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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
As a pretty liberal person it is hilarious to read that I am "desperately reaching for a way to make a lame blunder into a "win"!! Yep, that is my objective to make Cruz a hero!!

No, the difference is that I am capable of some objectivity and from Cruz's standpoint I doubt he cares about Arab Christians who represent an insignificant percentage of the US population - quite apart from their political affiliation. If Wikipedia is accurate Arab Americans constitute 1.1 million people and of these 63% are Christians.

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_American[/url]

Cruz has taken a position against amnesty of any sort for illegals - and he is a Hispanic. Also, Hispanics are a far more important constituency than Arab Americans. So who do you think he is seeking to appeal to with these positions? Who are the people who will determine the Republican nominee for president in 2016? Arab-Americans? Hispanics? Asians?

If he becomes the nominee - unlikely IMO - he will move to the center like most politicians do to broaden their appeal. It is the way the game is played.

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Alienating Arab Christians is not a smart move if Cruz plans to run for president because -- despite their small numbers -- they could have an impact in the primaries. As the earlier poster explained, this group tends to be quite conservative. They are unlikely to become Democrats because of Cruz, but they could easily turn to another Republican candidate. 
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