Ted Cruz’s demented “socialist” snipes: Here’s how you know he’s running a losing campaign

[DonViejo]

Desperate new argument only proves it: The Red Menace is alive and well, he says -- but Medicare doesn't count

SIMON MALOY

Ted Cruz is still out there, running for president, and trying to convince people that he’s totally ready to run for president. Much like the current occupant of the White House, Cruz launched his presidential bid after less than half a term in the Senate, and his eagerness has given rise to questions about his “experience.” Barack Obama faced those same questions, though he took proactive measures to neutralize the issue well in advance of his presidential run. Cruz, however, has chosen a different path – he’s claiming that he’s a super-experienced Senate leader who’s been leading the fight on blah blah yadda yadda etc.

That’s nonsense, but Republicans have been arguing for years now that first-term senators make bad presidents, so he has to do what he can to claim the “experience” mantle and quell the suspicions of the GOP base. And he’s apparently test-driving a few new arguments for why his thin Senate résumé is no big hindrance.

Bloomberg’s Dave Weigel reported yesterday that Cruz, campaigning in New Hampshire, challenged the argument coming from some Republicans and conservative pundits that the GOP should nominate a governor, and not a senator, because governors have better “experience.” Chafing again at the implied comparison to Obama, Cruz argued that it’s not Obama’s senatorial experience that makes him bad, but rather his raging socialism:

Here’s what history teaches us. About half of the presidents have been governors; half of them, senators. There have been good and bad presidents who were both. Jimmy Carter was a governor. He was a trainwreck. Obama is not a disaster because he was a senator. Obama is a disaster because he’s an unmitigated socialist, what he believes is profoundly dangerous, and he’s undermined the Constitution and the role of America in the world. I think the test we ought to apply is not what job title a person had. I think the test we ought to have is: Who has stood up and fought?

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[Gothmog]

1. Carnival Cruz is not a good candidate and is getting frustrated