Ted Cruz fires up conservatives at CPAC

USA Today:
Ted Cruz served hungry conservatives a platter of red meat, delivering a speech heavy with themes of liberty and freedom alongside biting attacks on President Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton and the ways of Washington.

“Washington wants Obamacare, the people want liberty,” the Texas senator said at the Conservative Political Action Conference. “Don’t believe President Obama when he says when you like your Internet, you get to keep your Internet.”

Cruz took aim at Clinton, suggesting she’s the embodiment of all that’s wrong with Washington. He also threw out a zinger amid reports that the Clinton Foundation accepted funding from foreign governments when the likely Democratic presidential candidate was secretary of State.

“We could have had Hillary here, but we couldn’t find a foreign nation to foot the bill,” he joked.

As for his GOP rivals also eyeing the White House, Cruz seemed to raise doubts about their credentials and called on the audience to demand that all presidential aspirants demonstrate their conservative bona fides.

“Demand action, not talk,” Cruz said. “If a candidate tells you that they oppose Obamacare, fantastic! (But) when have you stood up and fought against it? If a candidate says they oppose Obama’s illegal executive amnesty, terrific. When have you stood up and fought against it?
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The Obama administration should be a target rich environment for conservatives this week and Cruz does not disappoint.   This could be a preview for stump speeches this year in the run up to the primaries next year.  Meanwhile, Obama keeps doing things that make Cruz look prescient.

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