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« on: October 04, 2013, 10:27:02 AM »
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/04/mitch-mcconnell-ted-cruz_n_4041159.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Caim%7Cdl18%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D386371

Not a surprise.
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« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2013, 10:39:02 AM »
Cruz doesn't care.   [/thread]
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« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2013, 11:38:20 AM »
Cruz has 26 million Texans behind him, plus the Constitution and at least 30-40 influential House members.
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« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2013, 11:39:55 AM »
Quote from: Gravis Marketing on October 04, 2013, 11:38:20 AM
Cruz has 26 million Texans behind him, plus the Constitution and at least 30-40 influential House members.

I'm glad someone succinctly defined why he doesn't care.  Thanks, b33 Smiley
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« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2013, 12:03:04 PM »
Quote from: Gravis Marketing on October 04, 2013, 11:38:20 AM
Cruz has 26 million Texans behind him, plus the Constitution and at least 30-40 influential House members.
Cruz has at least 200 House members behind him. The media driven narrative that the GOP has been overtaken by a small faction is nonsense.
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« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2013, 12:04:33 PM »
Quote from: memphis on October 04, 2013, 12:03:04 PM
Quote from: Gravis Marketing on October 04, 2013, 11:38:20 AM
Cruz has 26 million Texans behind him, plus the Constitution and at least 30-40 influential House members.
Cruz has at least 200 House members behind him. The media driven narrative that the GOP has been overtaken by a small faction is nonsense.

Oh, why is that?
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« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2013, 12:20:18 PM »
Cruz didn't come to Washington hoping to be popular there.  He's a demagogue, his entire act necessitates him being a bull in a china shop and messing things up.  Of course the other Republicans hate him, he's making points to advance his career at their collective expense.  Doesn't change the fact that, at the moment, he's more influential than any other Republican in the Senate, including McConnell.
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« Reply #7 on: October 04, 2013, 12:29:37 PM »
Cruz is Speaker of the House now, he couldn't care less about his Senate stature at this point.
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« Reply #8 on: October 04, 2013, 12:58:34 PM »
Quote from: Grumpy Gramps, HP on October 04, 2013, 12:04:33 PM
Quote from: memphis on October 04, 2013, 12:03:04 PM
Quote from: Gravis Marketing on October 04, 2013, 11:38:20 AM
Cruz has 26 million Texans behind him, plus the Constitution and at least 30-40 influential House members.
Cruz has at least 200 House members behind him. The media driven narrative that the GOP has been overtaken by a small faction is nonsense.

Oh, why is that?
Because they all vote for things like privatizing Social Security, turning Medicare into a voucher program, threatening to shut down the gov't at every opportunity. They all do this. Not a renegade few. All of them. As to why they're such awful people, I have no idea. Maybe their mommies didn't love them very much and this is their way of lashing out.
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« Reply #9 on: October 04, 2013, 02:30:59 PM »
Finally something I can agree with Senate Republicans on.
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« Reply #10 on: October 04, 2013, 03:37:23 PM »
Quote from: The Mikado on October 04, 2013, 12:20:18 PM
Cruz didn't come to Washington hoping to be popular there.  He's a demagogue, his entire act necessitates him being a bull in a china shop and messing things up.  Of course the other Republicans hate him, he's making points to advance his career at their collective expense.  Doesn't change the fact that, at the moment, he's more influential than any other Republican in the Senate, including McConnell.

It's funny how influence in the Senate has been turned on its head. When the Senate actually passed laws, influence was measured in your ability to get things done. But now that the federal government can't pass any laws, relationships don't matter, and being the chief polarizer who can drive the media is what makes you most important.
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« Reply #11 on: October 04, 2013, 03:53:29 PM »
On this issue, I would probably turn against Ted Cruz too.
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« Reply #12 on: October 04, 2013, 04:47:47 PM »

Should have*

And that's a really, really awful thing to say.
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