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WORKING THE STORY.
>> Reporter: TEXAS SENATOR TED
CRUZ TOOK CENTER STAGE AT THE
VALUES VOTER SUMMIT, ANGERED
OVER THE DIRECTION THE COUNTRY
IS HEADED IN.
>> EVERY MAN AND WOMAN IN THIS
ROOM BELIEVES IN YOUR HEART, IN
YOUR GUT, IN YOUR SOUL, THAT IS
UTTERLY AND COMPLETELY
UNACCEPTABLE.
>> Reporter: CRUZ RALLIED THE
FAITHFUL AT A GATHERING OF
SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES HERE IN
WASHINGTON AND CONTINUED HIS
FIGHT AGAINST OBAMA CARE, A
POSITION MANY MEMBERS OF HIS OWN
PARTY ARE STARTING TO ABANDON.
>> BUT I WANT TO MAKE THE MOST
OF THIS MOMENT.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO
PAY DOWN OUR NATIONAL DEBT AND
JUMP-START OUR ECONOMY.
THIS PRESIDENT, HE WON'T AGREE
TO EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO
DO.
>> Reporter: LIKE PAUL RYAN, WHO
WAS ON VIDEO, AND TED CRUZ,
SENATORS MARCO RUBIO AND RAND
PAUL ARE POTENTIAL HOPEFULS FOR
THE 2016 GOP PRESIDENTIAL
NOMINATION.
BUT RUBIO AND PAUL AVOIDED
TALKING ABOUT OBAMA CARE AND THE
SHUTDOWN TODAY.
>> THERE'S A WORLDWIDE WAR ON
CHRISTIANITY.
>> Reporter: IT'S TAKING A TOLL
ON THE GOP.
A NEW "WALL STREET JOURNAL"/NBC
SURVEY SHOWS EVEN REPUBLICAN
VOTERS, THOSE WHO DON'T IDENTIFY
WITH THE TEA PARTY AT LEAST,
THINK CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS
ARE PUTTING POLITICS AHEAD OF
THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY.
AFTERWARDS, CRUZ DID ATTEND A
MEETING AT THE WHITE HOUSE WHERE
HE LATER SAID THERE WAS A LOT OF
TALK.
>> IF I'M NEVER SEEN AGAIN,
PLEASE SEND A SEARCH AND RESCUE
TEAM.
>> Reporter: AND WHILE THERE IS
A GROWING DIVIDE WITHIN THE GOP,
CRUZ WAS RIDING HIGH WITH
SUPPORT HERE.
>> WE'RE SUPPORTING TED CRUZ
BECAUSE WE THINK HE'S STANDING
FOR THE PRINCIPLES WE BELIEVE
IN.
>> I THINK THEY SHOULD STAND
THEIR GROUND AND WHAT THIS IS
DOING IS REALLY TRULY REVEALING
WHO THE TRUE REPUBLICANS ARE
VERSUS THE RHINOS WHICH IS
REPUBLICAN IN NAME ONLY.
IT'S BECOMING VERY APPARENT.
I'M KIND OF GLAD THAT IT'S
CONTINUING.
>> Reporter: AS FOR THE
LEADERSHIP TRYING TO CUT A DEAL
LIKE JOHN BOEHNER --
>> WE CONGRATULATE HIM FOR
STANDING STRONG BUT NOW HE'S GOT
TO STAND STRONG.
>> I THINK JOHN BOEHNER HAS A
GOOD TAN.
>> Reporter: NOW, CRUZ OF COURSE
WAS THE STAR OF THE SHOW BUT HE
ALSO HAD HIS FAIR SHARE OF
DETRACTORS AND HE WAS HECKLED
THROUGHOUT THE FIRST HALF OF HIS
SPEECH.
WE ALSO WANT TO BRING TO YOUR
ATTENTION BEN CARSON.
HE'S A SURGEON AND ONE OF THE
LEADING CRITICS IN THIS COUNTRY
OF OBAMA CARE, AS YOU MAY KNOW.
HE'S A CONTRIBUTOR ON FOX NEWS.
HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY ABOUT
OBAMA CARE.
IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE
MOMENTS OF THE DAY.
>> AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, YOU
KNOW, OBAMA CARE IS REALLY I
THINK THE WORST THING THAT HAS
HAPPENED IN THIS NATION SINCE
SLAVERY.
AND IN A WAY IT IS SLAVERY,
BECAUSE IT IS MAKING ALL OF US
SUBSERVIENT TO THE GOVERNMENT
AND IT WAS NEVER ABOUT HEALTH
CARE.
IT WAS ABOUT CONTROL.
>> Reporter: SO NOW EVEN THOUGH