Ted Cruz is morphing into Sarah Palin (Written by the Queen of the Neocons)

The Washington Post's Right Turn ^ | October 7, 2014 | Jennifer Rubin

[2ndDivisionVet]

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) is fast becoming the king of useless fights and empty gestures. First came his destructive government shutdown gambit. Then came his half-baked idea for fighting the Islamic State. Then he set up a showy albeit unnecessary confrontation with a Christian group, managing to be the only one on the right these days magnifying differences between Jews and Christians — unlike, say, Gov. Mike Huckabee, who rallies Christians and Jews to a shared fight against jihadists bent on slaughtering both. And now Cruz is pushing a constitutional amendment to prevent federal courts from vindicating the rights of individuals who challenge state bans on gay marriage. (Consider how he would holler if the left came up with an amendment to prevent Second Amendment claims against gun bans from being heard.) And where would the states come from to pass such an amendment? Wouldn’t state courts still overturn anti-gay marriage bans — or is he running roughshod over those as well? Never mind — it is all about fighting.

On foreign policy he began strongly, dousing the sparks of isolationism with very solid speeches on Russia and Iran. In his trip to Israel and Eastern Europe he came across as informed and poised. But also showed himself to be erratic, joining with the isolationists in opposing enforcement of the red line in Syria....

[KC_Conspirator]

I am not sure, except that Rubin always has some sort of Beltway angle she is working.

[tom h]

"Ted Cruz is morphing into Sarah Palin"

Yup, the left is afraid of Ted Cruz.

Last year they were calling him the "next Joe McCarthy" but it didn't catch on, because most low-information voters don't know who McCarthy was.

So now they have to find a villain that elicits a visceral response from low-info voters, and they've settled on Sarah Palin.

Are we surprised that it's the second time this week? Nah. They all get the same emails with the talking points.

As for the McCarthy resemblance, it is somewhat uncanny:

Senator Ted Cruz:

Senator Joseph McCarthy:

[ravenwolf]

If the G.o.p would get behind Cruz he could win if any one can but what they are doing is assuring another demomarxmus victory.

[Ron H.]

My money is still on Sarah Palin. Ted should take a backseat to Sarah and consider being her Veep in 2016. That’s my two-cents worth.