tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post7075582917994623352..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Ted Cruz? Winnowed, ProbablyJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-75755427607942446342013-11-10T13:14:39.656-06:002013-11-10T13:14:39.656-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.bradmaddoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14839427415714509223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-17889147416391579102013-10-18T05:00:14.864-05:002013-10-18T05:00:14.864-05:00That would be a radical violation of the way that ...That would be a radical violation of the way that things normally work. It's always possible, but don't bet the rent money.Barry DeCiccohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735814736387033844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-18327958057198435552013-10-12T18:24:51.230-05:002013-10-12T18:24:51.230-05:00Yup. One should not mistake an inability to immedi...Yup. One should not mistake an inability to immediately jump into a Presidential race with powerlessness. Cruz is doing a fine job riding the Tea Party bull while it goes amok in a very expensive china shop.Tybaltnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-69651512261009206442013-10-12T14:14:40.081-05:002013-10-12T14:14:40.081-05:00Kathleen Parker's column in WaPo refers to him...Kathleen Parker's column in WaPo refers to him as "Ted Bin Laden". Says he's the guy who straps suicide vests on to someone else, and then goes off to lunch.<br /><br />Ouch!<br /><br />Parker is about as mainstream of a Republican flack as one could ask for--whatever the RNC tells her to do, she does it. Oppose abortion, cheerlead for Romney, it doesn't matter--she's a good soldier for the GOP.<br /><br />So if Parker is calling Cruz "Ted Bin Laden", I would say he has lost the support of the establishment. In a big way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-71255607368458012812013-10-12T14:10:55.238-05:002013-10-12T14:10:55.238-05:00Do we really have to choose, here? I'm a littl...Do we really have to choose, here? I'm a little more open-minded than that. <br /><br />The Republicans have been talking up a government shutdown for six months. This was going to happen, Cruz or no Cruz. The Republican base wanted it. Heck, maybe Fox needed the ratings boost, I don't know.<br /><br />What is clear is that Cruz grabbed the spotlight, shined it on himself, and asked for the moon. There was no way anyone could stop the insurance rollout at that time. So Democrats swore that they wouldn't negotiate. <br /><br />So in the endless world of speculation, I ask you - Was there anything that Republicans had a chance to get? Now we'll never know.Patnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-29338294139647183532013-10-12T00:31:22.247-05:002013-10-12T00:31:22.247-05:00@MP - it wasn't intended to be a suggestive qu...@MP - it wasn't intended to be a suggestive question, I was just trying to tease out the difference between "Cruz as poor tactician" vs. "Cruz as inherent moron". If a hypothetical Obama cave makes you change your conclusion about Cruz, then it would seem Cruz is more the poor tactician than inherent idiot.<br /><br />I don't know why Obama would cave now. But then, I've been wrong on such matters with this administration several times, so, who knows?CSHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-90185862885306451742013-10-11T23:20:52.212-05:002013-10-11T23:20:52.212-05:00Good for you, but are there enough Republicans lik...Good for you, but are there enough Republicans like you?ModeratePolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01721945380057992971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-54369991334538778232013-10-11T23:07:28.353-05:002013-10-11T23:07:28.353-05:00@csh, I don't see anything now or in the futur...@csh, I don't see anything now or in the future to compel Obama to cave. Do you know something we don't?<br /><br />Your hypothetical about an Obama cave is such a long shot it doesn't merit an answer. Cruz didn't make Obama cave. If something else comes along to make Obama cave, Cruz won't get the credit. ModeratePolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01721945380057992971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-18283820214461675682013-10-11T23:00:23.102-05:002013-10-11T23:00:23.102-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.ModeratePolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01721945380057992971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-32652187309293836452013-10-11T22:59:29.951-05:002013-10-11T22:59:29.951-05:00Is it possible that the crazy caucus won't be ...Is it possible that the crazy caucus won't be the only ones voting in the primaries? Maybe a whole lot more Republicans will vote in the primaries because they're tired of the Tea Party crazy, and they'll finally take two hours to do something about it.ModeratePolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01721945380057992971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-19563729868016155042013-10-11T22:10:44.934-05:002013-10-11T22:10:44.934-05:00As a Republican who finds Ted Cruz incredibly irks...As a Republican who finds Ted Cruz incredibly irksome and this whole fiasco incredibly depressing, this post puts a smile on my face.Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-2106218195590048672013-10-11T22:09:40.572-05:002013-10-11T22:09:40.572-05:00Last time I checked, the govt is shut down and ove...Last time I checked, the govt is shut down and over 800k federal employees and countless contractors have been sitting at home for nearly two weeks now. Ted and his faction are clearly powerless in DC. rethuglicannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-86266179557797592862013-10-11T21:42:58.605-05:002013-10-11T21:42:58.605-05:00That's pretty much the whole point of this ent...That's pretty much the whole point of this entire exercise --- taking money from the foolish. purushanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-75791283101078742642013-10-11T20:28:57.297-05:002013-10-11T20:28:57.297-05:00Obama almost certainly won't cave because he a...Obama almost certainly won't cave because he almost certainly isn't compelled to...right now.CSHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-62328506554627193472013-10-11T19:55:31.662-05:002013-10-11T19:55:31.662-05:00If a real 2018 Senate challenge seems likely, it c...If a real 2018 Senate challenge seems likely, it could change his 2016 calculations. Which way I couldn't say, but it seems equally possible he'd go for the national exposure even if his candidacy is doomed, upping his speaking fees and getting him a fox gig.Captain Futurehttp://dreamingup.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-21744659189130852172013-10-11T19:52:40.562-05:002013-10-11T19:52:40.562-05:00So why don't you think Obama will cave, CSH?
