Ted Cruz’s “back-bencher” problem: Why the right-wing hero is in serious denial

[DonViejo]

Like Obama did, Cruz has very little experience in the Senate. Here's why that's a problem for the nut's campaign

JIM NEWELL

Experience, in and of itself, is one of those overrated things people talk about in presidential campaigns. It’s a factor, sure, but it doesn’t correlate well with someone’s knowledge or ability to perform. You can be a professional dumpster diver for your whole life, but if you know what you’re talking about, and can convince a country of 300 million people that you know what you’re talking about over the course of a two-year campaign, then fine.

When Barack Obama announced his candidacy in 2007, he had served as a United States senator for two years. But he was able to convince a solid majority of the American people that he had enough knowledge of domestic and foreign policy to be president. His opponent, John McCain, had been serving in the Senate for approximately 650 years, but his platform of constant warfare with everyone on the foreign policy side and reading Alan Greenspan’s book on the domestic side suggested that he hadn’t learned all that much, and he failed to persuade voters that he was more qualified to run the country.

The conservatives who claim that all of the world’s problems today, domestic and abroad, are the direct result of President Obama’s inexperience upon taking office find themselves in an uncomfortable position with Ted Cruz. They may not all vote for Cruz, but they do generally agree that he is right in all the areas that Obama is wrong. Perhaps Cruz just learned more quickly in his two years on the job than Obama did? After all, Cruz is very smart. He has two Ivy League degrees including a J.D. from Harvard Law School. A lot like… Barack Obama.

If master litigator Ted Cruz was running against Ted Cruz, Ted Cruz would argue that Ted Cruz is not experienced enough to be president. But Ted Cruz is only inadvertently running against himself. What’s his defense against those who would dare compare his level of inexperience to that of the inept Barack Obama? Cruz tried out a line on political independent Glenn Beck’s radio show yesterday.

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http://www.salon.com/2015/03/25/ted_cruzs_back_bencher_problem_why_the_right_wing_hero_is_in_serious_denial/

[Fred Sanders]

1. Doctor of Laws of God trumps a Doctor of Laws of Men ever time for the American Taliban.

[thevoiceofreason]

2. Cruz is not a litigator

He is an appellate lawyer - different breed.

[Faux pas]

3. "right-wing hero"

more like right-wing ZERO.