presidential race.

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Friday Fox Follies – And, They’re Off And Running

During a week when both Tea Party darling Marco Rubio and Fox “News” nemesis Hillary “Benghazi” Clinton announced they are running to be the next President of the United States, it’s instructive to contrast the stark difference in how the two candidates are covered on the Fox “News” Channel.

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Desperate For Attention, Chris Christie Calls For Social Security Cuts

With his political aspirations on the ropes, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is calling for cuts to social security.

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Hillary 2016 – Did the Republicans Just Lose the Election?

The hapless GOP needs somebody of Hillary’s stature for 2016, but all they have is a cast of nobodies with no ideas

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Ted Cruz Says Accurately Quoting Him is Yellow Journalism

Ted Cruz, like every other Republican, hates being quoted, and it’s never his fault that he said it, but the media’s fault for reporting it

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Iowa FAMiLY LEADER Event Showcases Presidential Hopefuls’ Religious Bigotry

Crass ignorance is enshrined in the Iowa Calendar as Family Leader invites GOP presidential hopefuls to spew to the delight of the base

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Ted Cruz Wants To Strip the Supreme Court’s Authority On Marriage Equality

Apparently, because too many federal courts have followed the Constitution and not the Christian bible on the question of same-sex marriage, it is likely that Cruz wants Congress to give that authority to the evangelical right to decide.

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Religious Right: GOP Will Never Win Presidency if They Soften Gay Rights Stance

The Religious Right thinks, despite all the evidence, that doubling down on anti-gay bigotry will have better results than Indiana

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Religious Right Leaders Threaten to “Rise Up” If they Don’t Get to Persecute Gays

Since the RFRA was revised, the Religious Right has gone full-tilt crazy with threats to “rise up” against their left-wing oppressors

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Distrust Of Jeb Will Only Grow After Latest Bush Blunder Exposed

Bush’s attempt to claim himself to be “Hispanic” only furthers the rift between him and anti-immigrant Nativists in the Republican Party.

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Jesus Respected Women – the GOP Just Wants to Screw Them

Jesus valued women and saw the need for money. Republicans value money and see little need for women beyond the need for sex

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Republicans Offer No Plan To Deal With Iran Other Than Spouting Saber-Rattling Rhetoric

The Republican presidential contenders offer no alternative policy for dealing with Iran other than saber-rattling rhetoric.

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Ted Cruz Will Run First Campaign Ads During “Killing Jesus” Program On Easter Weekend

Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz will launch his first Campaign ads for the 2016 presidential campaign during Easter Weekend.

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Email Scandal Flops As Hillary Clinton Holds A Double-Digit Lead Over Every Republican

A Washington Post-ABC News Poll shows Hillary Clinton leading each of her likely Republican opponents by double digits.

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GOP Descends Into Madness As Ted Cruz Vaults Into Top Tier Of 2016 GOP Candidates

A PPP poll shows Ted Cruz pulling into contention with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush.

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GOP Presidential Contenders Kowtow To Religious Right, Support Discriminatory Indiana Law

Republican presidential contenders are lining up to defend Indiana’s discriminatory “religious freedom” law.

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CNN Exposes The Fact That Ted Cruz Is Unqualified To Be President Of The United States

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) stumbled and fumbled when confronted with his lack of qualifications to be president by CNN.

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Republican Secret Love For Obamacare Exposed As Lawmakers Choose ACA Over Private Market

Hypocritical Republican lawmakers like Ted Cruz could have gone for a “private market” solution, but instead they chose to let you subsidize their healthcare via Obamacare.

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Michigan Republican Says Schools Should be a Ministry of the Church

When Pink Floyd sang that “we don’t need no education,” I don’t think church ministries are what they had in mind.

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Friday Fox Follies – Tucker? Don’t Even Know ‘Er!

Last week Tucker Carlson proved he isn’t a real journalist (which may be why he’s on Fox). This week he proved he’s running a frat house, a topic in the news lately for systemic sexism, not to mention racism.