...So why don't you think Obama will cave, CSH?<br /><br />My opinion of Cruz is that he took a situation that requires negotiation and turned it into a battle charge. In this charge, everyone has to yell the same battle cry. It's destroyed any chance of talking the Democrats into anything. <br /><br />See, Obama can stand in the Rose Garden and say, "If Boehner can get a bill to my desk that's a clean debt limit raise, I'll sign it no matter how long it is." And Obama and Boehner both know that because of Cruz, Boehner can't deliver a pizza using only his caucus.<br /><br />At the same time, Reid can stand in the Senate and yell, "Heck no!" They can say different things without annoying the liberals.<br /><br />It's quite an edge.Patnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-34700829783002915972013-10-11T19:09:15.811-05:002013-10-11T19:09:15.811-05:00I will send money to Cruz' campaign and I will...I will send money to Cruz' campaign and I will vote for him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-42573100889670424652013-10-11T18:50:37.813-05:002013-10-11T18:50:37.813-05:00Why hasn't Fox audience learned to love him? ...Why hasn't Fox audience learned to love him? Do you think for one hot minute that they don't whisper about how his real name is Rafael? Come on now! Fox will use him up and throw him out. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-40350827850507917232013-10-11T18:48:05.060-05:002013-10-11T18:48:05.060-05:00Ran up the wrong hill, repeatedly, shouting look a...Ran up the wrong hill, repeatedly, shouting look at me look at look at me! He's unhinged. Fun potential TV host though. I watched a bit of his presentation in front of the Family Whatever Values thing going on in Washington today. His affect doesn't do him any favors. Okay to inject humour into your schtick as a pol but he's deeply unserious, with an unappealing voice, and a vulgar wit. He's, in a word, gross. Washington's a select club and screwing up as badly as he has means he won't be sitting at the big table any time real soon. He can do his thing Huey Long style somewhere else and come back later, I suppose. What do I know really? Not much except that I find him utterly repulsive. His joking around about waking up in Syria tomorrow was really really childish and vain. Zero self-awareness and self-destructive urges -- good luck with that. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-87718499791590109792013-10-11T18:43:24.453-05:002013-10-11T18:43:24.453-05:00If Obama were to (inexplicably) cave in the next s...If Obama were to (inexplicably) cave in the next several days, would that change your conclusion about Cruz?CSHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-31022210721443335072013-10-11T17:59:19.014-05:002013-10-11T17:59:19.014-05:00Well he's working hard to make up lost ground ...Well he's working hard to make up lost ground by yelling at the President in the White House: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/ted-cruz-confronts-barack-obama-government-shutdown-98197.html#comment-1079358155longwalkdownlyndalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13173899547449318257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-74785583029148341472013-10-11T17:55:15.343-05:002013-10-11T17:55:15.343-05:00Doesn't have Sarah's legs. I don't th...Doesn't have Sarah's legs. I don't think....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-89604279651815126692013-10-11T17:41:04.794-05:002013-10-11T17:41:04.794-05:00Actually, Gingrich represented a heavily populated...Actually, Gingrich represented a heavily populated suburb of Atlanta (I used to live in his district), but who's counting.....Mark Tysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682557294656844171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-91008591660307034642013-10-11T17:33:07.334-05:002013-10-11T17:33:07.334-05:00A smarter Sarah Palin....A smarter Sarah Palin....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-82374491329231532742013-10-11T16:42:57.895-05:002013-10-11T16:42:57.895-05:00The path I'd like to see is where Joaquin Cast...The path I'd like to see is where Joaquin Castro kicks him out of the Senate in 2018. <br /><br />But I'm a Texas Dem, and we are often disappoint. Bryannoreply@blogger.com