Speaking of that last mentioned contender, King's already taken to attacking him (if that doesn't set off a few signals, which it should, folks!)...FoxNews: New York Republican Rep. Peter King, the feisty former chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, is weighing a run for the White House, Fox News confirms.
The congressman, who has served 11 terms in the House, would join a potentially crowded and diverse field of well-known Republicans. It's too early in the cycle for any candidate to be formally announcing, but New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul are among the Republicans thought to be mulling a 2016 bid.
Somebody's sounding awfully like John McLame!
I tend to agree with theRightScoop on this one...
I favor the Texan...and it's not just because I'm here! TED CRUZ is the more consistent, constitutional conservative of the two, in both principle and voting record (just check the latter out here and here). But any way you slice it, either would be a better conservative choice than Peter King or any of the other previously mentioned miscreants."I don’t entirely disagree with King’s comments with respect to Rand Paul, but he does sell him short in a lot of ways. I agree Rand Paul is no hawk and is somewhat naive on the Islamic threat facing us, but that doesn’t mean he is an isolationist. Ever since Paul gave his big foreign policy speech, it’s been apparent to me that he is somewhere between the isolationist polices of his father and the hawkish policies of someone like John Bolton. He understands what he calls ‘radical Islam’ to a pretty good degree, but he also believes we can and should negotiate with Iran to stop them from getting nukes. That is a very naive position and ignorant of the last decade of ‘negotiations’ with Iran.
But Ted Cruz? I’ve never heard anything from Cruz to suggest he was anything other than a hawk. I think King just throws him in the mix because he hates Ted Cruz and doesn’t want to see him become president.
All of that said, there is no way I’m voting for a big government Republican like Peter King. If he is the answer then the problem is too big to be solved."
ADDENDUM: Of course, give it another day, and this Big Government Repubic takes a larger swipe at the constitutional conservative Texan...
HuffPo: Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) claims he thinks former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D) would "destroy" some of his Republican peers in a potential 2016 matchup.This guy's certainly no conservative...just another RINO that the Northeast seems to be churning out by the dozen these days. What's up with that?
“I think she’s very strong on foreign policy, and I think that if we nominate someone from our isolationist wing of the party, she’ll destroy them,” King said. "We need somebody that can stand up to her."
King said he's "not a fan" of Cruz, labeling him an "isolationist" and saying he has a "bad image for the party." King also offered his views on a number of other Republicans seen as potential 2016 contenders, including Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
If there's one positive that we might pull out of a statist regime in control, it's that we get a genuine opportunity to weed out these weak links in the opposition, because the masks are certainly flying off...by their own hand!
Related link: Peter King: Hillary Clinton would destroy Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, but not Chris Christie
