Posted on 02/16/2014 3:21:21 PM PST by SoConPubbie
Rather than allowing Senate Democrats to pass the bill with their own 55-seat majority, however, Cruz insisted on a 60-vote threshold, forcing a handful of Republicans help move the bill forward. No Senate Republicans ultimately voted to pass the legislation, but Cruz’s maneuver ruffled some feathers among his colleagues who felt he forced them to take an unpopular vote without any clear strategy to pass an alternative bill.
The Treasury Department has warned that a failure to extend the borrowing authority on time could invite a default on the nation’s debt.
Shortly after the bill passed on Wednesday, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., took a swipe at Cruz’s tactics, saying the Texas Republican had no “end game.”
Corker also praised the fortitude of Senate Republican leaders who helped advance the bill, saying they demonstrated “tremendous courage,” especially given the primary fights some of them are facing in 2014.
McCain echoed that commendation Sunday. “I appreciate our leadership voting the way that they did, even though they face primary oppositions,” he said. “There was enough of us that we move forward and put this issue behind us, and now focus on Obamacare, on the economy, on many other issues, in which we think are winning issues.”
Cruz has defended his approach to the debt ceiling vote, saying Republicans should put up or shut up if they’re so opposed to extending the U.S. borrowing authority.
“I recently had my staff print out a list of three pages of Republican senators — I might note all the people that are running around the press saying nasty things about me — saying ‘We will stand on the debt ceiling and fight for it,’” Cruz told conservative radio host Mark Levin on Thursday. “And then a few months later, it’s like they think the American people are just a bunch of rubes, that we don’t remember what they say.”
McCain and Cruz have clashed in the past, with McCain dubbing Cruz and some of his like-minded colleagues “wacko birds.” He later apologized for the label, but he’s continued to criticize Cruz’s confrontational style and tactics.
The Underpants Gnome Caucus" (a.k.a. But Cruz Has No Plan! Ohs Noes!)
Too bad we can't punish these people now for the disaster they are setting in motion.
Criticize Ted Cruz apparently.
Ted Cruz has no plan? John Mc Cain “ We’re broke but we must keep spending! And if one more person asks me about Christians in Syria, I simply may not be responsible for my actions....”
Get McCain out of there. He’s an idiot.
There are reasons to criticize Cruz and think that his approach is unproductive, but NONE of them justify McCain and his constant treachery.
You better have a plan for retirement, McLame.
Oh, yeah, Ted Cruz DOES have a plan on the debt limit. But he cannot implement it without the help of a few of his fellow Senators.
And among the Senators that are NOT helping, include John McCain. Absolutely no leverage was available to use against the Current Occupant now squatting in the White Hut.
How about this for a plan, you good-for-nuthins?
Spend less of the taxpayers’ money.
Or do you need something with all single-syllable words so you can understand it?
"I fully support the limited government, Constitutional conservatism Ted Cruz desires, but I also recognize he has no strategy to achieve it. "
Whether this is true or not, it does appear that way to me also, which is why I think WI Governor Walker is Presidential material.
Cruz just exposed how liberal a lot of GOP are...
Now, will GOP voters wise up and remember? Lets stop voting for these Liberals
McCain says: “There was enough of us that we move forward and put this issue behind us, and now focus on Obamacare, on the economy, on many other issues, in which we think are winning issues.”
WTF? He’s for Obamacare. I’ve NEVER heard him say a peep against it. Am I wrong?
Hey McCain, you can’t win if you don’t fight back!
Kind of like when McCain had no plan to win the presidency back in 2008?
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No. In short, Helms had a plan (whether you agreed with it or not). He was always working to that end goal. Cruz just rolls grenades in a room. While I’m all about shaking things up, that’s all he’s about.Is this where you are getting your talking points from RightwardHo, John McCain?
He’s not a leader and has no plan short of the moment. I know it is not the majority opinion here, but I am singularly unimpressed with Cruz. He’s way too frat-boy.
SPEND SPEND SPEND!
BUSINESS AS USUAL!
COUNTRY CLUB CRONYISM!
GOOD OL BOYS NETWORK!
DEFEAT THE TEA PARTY!!
That's the problem with today's Republicans - they are afraid to act if they don't know with 100% what the "end game" outcome is.
Democrats don't care about the end game. They know that anything can happen once you engage and start mixing things up.
-PJ
Maverick or Marxist?
Pray America wakes up
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