Ted Cruz on the Pat Cambell Show

Oklahomans well I I think we have a terrific deal in in twenty sixteen and I think one of the real signs

of strength among conservatives and we have so many talented inspirational young

senators governors who are stepping forward to Rana is a sharp contrast between that and and and the rather paltry democratic the I'm

in my view the central issue in the Republican primary it's gonna be trust people are fed

the truth and do what I thought would and the stakes are so high for this election that I think we

need if we're going to win in twenty sixteen and we have to win the only way to win is to nominate a strong conservative within positive

optimistic hopeful message I think the distinction between man and the other candidate is that I've got a proven record over

and over again not just of talking the talk but walking the walk and understanding and fighting

primary here in Oklahoma and case in point it was ricksantorum that one back in twenty twelve and that that was something that two

years prior to that people didn't know who he was so I think it's more than possible for you to put off I've been going back and forth with a couple of fellow

talk show hosts one guy that we carry here on the %HESITATION the network talk shit to syndicate about fifty markets when

you came out he he's there nice guy I agree with about ninety percent of what he says but he doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell I mean immediate what

look it what they're doing is they're believing the lie that is told by the Washington consultants have you noticed there's this handful of consultants in Washington right

they keep running national campaign and they keep losing can they keep coming back to Republicans think

I understand that theory and theoretically you could imagine that might be an attractive general election candidate but

that we've tested that theory every time we do it we lose and the one thing that seems abundantly clear if

we nominate another candidate in the mold about Bob Dole or a John McCain or Mitt Romney all

of whom are good honorable decent man but what he did didn't work if we do it again the same millions

of conservatives who stayed home in a latent well well stay home and sixteen and Hillary Clinton's been expressed and then and a

big part of the reason I'm running is that as I look at all of the senators and governors who are running I don't see a whole lot of them who I think are likely to energize

only only way we women twenty sixteen I think you have to offer bold contrast and I think your campaign does just that