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Posted on 11/06/2014 6:08:34 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Sen. Ted Cruz has already flexed his influence in the House with last year's government shutdown. Now, he'll be part of the Senate majority and presumed majority leader Mitch McConnell might have his hands full.
His dry humor on display, Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell began his victory press conference on Wednesday with insider playfulness that had outsized import.
The presumed soon-to-be leader of a GOP-controlled Senate started by briefly reviewing his takeaways from the election, including unhappiness with dysfunction in Washington. He then named some of the people who had called him that day: President Obama, Senate majority leader Harry Reid, House Speaker John Boehner. Pause. “And Ted Cruz, too.”
An understated smile crossed his face, and a few of the reporters chuckled at his inclusion of the fiery, tea party senator from Texas in this “A” list of power brokers. Senator Cruz can do serious damage to Senator McConnell’s stated intention to “work together” with the president on issues where they can agree. The unanswered question in Washington is: Will Cruz play the spoiler?
This is the senator who led the partial government shutdown over the Affordable Care Act last year. He meets regularly with House tea partyers, to the great annoyance of “establishment” Republicans in that chamber. Cruz is also eyeing the presidency and can be expected to draw sharp contrasts with the White House, as well as with moderate “establishment” Republicans....
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My hope is that he finds himself man handled by Cruz.
A lot of people think CSM is a quality source of news, and information. I think of them as NYT JV.
I hope nobody on FR would think they are a quality news source
I've yet to see this? He's as even-keeled as it gets. He's careful, intelligent and mild. I guess if it is repeated enough, it becomes true.
Mitch is “The Crusher”......
Whistling past the graveyard, that delusional bunch of educated beyond their intelligence half-wits. Senator Cruz ducked the question of whether or not he would support the current POS. Reading between the lines, there will be a new leader of the Senate next term, and Senator Cruz will probably have a big office.
If elected, he’ll no doubt be the highest I.Q. president in history.
Well try this serenade by The Offspring for the plantation herd: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeWjzBHUdsI
#2.
(You need to read up on Jefferson. Thomas, not George.)
Ted Cruz is decades younger than McConnell. McConnell is in the waning years of his career, while Ted Cruz is only beginning his. He will be re-elected in Texas as long as he wants the office.
It’d be close, in my opinion. Referring to Cruz’s time as a student at Harvard Law, liberal Professor Alan Dershowitz said, “Cruz was off-the-charts brilliant.”
Believe it or not, he’s only 43.
The journalist looks askance at Cruz doing the only thing he could do to actually fight Obamacare, that now most Americans hate and have been hurt by???? Cruz is more than vindicated.
hmmm.. never heard that about the “brilliant” BO. I wonder why.
When Cruz can write in Latin with one hand and Greek with the other, simultaneously, we’ll talk.
McConnell makes me sick. I literally despise him.
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Who did 0 date? Who did he sit in class with? Whose wedding was he in? Who were his groomsmen?
Imagine the wonderful, historical pics and stories that will make up his pRez library!
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