Ted Cruz unveiled a possible new theme for a 2016 presidential campaign — “reigniting the miracle of America” — as he wooed the Iowa conservative activists critical to a victory in the Republican caucuses next year.
“It is the most important cause that unifies us together, and Iowa believes in the miracle of America,” he said Saturday.
Appearing at the Iowa Freedom Summit, the unofficial kickoff of the race to win the Iowa caucuses, Texas’ junior senator appealed to the evangelical voters who could cast about half of the votes in February. Cruz spoke thoroughly about both Mayor Annise Parker’s subpoena of area pastors this past fall and about his father’s journey from alcoholism to priesthood after discovering Christianity.
“Men and women here have experienced miracles like that throughout our lives,” Cruz told the Iowans in Des Moines, who are hearing from two dozen conservative speakers throughout the day. “Compared to that, the challenges facing this country are nothing.”
Billed in his introduction as the day’s “main event,” Cruz had three prescriptions for “reigniting the miracle”: growing the economy, protecting religious freedom and restoring American leadership in the world....
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