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Dumb and Dumber for pres.
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) Neither U.S. Senator Ted Cruz nor Governor Rick Perry are on the ballot in Tuesdays run-off elections in Texas, but that doesnt mean the two larger-than-life politicians who share a penchant for cowboy boots are not central figures in the contest.
The Lone Star States two most prominent Republicans are dueling for dominance of the state party and, perhaps, for the inside track to be the GOPs nominee for the 2016 presidential race. Tuesdays results could shift the balance in that battle.
Cruz appears likely to win this round, with Tea Party allies poised to post victories in several contests. That could further raise the first-term senators profile and return some luster to the Tea Party movement after several candidates were defeated by mainstream Republicans in primaries this week in other states.
This would serve as further verification that Texas Republican primary voters have moved further to the right and embraced Cruzs message of ideological purity and partisanship over a more pragmatic conservative vision of someone like Perry, during most of his tenure in office, said Mark Jones, chair of the political science department at Rice University in Houston.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/05/23/ted-cruz-and-rick-perry-dueling-for-dominance-in-the-texas-republican-party/
AlinPA
(15,071 posts)jerks are wacko conservatives.
HubertHeaver
(2,522 posts)gotta back the Texan over the Canadian.
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)dem in texas
(2,673 posts)The last polls I saw had to two tea party candidates with strong leads: Dan Patrick for Lt. Gov and Ken Paxson for Attorney General. Both have unsavory records and lots of negative ads are running about their past history and misdeeds. Don't know what effect that has had in the last few weeks. We will find out next Tuesday evening after the polls close.
MineralMan
(146,281 posts)That would settle things pretty quickly.
Paladin
(28,246 posts)Zambero
(8,962 posts)Perry is clearly dumber, while Cruz is not the sharpest tool in the shed but more than makes up for being slight less stupid by being off the rails delusional. Hopefully their duel will be an old-style authentic event that ends in a "tie".