Texas?
Throw Bammy into the Potomac.
Because the Dems and their propaganda arm do not believe Repubs will do what they say. After all, everyone knows they usually fold rather quickly after making some lukewarm statements.
Yes, Congressional negotiations had devolved into a manic game of finger-pointing...
Because the Repubs did not fold as usual and the Dems and the "news" media are bewildered by it all. They figure the Repubs just need to be shown who is Boss and they will go back to being the nice little spineless critters and let the Dems have their way.
NO MORE!!!!
Boehner is putting on a show right now to take the flag of leadership from Cruz but they (RINO LEADERS) don’t have any real fight in them because we are headed for an eventual cave of some sort.
The grassroots can hold their feet to the fire and push them to keep fighting but at some point the white flag goes up.
The political machine does not know how to fight a winning battle because they believe such an all out fight is not supported by public opinion.
When it came to civil rights, John Kennedy did not come out full bore for it until the sights of water cannon and dogs aimed at teenagers protesting in Birmingham (May 1963) shifted public opinion on race dramatically.
Reading the comments at Buzz Feed they think they are still in charge they have no idea of shite storm coming their way. Armed insurrection they speak like it is fiction and some big bad liberal force will save them. Truth is the majority of LOEs and military are not on the left side and when and if the shooting starts it will end quickly.
The inept campaigns by McCain in 2008 and Romney in 2012 and the GOP's unwillingness to strongly confront Obama led to a widespread sense that the fight had gone out of the Republican establishment -- at least as to fighting the Democrats. The GOP establishment was eager though to mobilize and crush insurgent conservative candidates who challenged establishment favorites.
Cruz and his allies understand that if the GOP is to survive, it must energize its base by fighting the Democrats with as much energy and determination as is directed against the GOP. No longer can GOP members of Congress be well-paid time servers waiting and hoping that the political winds shift their way and deliver them into power. They need to fight for their declared political principles, and if they do not, the GOP may not survive.
Remarkably, even as the shutdown grinds on, the House GOP caucus seems to be firming up in their morale and willingness to do battle. They are taking a beating in the news media but getting hurrahs from the GOP base. The GOP members are still wearing Guccis and well-tailored suits (or pants suits), but they do seem to have a bit of fighter pilot swagger now.
The battle may break the GOP's way if the Obamacare rollout fizzles, Obama's poll numbers decline, Democratic constituencies start feeling and complaining about the effects of the shutdown, and polling shows that the shutdown costs them their chance at regaining the House and menaces Democratic control of the Senate.
There are signs that these things are beginning to happen. The GOP needs to continue the fight as long as victory is possible. If events and public opinion do not go the GOP's way, the well-trod path of ignominious Republican surrender will always be available.
The truth is that this ‘shutdown’ outside of a bunch of Democrat media publicized closings for parks, memorials, government union bitching, etc. isn’t really affecting real America that much.
I drive around my small town and it is business as usual for those that actually work and produce tangibly beneficial products.
This is what Boehner, McCain, McConnell and all the rest of the dinosaur GOP leadership just cannot ken. They are oblivious to daily “America, Inc.” They are mistakenly consumed with what “America.org” is over exaggerating.
“And on the third day, Ted Cruz looked upon his creation, and he saw that it was good.” Why this sentence? Are you saying Ted Cruz is like God? I couldn’t read past this absurd statement.