Posted on 01/22/2016 8:34:58 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Maybe progressives should root for Ted Cruz to be the Republican nominee.
Over at the Huffington Post, Ryan Grim and Sam Stein have a deep look at why the Republican establishment is lining up behind Donald Trump over Cruz in what is becoming a two-man race for the nomination. Of all the reasons mentioned, though, one tell is an anonymous quote that comes from a person described as "somebody in the GOP establishment," who tells the writers,
"I'm rooting for Hillary...She can't win a mandate, so we hold the House and don't get slaughtered in the Senate. We will have a great midterm in 2018 running against her," he said, requesting anonymity for obvious reasons. "We are a great opposition party."
If you define an opposition party as Republicans have for the last eight years, as one that spends all its time screaming "No" at every proposal from Democratic legislators and the White House, and doesn't worry itself too much with the mechanics of governing until there is a hard deadline that might blow up the world's economy, then the GOP is in fact wonderful at its role. In fact, every major crisis, near-crisis, or near-catastrophe of the last few years - the government shutdown in the fall of 2013, the downgrading of the nation's credit rating in 2011 - has occurred because Republicans in Congress were stamping their feet and refusing to cooperate with the Kenyan Usurper in the Oval Office.
All of that will continue under the next Democratic president. But we can at least have some fun to dull the frustration and rage. Which is why, for comedy purposes, I'm rooting for the senator from Texas to grab the nomination.....
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He sure can’t keep a job, or is that the norm these days?
They’re always on their fracking cellphones...
Pubbies may scream no but they always say yes. Except Cruz. He’s the only one with the word ‘no’ in his vocabulary.
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