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	"If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton "We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn’t make any sense at all." -- President Ronald Reagan "A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." - Thomas Paine 1792 "It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." - Samuel Adams "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams

[SoConPubbie]

    Ted Cruz Ping!

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[Sacajaweau]

That was a procedural vote. I believe the actual vote is tomorrow.

[cripplecreek]

BTW I believe he was on with Mark Levin tonight.

[Paladin2]

Yep, he voted for it before he voted against it when he knew his vote wasn’t necessary to pass it. Same old, same ol’.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

I heard him on the Mark Levin Show. He did great.

[Hugin]

So, before we were a bunch of ignorant boobs who didn’t understand what was going on. Now, that it was about to pass overwhelmingly and he can safely vote against it, he changes his vote to a token “no” at the last minute. Who could have guessed?

[4rcane]

The problem with Cruz was trusting GOP leadership’s assurance. It was bad enough that he think OBama could be trusted to negotiable a trade deal

[ripnbang]

And the “smart guy” did t know this when he penned the last column?

[RIghtwardHo]

lol. It’s because they didn’t need his vote.

[tennmountainman]

Now that the procedural vote passed with 60 votes.

Don’t be surprised to see some fake conservatives come out and
vote against it since it only needs 51 votes to pass.

[grania]

Bottom line. It passed. The question is, can Cruz put the genie back in the bottle?

I'm not one bit surprised that the dems used this bill to put Cruz in a tough place.

[Praxeologue]

Sen. Cruz was aware of the WikiLeaks material concerning the immigration provisions of TiSA shortly after the original Senate vote, but continued to boost TPA, including in the op-ed with Paul Ryan, until 7:00AM this morning. Cruz is a smart guy. I can’t see an excuse for his ignoring the obvious and then pivoting at the last moment. His Breitbart piece this morning certainly did not address this apparent amnesia. He had better do some more ‘splainin.

[South40]

[xzins]

In his initial vote in favor of TPA, the senator intimates that he was misled by Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.), who, when pressed on the matter, testily represented to him that there were no side-deals on Ex-Im. Cruz opposes reauthorization of the bank, which is scheduled to expire at the end of this month. He describes Ex-Im as “a classic example of corporate welfare” and cronyism at its worst” — a position Veronique de Rugy has repeatedly and (in my view) compellingly argued here on the Corner. (See archive, here.)

It is clear in the above paragraph that Cruz is saying that BOTH TPAs were bad. He would not admit to being misled by McConnell on the first, if there wasn't something wrong with it. And, apparently, the wheeling/dealing continued, and the 2nd TPA was also bad.

My concern isn't proving anyone wrong. My concern is ensuring that Congress vote TPP down when it comes up for a vote.

The corruption in Washington DC is so bad that new senators are being intentionally misled by the leadership.

[fortheDeclaration]

He was 'shocked' that you couldn't trust the GOP Leadership!

Where has he been for the last 20 years!

[MN_Mike]

Andrew is clearly supportive of Ted’s position on this.

Ted changed his position once he determined that Congressional leaders were being dishonest.

Ted is very presidential, a once in a generation Reagan conservative.

[WTFOVR]

Of course he is a no vote - now that he knows there are sufficient numbers of his fellow GOP quislings to pass the treacherous garbage .... He need not dirty his image as “Mr. Constitution” ... After all, he does need to guard his presidential ambitions from a full frontal assault by genuine conservatives. His Goldman-Sachs wife must be thrilled - they can have their cake and eat it too!

[Lil Flower]

IBICAT

:-}

[Calpublican]

Where’s my apology.