Posted on 11/03/2014 2:06:17 PM PST by cotton1706
You can forget about Mitch McConnell. Ted Cruz has plans to take over… if the Republicans win their Senate majority. After a spell of cooperating with his party during the campaign season, the Post reports, he will elbow his way into de facto leadership.
In an interview at the Hotel Captain Cook here between campaign stops for Sullivan, Cruz made it clear he would push hard for a Republican-led Senate to be as conservative and confrontational as the Republican-led House.
Piggybacking on what House leaders have done, Cruz said the first order of business should be a series of hearings on President Obama, “looking at the abuse of power, the executive abuse, the regulatory abuse, the lawlessness that sadly has pervaded this administration.”
Cruz also would like the Senate to be as aggressive in trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act as the House, which has voted more than 50 times to get rid of the law.
Republicans should “pursue every means possible to repeal Obamacare,” Cruz said, including forcing a vote through parliamentary procedures that would get around a possible filibuster by Democrats. If that leads to a veto by Obama, Cruz said, Republicans should then vote on provisions of the health law “one at a time.”
And when asked whether he would back Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky for Republican leader, Cruz would not pledge his support… ...WaPo
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Zero times.
They’ll tweak Obamacare, they’re “hellbent” for amnesty... F&F, Benghazi? Distant memories.
There’s little difference in agenda between Dems and Repubs. There’s really no point in voting for any of them. Thank you RINOs, you’ve destroyed the party.
Please, God.
He doesn’t need to try. Who is going to protest? Cornyn and Barosso? hahaha
I hear ya. Let’s see what happens though.
It gives rove and the entire cabal of joiners over at the chamber of commies something to do.
Just make Ted majority leader and get it over with.
Cruz/West 2016
And they are busy little beavers.
Eventually they go bye bye and a new party rises. All this crap is just death throes and cursing God for their actions.
Probably! You are most likely one of those Tea Party Trolls trying to ruin the Midterm Elections! /sarc
de facto leadership is even better,,would totally neuter O’Connell.
I like it!
I’m a baaaad man. I want to destroy America by stacking the govt with conservatives and purists and right wing nutjobs and with God as my witness I HAVE NO SHAME FOR IT!!!
;)
McConnell, not O’Connell. So sorry.
Cupie doll to SJB ;)
As much as I would dearly love to see Cruz get the nod and take the helm in the senate, lets not get ahead of ourselves. It is plain that the repubs MUST first take the vote to gain control. We all know and suspect there will be considerable wrongdoing on the part of the demodummies who MUST cheat to retain control.
It isn’t over just yet.
Not a tough call.
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