Posted on 11/03/2014 2:06:17 PM PST by cotton1706
You can forget about Mitch McConnell. Ted Cruz has plans to take over… if the Republicans win their Senate majority. After a spell of cooperating with his party during the campaign season, the Post reports, he will elbow his way into de facto leadership.
In an interview at the Hotel Captain Cook here between campaign stops for Sullivan, Cruz made it clear he would push hard for a Republican-led Senate to be as conservative and confrontational as the Republican-led House.
Piggybacking on what House leaders have done, Cruz said the first order of business should be a series of hearings on President Obama, “looking at the abuse of power, the executive abuse, the regulatory abuse, the lawlessness that sadly has pervaded this administration.”
Cruz also would like the Senate to be as aggressive in trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act as the House, which has voted more than 50 times to get rid of the law.
Republicans should “pursue every means possible to repeal Obamacare,” Cruz said, including forcing a vote through parliamentary procedures that would get around a possible filibuster by Democrats. If that leads to a veto by Obama, Cruz said, Republicans should then vote on provisions of the health law “one at a time.”
And when asked whether he would back Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky for Republican leader, Cruz would not pledge his support… ...WaPo
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Ted Cruz is the man. Another reason why the Democrats need to be defeated everywhere. Cruz control!
Ted Cruz is not robotized by the heavy money People.
Mitch McConnell Is Hooked , Heart and soul to big money and will never change.
Tom Cruz is a bright well Educated man with his own thoughts.
God bless Tom Cruz.
Yea but you think conservatively and logically. A lot of that is lacking on threads lately so I figured I’d toss a gimmie out there to ease those types into the reality that’s about to blindside them in 48 hours.
AKA, the new Grand Old Democrat Party.
I would lead an entire mass of people and storm Congress to make this happen.
” God bless Tom Cruz.”
Okay, but Ted first..........
It’s open season on RINO’s. They can strip Ted of any office, but Ted will destroy them in the bully pulpit, which is all that matters in the media age.
Palin is unelectable...fully...I’m Cruz/West all the way...right wrong ot indifferent a three ring circus follows Palin and that is the media...her brand nationally has been damaged beyond repair and I wish more people would see that reality and move on from it.
Nope. They get no chances Rez. They have earned none. They do or they do not do. No chances.
SOMEONE needs to get ‘clear’ ;)
Actually, if you listen carefully to McConnell, he has already promised to do nothing, except for AMNESTY.
LOL
I ‘be read this article elsewhere, today, on Facebook. I think that it was originally on the WA Post. This is what I was referring to when Rush was being so negative. Glen zebeck was just as negative.
It would be much better to be positive and echo Ted Cruz’ plans for Republican Senate.
Jonbon promised it openly. No between the lines at all.
I’m just feeling giddy!!
Hey Norm, you have any left wing drivel for this?
McConnell probably already has enough allies to stay leader
I see you have made it over here and decided to double down.
I don’t think so. It will be contested.
I doubt the moderates are afraid, but Cruz should give it a shot just to rile them up.
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