I'm a big Cruz fan but I'm a bit mystified by his strategy here. What does delay accomplish? It seems to me that a quick vote that:
1. Puts the Dems on record as willing shut down the government rather than give up their precious Obamacare and
2. Gives the House a few days to offer up a "compromise" that still guts Obamacare would be the obvious strategy.
What am I missing here?
Just my opinion/thoughts, but I think he is trying to give voice to all of us out here who are fed up to the teeth with the ever growing government behemoth, and “our” representatives who represent no one, but themselves.
I think he is trying to reach out and shake to waking, the American spirit, and I pray that his efforts are not in vain.
May God keep watch FRiend, over us all.
Even my kids listened to him for a while. He is in his 16th hour up there.
Find out from him what he wants.
You trust the press to present the case?
A couple of things. First by his effort to dramatically draw attention to the evils of obamacare with this marathon exegesis of the bill, he is raising national awareness of what is at stake. The fact that the ruling class has exempted itself is akin to rubbing our nose in it. Second, he is setting up the republicans (at least those who stand with John Q. Citizen, the victim of obamacare) with a winning political issue for the midterms. And he is also either setting up (or derailing) his presidential campaign.
You’re missing the fact that the vote on cloture today at noon will separate the sheep from the goats in the Republican Party. Those voting with Harry Reid today will enable him to vote on stripping the House bill of the language that defunds ObamaCare with just 51 Democrat votes, instead of requiring 60 votes that would mean some Republicans would have to vote with the Democrats. In other words, this is the day we will identify who the quislings are. That is extremely helpful because we will know who the enemies are within the ranks.
You are missing the fact, the reality, that Cloture is in effect a vote to fund Obamacare.
These RIONO’s that vote for Cloture will claim they did not vote for Obamacare when in effect they did.
They are a lying pack of scum.
Symbolism
The Cruz crusade symbolizes the will of the people to abolish Obamacare
I think others have already said it but the filibuster is aimed at the vote on cloture today at noon.
Voting for cloture is voting for Obamacare.
I remember McConnell voted for cloture in 2010 for the original Obamacare bill. Had he not done so we would likely not be in this mess today. Now three years later he has a primary challenger and his poll numbers are looking down.
Of course McConnell will say he voted against Obamacare but that is only after he handed the democrats the win.
People today are smarter because the information sources are better. They’re not listening to the liberal media as much. The conservative alternative media is growing and the liberal media is contracting. Hopefully we reach the tipping point and republicans in general will wake up to the con artists in the GOP senate.
3. Force the GOPe to out themselves as enemies of conservatism