OK, it’s all too arcane for me. It seems the House gave the Senate a bill with defunding in it. Now Cruz does a quasi-filibuster, knowing that he can’t muster the votes to keep the the defunding clause (amendment) in the package. If he knows he can’t win over enough senators, why wouldn’t the House Republicans be a little PO’d, knowing that he is just telling them to do more of the same?
I’m genuinely asking someone to give me a synopsis of Cruz’ strategy. I loved what he said in the ‘filibuster,’ but don’t see how it can play out to a winning hand.
OK, I think I found my answer to what the Cruz strategy is: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3071198/posts
But it clearly is Senate conservatives putting the screws to House Republicans. The conservative Senators essentially get a free pass with the cloture vote, while he House Republicans get the hell kicked out of them. I can see where that might be a little galling.