Republican National Politics: It's All About Posturing and Positioning

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Republicans Using Shutdown to Stake Positions for Potential 2016 Bids. (The New York Times, 10/9/2013)

There is no "to the right of Mr. Cruz".    Mr. Rubio is not the only Republican using the shutdown to position himself for a presidential candidacy. These Republicans’ actions, as the crisis drags on, offer an early glimpse of the contours of the 2016 primary: some in the emerging field are desperate to avoid being seen as standing to the left of Mr. Cruz and his fervent Tea Party supporters, while others are charting a different course.