Excuse me! Cruz never conducted a filibuster. He MADE A DEAL with Harry Reid to talk for a pre-determined period of time on the floor of the Senate. Rand Paul was against the government shutdown to defund it and spoke out against it all over the place.
He MADE A DEAL with Harry Reid to talk for a pre-determined period of time on the floor of the Senate. Rand Paul was against the government shutdown to defund it and spoke out against it all over the place.
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So, . . . You make it sound like it was not important or effective when he spoke on the floor of the Senate for some twenty-plus hours? From my perspective, it riveted the country’s attention on the Obamacare issue like no other Senator or Representative was able to do.
Cornyn stayed away from that event, too, by the way. He later said it was because he didn’t want to take away from Ted Cruz’s moment. Somehow, that rings false, when a number of other Republican Senators saw fit to share the dais for a time with Cruz in support of Cruz’s stand.
Besides, when did Cornyn ever “make a deal” with Reid to talk for a similar period of time — on ANYTHING?
For instance, why did Cornyn not make such a deal with Reid to protest the impending vote to repeal DADT in the military. Guess it was just not that big a deal to “conservative” Cornyn.
As the other FReeper pointed out, Cornyn has not “led the charge” on much of anything of importance to true conservatives.
In my view, Cornyn is passive; he is a wallflower; he is Mr Go-along-to-get-along. I have complained more than once to his staff regarding the fact that he is generally nowhere on the news. Compare that to some of his Senate colleagues (in both parties) who make it a point to get in front of a camera on a regular basis.
Don’t get me wrong: Cornyn would be a hero, were he representing Rhode Island or Delaware.
Unfortunately, he seems to have forgotten that he is representing Texas, and I view him as a marshmallow who needs to be primaried with vigor.