POLITICO: Ted Cruz apologizes to colleagues over antics

Politico ^ | 12/16/2014 | MANU RAJU

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Ted Cruz privately apologized to GOP senators Tuesday for interrupting their holiday schedules by his surprise tactics that effectively brought the Senate into session over the weekend.

According to five senators who attended Tuesday’s caucus lunch, Cruz offered the apology in unsolicited remarks, saying that he regretted if any of his colleagues’ schedules were ruined by his maneuvering. He didn’t say whether he would do something similar again, senators said.

And unlike a contentious lunch last year after GOP senators pointedly blamed Cruz for prompting the government shutdown, no sharp words were directed at the Texas freshman at Tuesday’s lunch, according to the attendees. Republicans do not expect Cruz to prevent the Senate from finishing its work promptly this week.

The comments cap a tumultuous several days for Cruz, who, along with his counterpart, Utah Sen. Mike Lee, suddenly scuttled a bipartisan deal Friday that would have prevented weekend votes in the Senate. After Lee objected to the agreement, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) brought the Senate back into session Saturday and began to advance nearly two dozen of President Barack Obama’s stalled nominees.

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At first I thought “They’ll say anything to make him look bad.” Then I thought why doesn’t he come out and say “I did not apologize. I will never apologize for doing what I was elected to do and standing up for this country.”

Apparently he figures he HAS to have the rinos to run for president. I wish he’d accept that he’s never going to get their help and they control who the republican nominee will be. NOW is the time to start destroying them.

A third party run is the only hope. Ross Perot came close for a while.