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To: bentway who wrote (664661)	7/30/2012 2:04:54 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1578299

Cruz' surge shows US voters reject Obama's Marxism.

To: bentway who wrote (664661)	7/30/2012 7:41:40 PM
From: THE WATSONYOUTH	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578299

*What a Ted Cruz victory would mean* Cruz would bring conservative muscle to Senate By Timothy P. Carney Conservative operatives and Capitol Hill staffers say a Fab Five will lead conservatives in the Senate next year if Rep. Jeff Flake wins as expected in the race for Arizona's open seat and Ted Cruz defeats Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst on Tuesday in the Republican primary runoff in Texas. Jim DeMint, Rand Paul and Mike Lee today comprise a posse of Senate stalwarts staking out the right end of the chamber's GOP conference. They are defined by fiscal and social conservatism, and also an emphasis on the Constitution's limits on federal power. Lee, who served as a law clerk to Sam Alito before Alito was on the Supreme Court, is described by conservative Hill staffers as "a constitutional ninja." His stump speech is a lecture on the constitutional doctrine of "original understanding" and the Commerce Clause. On Capitol Hill, where both parties wave the Constitution when it is useful and trample it when it's not, Lee is a bit of buzzkill, pointing out that Congress doesn't have plenary powers, only those enumerated in Article I, Section 8. Paul is the closest thing to a libertarian in the upper chamber. He's steadfast against taxes, spending and regulations, but also against the military overreach and civil-liberties abuses that have marked the last two administrations. South Carolina conservative DeMint, meanwhile, is the ringleader of the stalwarts. He embodies two of the group's defining characteristics: a reformer's streak and an anti-establishment sensibility. DeMint, along with budget-hawk Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., has pushed his party to reject earmarks. DeMint has also tried to put some teeth in the GOP's rhetorical war on crony capitalism, leading the effort to kill the Export-Import Bank and sponsoring an amendment to end all tax credits for the energy industry. DeMint has also made enemies - and friends - by openly bucking the party establishment on the Senate floor and on the campaign trail. He launched the Senate Conservatives Fund, which in 2010 bankrolled the insurgent primary campaigns of Pat Toomey in Pennsylvania, Marco Rubio in Florida, and Paul in Kentucky, while the GOP establishment was backing Arlen Specter, Charlie Crist and Trey Grayson, respectively. Click here to read the full story. -----------------------------------------------------