Posted on 12/11/2014 1:02:08 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Have you heard the story of the first-term senator who is a hero to the party base and the subject of intense 2016 speculation -- the one who's willing to buck leaders on big bills, and has even lobbied House members to stand against a funding measure to keep the government running?
It's the story of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.). This week, it's also the story of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.).
Warren has emerged as the torchbearer of the liberal resistance on Capitol Hill to a $1.01 trillion bill to fund the government, which is facing the threat of a shutdown once again. The last time this happened, it was Cruz leading a crusade to try to use a spending bill to weaken the federal health-care law, even if it meant a shutdown, which it did.
There are some striking similarities between Cruz and Warren. There are also, obviously, some sharp differences. Both have loyal national followings yearning for them to run for president. Both are still relative Senate newbies elected in 2012. Both are viewed as leaders on the issues that move the political left and right, respectively.
But one key distinction is how far they are willing to push their opposition efforts. Another is how they are viewed by party leaders.
While Cruz launched a marathon anti-Obamacare filibuster on the Senate floor in 2013 and built enough support for his cause to actually shut down the government temporarily, there is no evidence yet that Warren is willing to go quite that far....
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She is positioning herself to be the one to take advantage when the public is extremely PO-ed at banks in 2016. Particularly if this Cromnibus thing passes.
“...torchbearer of the liberal resistance...”
Uhhh.... no. She’s the torchbearer of the communist insurgency.
She’s the new darling of the Left the way Ted Kennedy once was. I guess it goes with that particular US Senate seat.
Please Lord, let Ted Cruz vs Dances With Lies be the matchup in 2016.
Ted Cruz is an actual intelligent person, an actual Latino and an actual person of accomplishment, Warren is a Phony intellectual, a phony Indian and a person of little real earned accomplishment owing most of her success to a lie about being Native American.
Lean Fumunda - LOL
Isn’t Warren the democrat’s Plan B for 2016? Hillary is—soon to be was—Plan A?
This has been obvious for almost a year.
Well it’s very clear that the Dems are going to nominate a woman. They need to repeat the “you can’t criticize the first Black/Hispanic/Woman/Eskimo to run for President” formula from 2002. And they’ve already done black. Plus that will likely draw the Julia vote out in droves one more time.
If Hillary falters or becomes ill or something I don’t see any other viable females on deck.
2002 = 2008
I don’t recall Ted Cruz lying about being part Indian.
By the time the MSM is done with her, she’ll be a sweet old Native American granny from Oklahoma, fighting for the rights of the “people” against Wall St banks and the Koch Bros.
The left has no Ted Cruz. Ted Cruz is intelligent and articulate. Therefore, no liberal can be compared to him.
Is Ted a fake Indian?
My man!
I guess the idea is that she’s more serious because she’s not serious — that she’s more responsible because she doesn’t actually mean it. More likely, though, not being serious about her threats makes it harder to take her seriously.
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