The way David Brat beat Eric Cantor is Cantor took the TEA threat seriously and spent millions of dollars attacking Brat by name, who nobody’d heard of until then, and you see what happened next.
Denying Cruz name recognition is priority 1 for the MSM. They exclude him from the POTUS polls. Then Charlie Cook came out the other day saying either a TEA Senator or a mid-western Governor would be the GOP nominee. Being a lefty, that was a *warning* to the RATS from Cook.
That’s why they dread another shutdown, the grubered Americans who ditched their RATS Nov. 4 will be able to put the shutdown together with a name and a face.
Do nothing. Let the CR expire on the 12th. Everyone in government is paid through the end of the year anyway so it doesn’t make a difference.
When the new congress is seated, start fresh.
I do notice that FNC attempts to pretend Cruz pretty much doesn't exist - presumably one of their favs, i.e. Christie; Bush and now Mitt has been mentioned lots and lots.
They did that to Michelle Bachmann and with the Mittster's millions took her out of the running long before anything got started.