ROFL! Cruz is loose and the Gorgon (Hillary) has been defeated!
ROFL! Cruz is loose and the Gorgon (Hillary) has been defeated!
It may surprise you folks, knowing my contempt for Cruz, but I think this is a good thing.
I doubt Mitch McConnell grasps all the reasons why, but I can’t say for sure. He does surprise me once in a while.
Many folks are all ready to pounce on anything Trump does. “Oh this is just more proof of what I said...”, and so it goes.
1. By putting Cruz in charge, it gives the ultimate review of all things “Conservative” to Ted. If he then lofts something close to what Trump has, it says two things. It says he basically agrees with Trump’s take on it. It says he has come to the conclusion that this is the best that can be done for now. This should minimize the number of folks who are trashing Trump on this.
2. If Ted can find a way to make the bill even better, and get the Senate to vote for it, it will be one of the few times I’ve seen this massive motor-mouth produce the goods he always seems to back, but never does.
3. If Ted does improve the bill, he will have done Conservatism a solid favor.
4. This bypasses other Senate committees and moves the vote directly to the floor of the Senate. This won’t die in committee.
5. This allows Ted and his group to tinker to the utmost they can, before bringing it to the floor of the Senate for a vote. He will have had the power to craft this bill to exactly what he wants to see implemented, that he thinks he can get passed.
6. This should minimize carping over the bill, and the destructive nature of Trump criticism that isn’t always very well thought out based on the realities of the times in which we live. (Senate and House centric...)
McConnell may have done us a solid here. I wish Ted the best possible luck in improving the bill, or at least not losing the good that is in it.
He will also have to remember that this barely passed the House. He can’t tinker with it too much or he may create a problem with it passing the House.