Posted on 10/14/2013 9:16:36 PM PDT by kristinn
Sen. Ted Cruz met with roughly 15 to 20 House Republicans for roughly two hours late Monday night at the Capitol Hill watering hole Tortilla Coast.
The group appeared to be talking strategy about how they should respond to a tentative Senate deal to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling without addressing Obamacare in a substantive way, according to sources who witnessed the gathering. The Texas Republican senator and many of House Republicans in attendance had insisted on including amendments aimed at dismantling Obamacare in the continuing resolution that was intended to avert the current shutdown.
Sources said the House Republicans meeting in the basement of Tortilla Coast with Cruz were some of the most conservative in the House: Reps. Louie Gohmert of Texas, Steve King of Iowa, Jim Jordan of Ohio, Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Raúl Labrador of Idaho, Steve Southerland of Florida, Mark Meadows of North Carolina, and Justin Amash of Michigan.
The group is a collection of members who have often given leadership headaches in recent years by opposing both compromise measures as well as packages crafted by fellow Republicans. And, it seems, leadership unwittingly became aware of the meetup.
While the dinner meeting was held in a private basement room, the group was spotted by Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who was dining with some other members, including Gregg Harper, R-Miss. McCarthy is a regular at the Capitol Hill watering hole, and a source said he seemed particularly interested in what the group was up to.
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I doubt it. Any connection to McCain at this point in time is toxic for a Republican, especially one running for a red state seat.
Cruz looked up, noticed McCarthy staring in from the other room, and got up from the table to close the door.
88mm In-coming bigtime Flak right now from the center of Extortion-Care. Straight in or it’s all over.
Who says you have to have a “connection” with McCain to pass on details
of what was discussed at a meeting to him or one of his staff members?
Push it past the 17th just to show Obie and the Dems for the liars they are (again).
Things like that can get out, like McConnell’s ‘traitor’ comment. That comment has probably lost him 10 points in the primary.
“Hahaha. Roll Call is so pathetic...this reads like a bad spy novel..Kevin McCarthy was particularly interested in what they had to say...didnt it occur to Roll Call that Cruz met here on purpose so that everyone could see them in the “popular watering hole”?...I love how Ted just keeps poking these squishes right in the eye...”
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That was exactly the thought I had reading this! Cruz is tweaking the House Leadership head on. I love this guy!
In the basement? =)
I believe our guys *wanted* to be seen, or they wouldn’t have been. This is encouraging news.
McCain - the Marshal Pétain of the Vichy Republicans.
Senator Ted Cruz, House Majority Leader. I like it. If he's helping the conservative House members plan anything, I'd like to think it's the overthrow of Boehner.
Someone should have been seen carrying a file marked: -CLASSIFIED- IMPEACHMENT LIST
Levin had him on last Thursday give it a listen to see how much of a worm Johnson is. He sounded like a democratic talking point specialist.
Dig the comments under the article. The leftys are in hysteria.
I love this govt slowdown and I don’t want it to end.
<...”I believe our guys *wanted* to be seen, or they wouldn’t have been”....>
I tend to think so as well.... There’s a great deal of ‘political posturing’ going on now at any given moment and place throughout DC and otherwise. Much is show to one side or the other as well as to distract and confuse either side.
Bottom line still remains that Obamacare cannot be funded for the long term....especially now that the “Navigators” have resorted to “Hard copy” (Paper forms) enrollment because they are so desperate to sign people up. Which by the way won’t work because theirs no program to work with paper enrollment anyway.....what Jerks these people are!
Someone in the meeting with Cruz is a Judas who will report back to Boehner. That’s how politics usually works with one faction sending pretenders (spies) into the meetings of the other.
McCarthy is a traitor. All those meeting with Cruz who give the leadership headaches should be ousting the leadership.
McCarthy was there for the booze. He’s an alcoholic. I don’t know that but what the hell.
Bump!
Have you read the comments there?!
Whoa...
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