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U.S. Senator Ted Cruz says the Republican Party should learn from history that running a moderate candidate for president in 2016 wont galvanize voters and Hillary Clinton will be president.

The Texas Republican, a favorite of Tea Party supporters, said on CNBC today that the party needs to find a conservative candidate who can get voters to turn out -- someone like former President Ronald Reagan.

If Republicans run another candidate in the mold of a Bob Dole or a John McCain or a Mitt Romney, we will end up with the same result, which is millions of people will stay home on Election Day, Cruz said. And if we run another candidate like that, Hillary Clinton will be the next president.

Cruz said the former Republican presidential candidates are all decent men and patriots, but they didnt get voters to turn out the way Reagan did in 1980.

In the interview, Cruz discussed his view of what will happen if the Republican Party embraces a nominee such as former Florida Governor Jeb Bush. It echoed the comments this week of Missouri Senator Roy Blunt, vice chairman of the Republican Conference, who told Bloomberg News in an interview that Bush, 61, might represent the wrong direction for the party.

Bush, the son of President George H.W. Bush and brother of President George W. Bush, is a favorite of many establishment Republicans who want to avoid nominating a less-seasoned candidate in 2016.

Cruz, asked about Bush on CNBC, said, I like Jeb. Im a fan of Jeb Bushs. Cruz said he would wait to see if Bush decides to run.

The only way for Republicans to win, I believe, is to run a candidate who runs as a strong conservative with a positive, optimistic, hopeful message, Cruz said.

Cruz drew parallels to the 1980 election in which Reagan defeated President Jimmy Carter, who had served one term. He said the U.S. economy is in a similar state of stagnation and that an internationally naive foreign policy by President Barack Obama has lead nations such as Russia and Iran to be opening laughing at and mocking the president.

We need to learn from history, Cruz said today. We need to look to history for what works and what doesnt.

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Cruz: Moderate Republican Wont Win Presidency in 2016