Posted on 01/14/2013 7:20:24 AM PST by cotton1706
Texas Sen. John Cornyn is quickly establishing himself as a conservative hard-liner in his new leadership role as the No. 2 Senate Republican. And one of his first moves has been to strike up a friendship with tea party star and fellow Texan, Sen. Ted Cruz.
In the new Congress, Cornyn is rapidly flexing conservative muscle over fiscal issues and President Barack Obama’s Cabinet nominees. It comes at the same time he is seeking an alliance with Cruz, the freshman senator who pulled off an upset victory over an establishment favorite in last year’s Texas GOP primary.
Cornyn’s early moves show how tough it will be for the White House to extract concessions from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s increasingly conservative conference and leadership team. And they demonstrate how GOP leaders have been quick to take the new tea party stars in the Senate under their wings, a buddy system both freshmen and senior senators find politically beneficial.
By establishing himself as an outspoken conservative leader — with ties to the new tea party star — Cornyn can help shore up vulnerabilities on the right as he worries about fending off a prospective GOP primary challenger in 2014. And for Cruz, close ties to the leadership give him a chance to rapidly develop a legislative portfolio and secure spots on key committees, which ordinarily would take junior senators years to achieve.
The Texas dynamic mirrors McConnell’s swift move to court the junior senator from his state, tea party star Sen. Rand Paul, whose help the leader would most likely need if he faces a primary opponent in 2014. Cornyn, likewise, could benefit from Cruz’s intervention in a 2014 primary challenge. But Cruz wouldn’t explicitly say in an interview that he’d endorse Cornyn in a 2014 primary fight.
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If Cornyn is a conservative, then I'm the President of Honduras.......
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Oh no! We voted for Cruz in the primary so we could vote for against him in the general. It’s a long story but a lot to do with SS and Medicare.
cotton, I have to tell you I’m not so sure about the Republicans or the Tea Party right now and I sure as hell don’t give a damn about the Demons. When I’m up to going into great detail (I just buried my mother last Friday) I’d be glad to discuss it with you either privately or on the forum. Suffice it to say it has a lot to do with Medicare and Social Security BOTH of which Hub and I are on as of this month. Thanks for understanding. :)
Oh, so you are a dem saddler Yeller Dog who crossed over in our Primary....
Don’t bother with a reply, we are finished as you go on back to du.
No, I crossed over in the general you moron!
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