Dan likes to hear himself talk a good game. This article is very pro-dan, but can’t list accomplishments beyond knowing when there is a good opportunity for Dan to run for office.
Need more than words, especially after Dans famous interview with Ted Cruz where Dan lost it, yelled at Ted so bad that Deuhearst used that interview as a campaign ad.
Dan has promised a lot, it is time to deliver or get classified like Cornyn. A rino who knows how to talk conservative and govern otherwise.
I am not a fan of Dan.
And regarding Strauss, he got re-elected. But most of his rino conspirators did not. I think the message was sent.
Good to hear about Straus. Hopefully that message is heard.
Regarding Patrick/Cruz you do speak for a lot of people in Texas. Things certainly could have gone more smoothly, but hindsight is always easy.
In the case of Ted Cruz running for US Senate in 2012, it was not easy for Patrick to make an endorsement, as he was having to answer to Dewhurst in the State Senate, at that time - and it seemed (back then) that Cruz was not about to win the Primary against Dewhurst. Put that all together and it shows that Patrick is also a politician - he chose the safest path.
I have no doubt, in hindsight, that Patrick would have endorsed Cruz under different circumstances, as he seems to agree with Cruz on just about everything, and cannot stand Dewhurst, but Patrick had to live under Dewhurst’s rule - so time will tell, and it will be interesting to watch things play out next year.
The idea that one puts Democrats in charge of committee's is simply political treason!