Behind the scenes of a dramatic debt vote

Politico ^ | 2/12/14 | MANU RAJU and BURGESS EVERETT

[Defiant]

Way to smoke ‘em out, Ted. Instincts of a Texas weasel hunter.

[tennmountainman]

LOL. Where are the RINO’s when you need them?
Running for the tall grass.

[okie01]

“It should have been a very easy vote,” Cruz said afterward. “In my view, every Senate Republican should have stood together and said what every one of us tells our constituents back home, which is that we will not go along with raising the debt ceiling while doing nothing to fix the underlying out-of-control spending problem.”

All Cruz was asking for was for the leadership to do as they say, when they talk to the "folks back home".

Obviously, it was too much to ask of McConnell and Cornyn -- who proved to be more afraid of Harry Reid than they were of their own voters.

[Nuc 1.1]

There would be no debt default. So lies once again by the propaganda media. Too bad the elites got caught.

[Nuc 1.1]

Cruz has something they don’t, patriot support.

[zeugma]

Cornyn stabbed us all in the back AGAIN