Posted on 02/13/2014 10:54:35 AM PST by SoConPubbie
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell’s vote yesterday to clear the way for Congress to lift the federal debt ceiling made the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s task of helping him win re-election a lot harder.
And, according to McConnell’s allies, one of their own is to blame: Senator Ted Cruz of Texas.
“Ted Cruz did not join the Senate to be part of the Republican team,” said Republican strategist Ron Bonjean, who was an aide to former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott. “And he certainly isn’t finding any new pals for this one.”
An intra-party tug of war playing out in six Republican Senate primary campaigns surfaced on the chamber’s floor when Cruz insisted on a 60-vote threshold to advance a bill lifting the nation’s borrowing cap. That meant at least five Republicans were needed to help the 55-member Democratic caucus move the bill forward.
Republicans struggled to round up the votes until McConnell and his top lieutenant, Senator John Cornyn of Texas, stepped forward to vote “yes.” Both men face primary election challenges this year from the small-government Tea Party movement that propelled Cruz to the Senate in the 2012 election.
Ten other Republicans joined McConnell and Cornyn in the 67-31 vote advancing the bill. Shortly afterward all 12 opposed final passage, which occurred on a 55-43 party-line vote that sent the measure to President Barack Obama for his signature.
Several of Cruz’s Republican colleagues said they resented seeing their colleagues put in a tough position.
“McConnell and Cornyn voted in a responsible way under the circumstances,” Senator Bob Corker, a Tennessee Republican, said in an interview. He said he hoped others would realize that McConnell, in “the toughest Republican race in the country, had the courage to vote the way the vast majority ”
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Funny, a true champion does not wait 45 minutes into a vote to show he is a champion. Mitch spent 45 minutes trying to sucker some other RINO
into casting that 60th vote.
McConnell is finished. Either Bevin will take him out or Grimes will.
““Ted Cruz did not join the Senate to be part of the Republican team,” said Republican strategist Ron Bonjean, who was an aide to former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott. “And he certainly isn’t finding any new pals for this one.””
Good!
The turd-le is another Commie pink fag.
” - - - “Ted Cruz did not join the Senate to be part of the Republican team,” said Republican strategist Ron Bonjean, who was an aide to former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott. - - - “
Yup, and that makes us TEXAS very proud, very proud indeed!
BTW, was Ron-Bon an aide to DEMOCRAT Senator Trent Lott before Trent jumped ship to become a born-again Republican?
There’s nothing so refreshing as the sound of RINOs whining and complaining about the Tea Party after the RINOs have been forcefully exposed yet again.
Keep it up Senator Cruz...I’m loving it.
COMPLETE BULL$HIT!
BARF ALERT!!!
From your keyboard to God's ear. I've supported Bevin and pray he can take Midge out of that seat.
“Ted Cruz did not join the Senate to be part of the Republican Establishment team,” said Republican RINO strategist Ron Bonjean
Fixed it!
If Ron Bonjean is just figuring this out, he's not much of a strategist much less someone with a brain.
I am getting so tired of this narrative. Cruz isn’t responsible for McConnell’s lack of leadership. Cruz isn’t responsible for the fact McConnell, after three years, is too stupid to formulate a message to garner public support against unmitigated corruption (with substantial public sentiment against the Democrat agenda). Cruz isn’t responsible for the Rinos completely wasting the outcome of the 2010 mid-term elections. It is high time these idiots come to terms with the fact they are not qualified to do battle with the Democrats and should get out of the way so we can get people like Cruz in office that are, and will.
Funny, a true champion does not wait 45 minutes into a vote to show he is a champion. Mitch spent 45 minutes trying to sucker some other RINO
into casting that 60th vote.
McConnell is finished. Either Bevin will take him out or Grimes will.”
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To quote another FReeper “ The guy is Reid’s Bi*ch.
That’s rich-Cruz is to blame for their voting with the ‘rats. If only they were as good at using these tactics on the real enemy.
Idiots, neither were they elected to be part of a corrupt “team”. They were elected to represent the people who voted for them, according to their own promises and platforms.
Amen
Chamber of Commerce has turned into a gang of corrupt cronies. In fact, I’m afraid it’s been that for several decades now, at least.
Why work for money when you can bribe a politician to pass the pork?
McConnell looks like an old granny. Cruz was trying to stop the rinos from shooting their toes off. It’s time for these rinos to go.
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