Ted Cruz a conservative star at CPAC, but he’s not alone
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Sen. Ted Cruz warned conservative activists Thursday not to buy rivals’ claims that they’re true conservatives. None, he said, would ever actually stand up and confess ahead of the 2016 race, “Actually, I’m a squishy moderate who stands for nothing.”
Better, he said, to find a candidate who bears the scars of ideological combat. In other words, someone like him.
“Demand action, not talk,” Cruz told thousands of activists at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, a critical stop on the way to the GOP nomination.
Anyone looking for signs that Cruz is serious about running for president — and that he has some traction among the GOP base — could find them at the massive Gaylord National resort outside Washington. Cruz’s tart rhetoric has made him a star at the annual gathering since before his election in 2012.
Read more if you have the intestinal fortitude: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/national-politics/20150226-ted-cruz-a-conservative-star-at-cpac-but-hes-not-alone.ece 
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Take two aspirins and call the doctor in the morning. No, not Dr. Rand Paul. 
