Posted on 08/01/2014 4:52:23 AM PDT by bestintxas
Thursday on MSNBC's "Now with Alex Warner," Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) blasted Republican leadership for letting “Speaker Cruz” "call the shots," which caused a delay of the August recess, as Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) battled over the bills details.
Van Hollen said, “It was Senator Cruz calling the shots, and that’s why people around here are calling him ‘Speaker Cruz’ today." He added, "It means when Speaker Boehner says he’s going to get something done from now on, he’d better be checking with Senator Cruz to see if he’s gonna get the votes because clearly the new leadership team isn’t up to the task.”
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Someone tell the GOPe that if your political enemies hate what you’re doing it’s probably the right thing. If your political enemies love what you’re doing they are probably not your political enemies and your base will reject you.
If a lib is pissed off then once again Cruz made the right move...
“What’s wrong with PRESIDENT Cruz? Bob”
All for it, eventually.
Right now our biggest problems are not generated by Obama, but by the feckless Congress who are not reigning him in.
If Ted had control over both House as Speaker and Senate as a to-be-feared outspoken leader, I consider that has the better outcome.
Too many times we take a guy with good ideas and try to elevate him only to find out leadership is lacking(how about Goldwater on that
Good point, of course. It is the feckless non-leaders of the GOP whom I blame most. Bob
Yep! As far as I know, and please anyone correct me, you don’t even have to be a member of Congress to be Speaker.
Absolutely nothing! But, we have to wait 'til 2016. He can become Speaker now!
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