We shared last week due to the increasingly urgent calendar numerous political Tripwires would be triggered rapidly.   An example comes today as North Carolina releases advanced notification of their 2016 Presidential Primary ballot.

However, before getting to the ballot, it must be emphasized that the GOPe will NEVER give up on Jeb Bush. Jeb is “their guy”, period.

♦ An example of how severely they are willing to protect him was evident on January 8th when Fox News released their polls which saved Jeb from the embarrassment of being kicked off the main debate stage.

Without that individual poll Jeb did not, and would not, qualify. ♦ Another example was evident during the debate, when South Carolina party officials stacked the audience with party loyalists. ♦ Another example came the following day (yesterday) when South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham endorsed Jeb.

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A few minutes after sending his fourth campaign donation request of the day (01/15/16) to residents in New York, Presidential Candidate Ted Cruz sent out the following tweet  containing the graphic below:

Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, New York Governor Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio #NewYorkValues “I’m happy to apologize“.

A few minutes later, he deleted it:

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The New York Times outlines another loan for Senate Candidate Ted Cruz that was “Inadvertently Omitted” in 2012 by the campaign team of Heidi and Ted Cruz.   But, no-one seems to ask the key q Before I forget to bring up, If you have a bad credit rating and are stuck in a European country you require to understand that prior to you start looking for a quick loan without UC – Upplysningscentralen at låna-pengar.biz/utan-uc It is best to know your precise rating and be upfront with it when you apply to any sort of lender listed. That method if they are going to turn you down, you understand right now without squandering anymore time – and without having actually rejected applications appearing on your credit report, pushing your score even lower. uestion “why”?

There are two issues behind the Wall Street loans which Ted Cruz omitted from his campaign finance disclosures to the FEC, neither of which have anything to do with a candidate taking out an equity line of credit.

♦  The first key issue is a matter of political integrity.  In 2012 Senate candidate Ted Cruz was campaigning against big banks, bank bailouts specifically, and taxpayer funded bailouts in general.

Obviously if the Texas electorate discovered candidate Cruz was using his connections to Goldman Sachs and Citibank (CitiGroup), while simultaneously campaigning against the same institutions – his political opponents would have been able to point to a particular ideological hypocrisy in that regard.

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The case is Schwartz v. Cruz, 4:16-cv-00106, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas (Houston) – and the suit was filed yesterday.  An 85-year-old lawyer, who claims no party affiliation, has filed a 28 page complaint with the U.S. District Court seeking expedited determination of the eligibility of Senator Ted Cruz to be President of The United States.

(Via Bloomberg) Republican presidential contender Ted Cruz should be disqualified from the race because he isn’t a “natural-born citizen,” a fellow Texan claims in a “birther” challenge filed against the senator in a U.S. court.

The suit seeks a court definition of the term to clarify whether Cruz — who was born in Canada to an American mother — can or can’t serve if elected.

“This 229-year question has never been pled, presented to or finally decided by or resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court,” Houston attorney Newton B. Schwartz Sr. said in his 28-page complaint. “Only the U.S. Supreme Court can finally decide, determine judicially and settle this issue now.” (more…)

Fox Business News will be hosting the GOP Presidential Debate tonight. Hosts Neil Cavuto and Maria Bartiromo will be moderating the Prime Time debate at 9:00 p.m. ET, from the North Charleston Coliseum and Performing Arts Center in North Charleston, South Carolina.

In addition to the TV broadcast, Fox Business will be live-streaming the debate HERE and also you can find a radio broadcast of the debate HERE – there is also a live-stream ap available HERE (i-phone and android users).

STREAMING COVERAGE HERE

If you are watching – share your thoughts and comments below

DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 14, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The 2016 Online Iowa Straw Poll [ https://2016IowaStrawPoll.com ] results are now available. This has been the most inclusive Iowa Straw Poll in history because it has included ALL Iowa voters, both Republicans and Democrats.

After the GOP unilaterally canceled the traditional Iowa Straw Poll, America’s Term Limits Campaign decided to sponsor an on-line straw poll to give both parties an opportunity to register their votes.  (See Democrat Results Here)

The latest poll from left-leaning PPP (full pdf below) reflects a similar narrative from prior recent polls.  Donald Trump leads with 28% with Ted Cruz a close 26%.  This poll was conducted Jan 8th – 10th (identical timeframe to Qunnipiac):

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…”When Cruz was my constitutional law student at Harvard, he aced the course after making a big point of opposing my views in class — arguing stridently for sticking with the “original meaning” against the idea of a more elastic “living Constitution” whenever such ideas came up. I enjoyed jousting with him, but Ted never convinced me — nor did I convince him.

At least he was consistent in those days. Now, he seems to be a fair weather originalist, abandoning that method’s narrow constraints when it suits his ambition”…  ~ Laurence H Tribe (Harvard)

Ted Cruz is a Naturalized Citizen, not “Natural Born”

(Via Free Republic) The question of who qualifies as a “natural born citizen” may be close in some cases, but the case of Ted Cruz is easy. Constitutionally speaking, Cruz is a naturalized citizen, not “natural born.”

Regarding citizenship, the Constitution grants Congress power over a uniform rule of naturalization, not over citizenship generally. Any citizen whose citizenship is derived from an act of Congress is thus a naturalized citizen, constitutionally speaking, and thus not “natural born.”

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Within a recent Washington Post article, describing all of the various Ted Cruz Super-PAC’s activities, the following paragraph sticks out (emphasis mine):

[…]  At least eight independent political groups are jockeying to support Cruz now that he has risen in the polls as perhaps the strongest challenger to front­runner Donald Trump. The dynamic has confused wealthy donors and brought disarray to the otherwise orderly political operation that surrounds the freshman senator from Texas.

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The next GOP debate is Thursday January 14th on Fox Business Network.  Fox Business has just announced the line-up for both the prime time, and second tier debate.  The debates are being moderated by Neil Cavuto and Maria Bartiromo (prime time);  Also, Trish Regan and Sandra Smith (kiddie debate)  – LINK

There will be SEVEN candidates remaining on the prime time stage at 9:00pm:  Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Jeb Bush and John Kasich.

There will be FOUR candidates dropped to the second tier (kiddie table) at 6:00pm: Rand Paul, Carly Fiorina, Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum. (more…)