Posted on 09/29/2015 10:42:17 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
Washington (CNN)The rift between Ted Cruz and Rand Paul, political allies turned rivals, widened on Tuesday when Paul decried his Senate colleague's hardline tactics.
Paul criticized Cruz for breaching Senate decorum, saying the Texan could not accomplish any of his legislative priorities because of how much his GOP colleagues despise him.
"Ted has chosen to make this really personal and chosen to call people dishonest in leadership and call them names, which really goes against the decorum and also against the rules of the Senate, and as a consequence he can't get anything done legislatively," Paul said in an interview on Fox News Radio on Tuesday. "He is pretty much done for ... and it's really because of personal relationships, or lack of personal relationships, and it is a problem."
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There was no greater "loose cannon" than Ronald Reagan when he was president of SAG---yet he got all sorts of people to follow him. He gave one speech in which the members voted seven to one with him. That's leadership.
But as long as people keep making the excuse that the reason he gets no followers is because "he's right," then there will never be a victory. Because it IS possible to be both right and a leader.
“Because it IS possible to be both right and a leader.”
You forgot to add several words: Because it IS NOT possible to be both right and a leader in Congress today.
There, fixed it.
I guess you make my case, then. Ted Cruz isn’t a leader yet.
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