“So, while Cruz’s votes on these two issues might be disappointing, one was routine, the other academic in terms of effect.”
So you don’t think that calls Cruz’s judgment into question?
I find it disturbing that any Republican senator would vote to give Barack Obama fastrack authority on anything. For any reason. Especially on a trade deal that is supposed to be so bad. It just does not make sense. I listened to Ted’s tortured rationale for his vote and it still didn’t make sense.
Corker Bill same deal. Ted Cruz is supposed to be a Constitutional expert. What the Congress essentially did was water down their own power to ratify treaties. What Ted Cruz as a Consitutional conservative should have done was continue to assert that the Iran deal was a treaty not an Executive Agreement and demand that it be submitted as a treaty for ratification.
These two dubious votes and Ted Cruz’s seeming inability to articulate what he will do with the 11-20 million illegals currently in the US are what cooled me off on him.
I like Cruz and he would be a kickazz Attorney General but he’s not ready to be President. He will likely win Iowa although don’t count Carson out and then Trump is going to run the table. The sooner its over the happier I will be.
If I agree with him on virtually everything else, why should I dismiss him for what amounts to two minor transgressions?
Hell, I've made mistakes, too. More than two of them, in fact.