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WASHINGTON — An Alberta homeowner bursts out laughing at the idea that she could be living in a U.S. historical property, in the birth residence of a potential American president.

What’s giving her the giggles? The thought of U.S. President Ted Cruz.

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Baby Ted once crawled the hallways in her stucco-walled, Spanish-colonial-style Calgary home but she’ll take a pass on owning a piece of American history, thanks very much.

“I don’t think that he will be elected president,” said Mary Eggermont-Molenaar, an author whose latest book is on the Dutch art collection of Sir William Van Horne.

“He is too extremist. I think the Americans will recognize that people with extremist backgrounds — that’s not what the world needs.”

The Canadian-born candidate is considered a long shot for the 2016 Republican nomination. However, he’s laid out what he believes could be a path to victory: steer clear of the centre and make an uncompromising appeal to the conservative base.