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Humiliating Home State Poll Numbers For Jeb Bush As He Trails Hillary Clinton in Florida

Even if they put Jeb Bush at the top of the ticket, Republicans are in obvious danger of losing Florida once again.

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Fact Checkers Bust Ted Cruz For Lies About President Obama’s Economic Record

Ted Cruz is starting his 2016 run off with a bang, earning a big old “false” from PolitiFact on his very first official fact check of the 2016 cycle.

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A Day After Calling For The ACA’s Repeal, Ted Cruz Is Signing Up For Obamacare

A day after announcing his presidential campaign by calling for the repeal of the ACA, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) admitted that he would be signing up for Obamacare.

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GOP Sociopaths, Not God, Don’t Want Americans To Have Medical Care

Since 2009 it has been painfully obvious that Republicans or their supporters do not want Americans to have access to healthcare whatsoever, and it is particularly curious because they claim to be devout followers of Christ.

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Ted Cruz’s 2016 Announcement Backfires By Firing Up Liberals and Democrats

Instead of exciting Republicans by announcing his 2016 presidential candidacy, Sen. Ted Cruz has fired up liberals and Democrats who are giddy that Cruz has entered the race.

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Mike Huckabee Says He Has Magic Powers and Will Use Them to Kill You

Mike Huckabee thinks he can call down fire from heaven to smite his opponents, an act (phew!) in violation of the United States Constitution

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Ted Cruz Is Unelectable, So Why Is He Running For President?

That gnawing, aching need for limelight, even more so than Cruz’s disingenuous flouting of science in exchange for base adoration, is what makes him unfit to lead.

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Florida Republican Slayer Rep. Patrick Murphy Launches Bid To Take Rubio’s Senate Seat

Murphy’s candidacy gives the Democrats strong odds of winning the Senate seat held by Republican Senator Marco Rubio.

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The 2016 Republican Circus Begins As Donald Trump Goes Birther On Ted Cruz

Donald Trump responded to Sen. Ted Cruz jumping in the contest for the 2016 Republican nomination by questioning Cruz’s eligibility to be president.

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The White House Destroys Ted Cruz For Running For President On Repealing Obamacare

It took the White House just a few seconds to destroy Ted Cruz for running for president on repealing the Affordable Care Act. All Press Secretary Josh Earnest did was make reference to Mitt Romney, and Cruz was put in his place.

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Ted Flops: Liberty University Students Forced To Attend Cruz Speech

Ted Cruz drew a crowd of 10,000 to the launch of his presidential campaign because student attendance was mandatory. A candidate who claims to love freedom spoke at a university where his audience was forced to watch him.

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Does Ted Cruz Actually Think He Can Win in 2016?

“I am running for president and I hope to earn your support,” Ted Cruz tweeted last night. Does he really think he can get it?

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Jerry Brown Rips Ted Cruz A New One While Calling Him Unfit To Run For President

Gov. Jerry Brown (D-CA) told America that climate change denier Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is unfit to run for president on Meet The Press.

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Morning Joe’s Mika Brzezinski Tears Into Ted Cruz For Leading America “Down The Road To War”

During an extended interview segment on Tuesday’s broadcast of Morning Joe, co-host Mika Brzezinski tangled with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) over the letter 47 Republican Senators sent to Iran.

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Ted Cruz Strikes A Match To His 2016 Hopes By Frightening Children In New Hampshire

While Senator Cruz’s fiery talk may have won over hardcore conservatives, he just struck a match to his 2016 presidential aspirations.

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GOP Senators Who Signed Treasonous Iran Letter Called “Traitors” By New York Daily News

On the cover of its Tuesday edition, the New York Daily News featured a picture of four Republican Senators with the caption “Traitors” in huge bold letters underneath in response to the letter 47 GOP Senators sent to Iran undermining President Obama’s negotiations with the country.

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