[higgmeister]

Sounds like a Washington insider to me.

[TexasTransplant]

***** “ Sounds like a Washington insider to me. “ *****

He is My Senator, he is doing exactly what he said he would do.

Unlike my Congress Critter that joined the Uni-Party 5 minutes before the wheels touched down on his first flight to DC.

Ted did NOT join the Uni-Party

[dp0622]

it does? which part and can you say why that part makes you think “washington insider”?

i notice that people throw euphemisms around like pennies during primary season without much to back what they say and it’s very disconcerting

[Rashputin]

You're absolutely right, insider enough to know his being born in Canada would be ignored. Anyone who was really "hated" by the party machine would have had to fight that machine to even get into the primaries.

He's a ticket puncher who jumped through all the right hoops to be part of the power crowd, that's all. It's a lie that "they" "hate" him for his principles or even "hate" him at all. "They" know he's a lawyer so he can always rephrase or tap dance around a principle.

The bigger dogs want to smack him down for trying to break in line ahead of others who have jumped through all the hoops and gotten there first, that's all. As soon as he rolls over in submission a few more times like he did on TPA and the Ryan budget they'll let him up and give him an appropriately sized share.

Even the feral dogs in DC seldom go for an outright kill of a submissive fellow feral dog. Only the dogs that try to protect a few of the sheep or who want to clean the easy to feed on carrion out of the halls of Congress are killed.

The sad fact is that Ted is cut from the same cloth as John Edwards, just with a different set of hoops he's jumped though because there's less competition among lawyers to go for the Republican side of the coin than there is for the Democrat side of the coin.

[Hattie]

Washington insider? Do you even know how long he has been in Washington? Do you think anyone else on that debate podium could argue before the SCOTUS?? The things said about Cruz are silly.

Vote for the candidate of your choice but give credit to someone who has character and caring for your Constitution and your country. Thank you Ted Cruz.

I may not agree politically with your choice but I will give him credit for the abilities and work he has done.