Ted Cruz - Can a Canadian born become President of the United States?

When Ted Cruz first  announced on Twitter that he will be running for the Republican nomination for President, the question on everybody's mind was, could he?  The Tea Party is, or was,  a strong supporter of the far right candidate who has taken a strong stance against the Obama health care policy. Cruz, like Trump, will build a wall and deport all undocumented Mexicans. Luckily there was no wall between Canada and the US when he crossed over.  The question is, will his birth country come back to haunt him in the election. The 44 year old Canadian born only renounced his Canadian citizenship in 2014 - a strategic move?

If we recall, conservatives, led by Donald trump,  went to all lengths to try to prove that Obama was born outside of the USA. They failed of course but there is no doubt about where Ted Cruz was born. However, very little attention is paid to Cruz's country of birth. In fact it is practically ignored by the media, the Republicans and the Democrats. Cruz is running second to Trump in the race for the Republican nomination. Will the country of his birth  help or hurt him?. Has it already hurt him? Does one  have to be born in the USA to become president?

Marco Rubio - showing his weaker side

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I was really rooting for Marco Rubio, hoping that he posed a formidable challenge to the Hawkish republican Ted Cruz and the volatile republican Donald Trump. But alas it was not to be. In his earlier debates Marco Rubio concentrated  his attacks on the sitting President whom he, surprise! isn't running against.  So it was that a little too late he turned his attention to Donald Trump and while he did attack Trumps business acumen he sunk to the the same depths as Donald trump. Alas!  we all know that what works for celebrities (they can get away with anything including murder) does not work for ordinary people. Innuendos about penis size may have made the Donald more popular but it did not work for Marco.

Marco Rubio does not present as a strong viable candidate for president and he needed to work harder at convincing the American public that he was a viable alternative to Donald Trump. Furthermore, Marco Rubio has declared that he will support Donald Trump if he wins the nomination. What doses it say about a candidate for president who supports a "con" man, as he puts it, for President?

The problem with Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio

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There are two problems with Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio which has made it possible for a candidate like Donald Trump to possible snag the Republican nomination. The Republican party is in an unenviable position; they hate the candidate who will be representing the Republican party and the don't much like the alternatives - Ted and Marco. So what's a voter to do?  Supporting the alternative candidates does not seem to be working so far. Why? Well I believe Ted and Marco are more of a problem than Trump and here is why.

1) Both Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio spent the first critical moments of the campaign fighting Barack Obama instead of Trump. In all their debates and meetings they insulted and  derided not only the sitting president of the United States but America as well. If you don't know any better you would probably think that under Obama the USA has become a third world country. The problem with this is that Obama is not running for president - Trump is. So it would seem that, unless they believed Trump could make a great president, they would have concentrated their efforts on stopping him long ago.

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2) The other problem is likeability. You hear it all the time - talk about how hated Cruz is by the establishment and the "Ted Cruz is Crazy" talk that has flooded the internet. You have seen how little confidence in his abilities, Marco Rubio instills in he Republican voting public.
So who to vote for; one of the two candidates who border on the "boring" at times or one who offends every class of people in the Unites States and the world, a billionaire, an entertainer, and one with reported questionable business practices.  You see the dilemma? I gues many Republicans are praying for a "savior" today.

John Richard Kasich Republican Candidate

John Richard Kasich Republican Candidate  has been rising in the polls slightly after Iowa. But who is John Kasich. We know he is Governor of Ohio but what is his reputation, what does he believe what are his accomplishments READ MORE

Donald Trump's boycott of Republican debate Is he afraid of Megyn Kelly?

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How is it posssible that a female news anchor can drive so much fear in the mighty Donald Trump? Megyn Kelly may be Trump's worse nighmare . She is a woman who dares to ask him the tough questions and knowing his opinon about women, he must be very disconcerted by her. How dare she? FOX has refused to give into Trump's tantrums in this latest episode but it remains to be seen how long they would be able to hold out. According to Trump, they need the advertising dollars he generates so what's a network to do?  The thing that shocks me about Trump's latest tantrum is how childish it appears. Can we trust him to deal with the tough leaders, men or women who may not treat him with kid gloves ? Will he refuse to negotiate or talk to countries or people he thinks hurt his feelings? Can we trust him to keep his emotions in check when making the tough decisions?

Donald Trump resorts to begging

Donald Trump resorts to begging for support. Since Trump has been unseated as the Republican front runner, he has resorted to begging for votes. At a rally in Souix City, Iowa, in front of some 2400 supporters he said "Iowa will you get your numbers up please" "I promise I will do such a good job" Translated, please please, please, help me I am drowning. It that desperation I hear or has the mighty Trump fallen an inch or two? Let's see if he is just as contrite at the Republican debate tonight.

Is Mitt Romney Better Off Today? You Betcha!

Is Mitt Romney better off today than four years ago? Only his tax report can tell.

Mitt Romney and the Republican party have adopted the campaign slogan asking "Are you better off today then you were ---? However, the question that everyone should be asking Mit Romney and the other 1% is how better off they are today than they were  four years ago. The answer  does not require brain surgery. One just has to know that Mitt Romney refuses to relase his tax records because he definitely has something to hide, like the huge profits he has probably made during the economic crises and the pittance he has probably paid, if any, in taxes.

Yes, the Mitt Romney's of America are certainly better off than they were 4 years ago thanks to the great depression and the need for greed. If the Romney's of America did not pay their fair share in taxes then the 99% suffers, the whole country suffers.