Yes, he had the time. Cruz did the right thing. The GOPe is loaded with traitors. Obama’s illegal action on immigration is clearly unconstitutional and it’s the duty of the congress to fight Obama’s unconstitutional actions in any and every way they can. McConnell, Boehner et al are complete failures. There is no acceptable excuse for their cowardice and failure to defend the constitution.
The endless widening of the definition of a word (like RINO) to include larger & larger numbers of people, cannot help but ultimately cheapen the value & impact of what was once upon a time a very useful, widely-understood word.
And if it's true that we only have 18 non-traitors in the US Senate now, then even if we can add to it a few "keepers" from the new Freshman Class, what difference will it make? What point is there in going on? In hoping for the future? In remaining engaged in politics?
Well, heck! It's not that I haven't been in the Political Black Hole of Despair myself. When a proven perjurer was voted free of Impeachment charges by a GOP-majority Senate, I was so angry & depressed that I gave up hope for our nation, and for the only time in my life, I hung Old Glory both at half-mast *and* upside down simultaneously. And when a never-vetted, empty-resume, first-term Illinois Senator swept the White House and both houses of Congress solely because of his skin color, I gave up all hope once again. So I remember what it feels like.
It's just that I don't feel that way now, but instead feel VERY optimistic about our upcoming Senate majority, a majority including NINE brand-new, vigorous, un-cynical, energetic members - a whopping 20% increase, plus many times that number of brand-new GOP members of the House.
Now come on JimRob, aren't you even the LEAST bit optimistic, when you consider that the US Senate's "Friends of Ted Club" which currently consists of one lone member from Utah, might have up to TEN members soon? :-)