to nbcuniversal s coverage of the biggest olympic winter games ever, with the most coverage of the most events on every device. and the most hours of streaming video on the nbc sports live extra app, including the x1 platform from xfinity. comcast was honored to bring every minute of every medal of nbcuniversal s coverage to every screen. so what s next? rio 2016. welcome to what s next. comcast nbcuniversal. they say if you stand for principle you lose elections. the way to do it, the smart way, the washington way is don t stand against obamacare, don t stand against the debt ceiling, don t stand against nothing. chris christie and ted cruz with a taste of the differing
questions unanswered. was the crowd expressing its solidarity with christie or do they see more in mb, not just a sympathetic under attack but someone they might still turn to them to lead hem. ted cruz also spoke on thursday making what is his customary appeal to the face, painting himself as the protector and chief of pure conservatism. if you stand for principle you lose elections. the smart way, the washington way is don t stand against obama care, don t stand against the debt creel. don t stand against nothing. that is a falls dichotomy. you want to lose elections, stand for nothing and then of course all of us remember president dole and president mccain and president romney. look, those are good men, they re decent men.
not only we are against obamacare, which we are. we need leaders that are not only going to say we re against higher taxes, which we are, we re against a bigger government, we re against more intrusion to our constitutional rights. christie has been criticized for being too hot with his rhetoric. he may have toned it down a little bit. but there was a big contrast from senator ted cruz, a tea party darling who went right at the obama administration and right at the establishment who suggested that anybody who would argue that the tea party or any other conservative should pipe down has it all wrong. listen. and they say if you stand for principle you lose elections. the way to do it, the smart way, the washington way is don t stand against obama care or the debt ceiling, don t stand against nothing. if you want to lose elections,
not only we are against obamacare, which we are. we need leaders that are not only going to say we re against higher taxes, which we are, we re against a bigger government, we re against more intrusion to our constitutional rights. christie has been criticized for being too hot with his rhetoric. he may have toned it down a little bit. but there was a big contrast from senator ted cruz, a tea party darling who went right at the obama administration and right at the establishment who suggested that anybody who would argue that the tea party or any other conservative should pipe down has it all wrong. listen. and they say if you stand for principle you lose elections. the way to do it, the smart way, the washington way is don t stand against obama care or the debt ceiling, don t stand against nothing. if you want to lose elections,
female captain who accuses him of forcing oral sex and threatening to kill her family if she exposed the adultery. all republican eyes were focused on washington and the conservative political action conference or cpac as it s commonly known. the annual event is the perfect stage for party leaders to test their bona fides with the conservative base, and yesterday the speaker s list was a roster of potential candidates. ted cruz, one of the crowd favorites, was first up and he did not disappoint delivering a speech aimed at the republican establishment. the way to do it, the smart way, the washington way is don t stand against obamacare. don t stand against the debt ceiling. don t stand against nothing. i want to tell you something. that is a false dichotomy. you want to lose elections? stand for nothing. and then, of course, all of us remember president dole and