Another Misguided Cruz Missile (No, Ted is doing exactly what we Texans hired him to do)

wsj ^ | 2/20/14 | k strassel

[bestintxas]

A rump band of Beltway conservatives has seen the enemy and it is not Harry Reid. It is Mitch McConnell, whose scalp is apparently worth blowing yet another shot at a Republican Senate majority.

There's a new dividing line in the conservative movement—between a majority who'd like to win against President Obama, and a handful who'd like to win some scalps. It was on vivid display last week during the Senate debt-ceiling vote. Republicans were looking to avoid a fight they were destined to lose. Democrats had the votes to pass the bill with a simple majority, meaning they also would have owned their president's refusal to tackle the debt.

In walked Texas Sen. Ted Cruz to demand a 60-vote majority to pass the increase. Mr. Cruz has subsequently claimed he alone was attempting to get Mr. Obama to agree to spending reforms. Odd, given that he didn't publicly present any reforms to attach to the debt bill. He didn't take to the floor to escalate the issue. To the contrary, he agreed to speed up the vote.

There was only one point to Mr. Cruz's action: To force Republican colleagues, in particular Mr. McConnell, into voting "yes" to proceed to the actual bill. Mr. Cruz has admitted as much, bragging to radio host Mark Levin the next day that his colleagues' "heads exploded" because he'd "forced" them to "tell the truth"—namely, that they "wanted" to give Barack Obama a "blank check to raise our debt." Never mind that every Republican, once past the Cruz show vote, opposed the increase on final passage.

[Pietro]

"Its roots are in the destruction of the family"

Destroying family and religion is the sacred cause of our Enemy.

Once accomplished we will all be naked in the face of Leviathan.

[stanne]

If accomplished.

[woofie]

I do not know what is the best path

But here is the question :

IF the takedown of RINOs works but Republicans do not gain the Senate or lose the House, what has been accomplished?

[bestintxas]

“IF the takedown of RINOs works but Republicans do not gain the Senate or lose the House, what has been accomplished?”

Go read post 20.

RINOs = Dems

We need new leadership, not just the same big tent

[houeto]

There once was a time when the WSJ was excellent, but that time has long since passed.

Unfortunately the same can be said of Thomas Sowell. I am SICK of his attacks on Senator Ted Cruz!