I know that MCDaniel is in Cruz corner and Cruz was one of the only Senators other than Lee who supported him in his challenge after the runoff. My problem with Cruz is that he was neutral in all the primary contests because of the deal he cut with MConnelll. Same deal Rand Paul made.
Cruz did not see at the time how McConnell outsmarted him, Ryan convinced Cruz to cowrite the article in the WSJ supporting TPA undermining conservatives, and the MCConnell lied to him about the Iranian deal.
Cruz did not see at the time how McConnell outsmarted him, Ryan convinced Cruz to cowrite the article in the WSJ supporting TPA undermining conservatives, and the MCConnell lied to him about the Iranian deal.
Thanks for the response.....I just don't see it the same way. I think Cruz worked it the best way he could by raising money for the incumbent challengers in 2013...including Matt Bevin, who tried to take McConnell's seat....while fulfilling his obligations as an "appointed" member of the NRSC in 2014, since that objective was to "turn the Senate" to the Republican's advantage, which they did.
The TPA deal, I'm ambivalent on. I've studied back to the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act of 1934, the Kennedy round....Tokyo round...and Uruguay round...and don't see what all the "this is different" hoopla was about.
Cruz said he was for it....then backed out....because he said McConnell lied about making a deal to get the Ex-Im passed in "exchange" for TPA.
And I don't know about McConnell lying to Cruz about Iran.....just that McConnell cut off every amendment Senators wanted to add to the Iran deal. Did I miss a part of that story?