Angry at Ted Cruz, Republicans should remember what he represents

The Washington Examiner ^ | February 13, 2014 | Byron York

[BRL]

The author does not see that this is not a stand alone thing. The republicans ran the table in 2000 and the conservatives got nothing. The republicans are controlling the house and the conservatives are not getting the response they expect. Cruz is demonstrating to the base that the republican leadership is more interested in power than risking their positions to fight. The author does not understand that the republican base sees that the leadership cannot muster any intellectual argument against this regime.. and yet it is child’s play to do so. I could go on and on.

[dowcaet]

The ruling class doesn’t get it. Ted Cruz appeals to most of us because he seems to be the only one in Washington who is listening to us!!!!

[JimRed]

Given that, why is there so much division, backbiting, and bad blood among some Senate Republicans?

The only reasonable explanation is that the GOP leadership has been infiltrated and hijacked by progressives. Why else would they oppose conservatives so vehemently?

[SunkenCiv]

Ted Cruz will fire up the 2016 nominating convention.

[DB]

Funny... We’re spending ourselves into oblivion and any resistance to that is “fantasy land”... I’d rather be in fantasy land than insanity land.

[Fledermaus]

Last seen during the government shutdown fiasco, the GOP malady returned this week with a debt ceiling mini-fiasco, and it threatens to revisit the Senate any number of times before Election Day.

There is at least one common thread in the shutdown and debt ceiling incidents, and that is Sen. Ted Cruz. For whatever reason, the Texas freshman has at times goaded his party to dysfunction, embarrassment, and defeat. (Not quite singlehandedly; others, like Sens. Mike Lee and Rand Paul, have also been done their bit.)

Byron York: working for the GOPe in "The Establishment Strikes Back"!

[Zenjitsuman]

I feel that the GOpe has misplaced anger. You should not be angry with Cruz and conservatives for acting like GOP Icon Ronald Reagan who also acted like a conservative Republican and I might add chastised Gerry Ford.

If the Gope went after Democrats and spent the money they are now spending to kill the Tea Party we might actually become the majority in the Senate in November.

Last I looked only The GOPe is spending money to defeat conservatives, not Mr. Cruz.

The Gope is off Ronald Reagan’s message. If they want to win emulate RR he was a winner, and his ideological son Ted Cruz.

[MuttTheHoople]

I think the real reason is that the Dems got pics of Boner and McConnell having sex with goats.

[Timber Rattler]

Nobody wanted to vote to raise the debt limit, but many believed strongly that a losing fight over spending would damage the party.

It's always about the damn party with these hacks, never the country.

[DanZ]

I am VERY surprised at how Byron York worded this story. MR. York appears to be a RINO.

I have always enjoyed reading his take on Washington, but this time, after Rush’s Friday comments regarding so called conservative media, I must Re-iterate York is a RINO big G’ment Elitist

[B4Ranch]

There’s but one reason why Cruz and Palin standout so far from other politicians, that’s they emit honesty from every pore when they speak to an audience. There’s no fluff, no minimizing of painful facts, just pure honesty. That is why I support them.

[LouAvul]

I consider myself to be a member of the Constitution Party. McCain was the last liberal I’ll ever vote for. I only voted for him because of the alternative, but it turns out one is as bad as the other.