Just like throwing hundreds of thousands of young Russian conscripts at the invincible Nazi army at Stalingrad was.
The title and the premise are garbled. ‘Conservative’ republicans of the true type know who their enemies are. ‘Establishment’ republicans have no allies except those that bring money; they are whores.
The premise feeds into the liberal media talking points:
> “I can understand and appreciate the knowledge that if the Democrats stick together in the Senate, there is little the Republicans can do to stop Obamacare, either by repeal or by defunding. The process laid out by Ted Cruz was never going to be an easy path and was always likely ***doomed to failure***.”
Doomed to failure...doomed to failure...doomed to failure...
Again and again we hear the parrots in the political aviaries squawk about how Ted’s effort is “doomed to failure”. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Ted’s strategy is sound but requires republicans in Congress to fight and for democrats with a conscience to stand on principle. Even if zero democrats stand on principle (and some joined House republicans on the CR), republicans can still win.
Only 41 Senators are needed to block the approaching move to cloture.
IF 41 Senators vote against cloture, THEN Harry Reid must decide EITHER to allow a vote on the CR WITH DEFUNDING Obamacare language as-is OR not allow a vote. In either case as expected the government will be unfunded and will shutdown but the blame will be on the Senate. This is the strategy.
What is doomed to failure is the Senate democrats passing the original CR. But then they and they alone are responsible for shutting down the government as the original CR funds all of government except Obamacare.
The way the Senate democrats escape responsibility unscathed is to pass a vote for cloture, strip how the defunding language and send it back to the House. Even in this eventuality the House republicans can still win by passing smaller funding CRs for essential spending and then denying an increase in the debt ceiling.
It’s not over and we need to let Congress know that this fight is in no way ‘doomed to failure’.
I agree that the responsibility of any possible shutdown of the government should rest with the Democrats. The reality of the situation, however, tells me that will not happen. It doesn’t matter what the truth is to the media. They will make sure the responsibility is laid heavily on the shoulders of the Republicans. I don’t agree with that, not in the least, but it is a reality.
We are not just fighting against the liberals in Congress and the White House, but also the liberals in the media.
When I wrote that Cruz’s effort to defund Obamacare was “doomed to failure”, it was for that reason alone. I wholeheartedly support his fight and his tactics.
Just like throwing hundreds of thousands of young Russian conscripts at the invincible Nazi army at Stalingrad was.