DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A trio of Republican presidential
prospects implored conservatives Saturday to vote in November's midterm
elections while doing their best to impress likely caucus goers should
they compete for the GOP presidential nomination in a year and a half.
The three declared the Obama administration a failure in domestic and foreign policy. But Cruz's message was more aimed at undoing the Democratic administration's agenda than proposing a new way.
Cruz railed against the administration's 2010 health care law and proposals to grant legal status to millions of people in the country illegally. A GOP majority would restore diminished U.S. leadership abroad and constitutional liberties, he said.
By contrast, Jindal, finishing his second term as governor, said it's not enough simply to urge a change in party leadership.
"My personal view is that we as the Republican Party can't be the anti-party," he said. "We can't be the anti-Obama party. We've got to be a party that stands for solutions, stands for ideas."
The two potential rivals were fresh off the Values Voters Summit in Washington.
Ryan was as upbeat as Jindal in his brief remarks.
"We know the next half dozen or years or so will make or break this country," the 2012 GOP nominee for vice president said. "The good news is we know what we need to do to get back on the right path."
Cruz has visited Iowa several times; Jindal and Ryan less often. Cruz has a more fiery speech style while Jindal and Ryan are more folksy.
But before they lay down 2016 markers, they tried to stoke turnout for Iowa's competitive midterm elections.
Chief among them, the race for retiring Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin's seat, between Democrat Bruce Braley and Republican Joni Ernst, is competitive and seen as among a handful that could determine Senate control.
On Saturday night, The Des Moines Register published a poll that found Ernst, a state senator and Iowa National Guard officer, leading Braley, a four-term U.S. House member, by six percentage points.
All these men mentioned in the article have good points, but there is one thing lacking in the mix: a person with charisma.
ReplyDeleteI remember Ronald Reagan well and voted for him twice. I doubt seriously we will see an orator like Reagan arise from this current group of men. All of them, and including Romney, couldn’t walk in Reagan’s shadow.
Seriously, Reagan was the best campaigner in my generation. He kicked the opposition’s ass and handed it to them on a silver platter. He was simply…the best!
Whoever wins the bid to run against the democrats must have the FULL support of ALL republicans. We MUST win this folks! For God’s sake please vote; don’t let social issues stop you! Don’t even look at the name of the person; only that they have an R behind their name.
In the presidential debates, nominees shouldn’t let the liberal media walk all over known facts. Romney let Obama and Candy Crowley allege an error that ROMNEY supposedly committed which he did not commit. We know now what happened in Benghazi and Romney was spot on: Obama tried to belittle the situation by claiming a video started the violence, and that is was not due to terrorism (total bullshit). I don’t give a rat’s ass if the nation would be shocked; I would have told CNN during the debates they were full of bullshit; and I would have demanded they bring up all the details right then and right there and correct the situation. I would not have taken that meekly like Romney did!
Whoever the runner is, they need to grow a pair of balls and speak out! God knows I liked Romney, but he was too meek. Reagan would have kicked Obama’s and CNN’s ass and handed it to them on a silver platter.
Final word…whoever gets the nomination, we MUST support them with all we have! This is for our nation now!