a younger more telegenic SML.
Posted on 11/05/2014 12:34:44 PM PST by SoConPubbie
Sen. Ted Cruz lauded the Republican Senate takeover Tuesday night, but shied away from endorsing Sen. Mitch McConnell to lead the new majority.
The Texas Republican declined to say whether he would vote for McConnell -- the current Senate minority leader -- to become the Senate majority leader.
"That'll be a decision for the conference to make and that'll be decided next week," Cruz told CNN's Wolf Blitzer twice on CNN.
"Tonight what I'm focused on is the results of this election, which is a resounding Republican majority," Cruz said.
It's not the first time that Cruz, a tea party favorite and potential 2016 presidential contender, has skirted the question, also declining to pledge his loyalty to McConnell in an interview with The Washington Post published Sunday.
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My memory isn’t as good, but didn’t this Mitch guy said “‘We are going to crush’ the Tea Party in 2014 elections.....’ “?
If so, then I will be among the first to cast a stone. Until then, I am not going to be spoiling for a fight.
It’s both. Having Myrtle the Turtle as the face of the Republican Senate is not good, even if his politics were identical to Ted Cruz.
He can damn sure prove himself.
I expect Amnesty out of him.
/johnny
The day Ted Cruz pledges his loyalty to McConnell is the day he loses my support. Fortunately, that isn't going to happen.
Stock up on your stones now then. McConnell’s statements today, yesterday and in the past week already signal surrender to Obama and ‘working with Democrats” to move the nation ‘Forward’.
As was just said, this was not a win for Conservatives. It was a win for the Ruling Class GOP, and Rove was all over the tube with Romney to make sure everyone sees it that way.
He's the only leader the senate has. The rest are followers.
Cruz is a leader. McConnell will never be a leader.
Cruz doesn’t need to be Majority Leader to lead, and even as Majority Leader McConnell will never lead, he can only obstruct.
Yes. No GOPe op wants to give up ANY power, or actually consider smaller government. They are Uniparty, and will always be.
We constitutionalists/T.E.A. Partiers MUST join our local R precincts and engage, speak, inform, question, demand and reward. In unavoidable numbers. NOW.
And hammer our local media with conservative truths, and about the untruths of our national media.
I see it as the only possible way to avoid a RINO in 2016.
If only that would happen. :-(
and then stop Obama and put the country on strong footing all while preparing for 2016....That will NEVER happen with McConnel in charge. He needs to be pinched off, made irrelevant and shamed into never denying a conservative proposal. Or die, politically.
yes he did and the idea there is even 1 Freeper that would give him the benefit of the doubt is appalling.
I am a realistic optimist. I know who McConnell is, I am just hopeful he now feels a unfettered to stop Obama and get this country on track. I don't worry too much about what he says publicly, but should he actually head down amnesty path, or some other hair-brained leftist walkway, then I will be among the first to pick up a stone, along with some hangin’ rope.
Glass half full. For today and tomorrow at the minimum.
I’m on CRUZ control all the way to 2016!!
Inflammatory headline. Cruz didn’t say he “wouldn’t” endorse him, just that he wasn’t doing anything at this time because the committee hadn’t even met yet.
I don’t think Cruz has much chance of getting the spot, but I hope he’s working behind the scenes either to get a better candidate or to get commitments from McConnell. .
That said, I think this win was good enough so even somebody as wussy as McConnell might develop a backbone. He sounded pretty good in his press conference (many Freepers put words in his mouth in their comments, meaning that he never said them but that was what they thought he would say because they didn’t bother to listen to the speech or read the transcript). But it’s going to take a combination of carrot and stick to keep him going.
You’re willing to risk another 4-6 years then.... Most of us are fed up and want someone to take charge now, giving nothing to chance.
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