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U.S. Senate (GOP Club)

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  • How Does Ted Cruz Fit Into Tuesday's Big GOP Win? (Where do you think they're going with this?)

    11/08/2014 5:03:47 PM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 30 replies
    National Journal ^ | November 5, 2014 | Rebecca Nelson
    Compared to his 2016 peers, he's on rocky footing going into primary season.Tuesday's GOP victory doesn't guarantee the party's success in 2016. But the race, which began as soon as AP called the midterms for the party, has steeled a few Republicans angling for presidential bids. One likely contender, however, already appears to be behind: Ted Cruz. The Texas senator certainly had a good election night. His party won a majority in the Senate, and he appeared on CNN and Fox News soon after the victory became clear to talk about the GOP's legislative plans with its newfound power. But...
  • Pierce: If Elizabeth Warren Won’t Run For President, an Al Franken Bid Would Be the Next Best Thing

    11/08/2014 4:27:54 PM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 38 replies
    NewsBusters ^ | November 8, 2014 | Tom Johnson
    Three lefty bloggers speculated Friday about one or the other of two potential 2016 presidential candidates, one from each major party. The White House prospects of the Republican have been much-discussed for a few years; those of the Democrat, not so much. Esquire’s Charles Pierce lauded Al Franken’s recent “populist campaign for re-election” to the Senate and wondered, given Elizabeth Warren’s reluctance to run for president, why Franken shouldn’t give it a go instead, since he’s “showed…how you embrace the themes on which Warren has based her career in the context of a political campaign.” (Also, it would “cause Bill...
  • GOP presidential hopefuls jockey for position in a crowded 2016 field

    11/08/2014 3:55:01 PM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 27 replies
    The Washington Post ^ | November 8, 2014 | Philip Rucker
    More than a dozen Republican governors and senators are rushing to line up supporters, pore over policies and map out strategies for the 2016 presidential campaign, concluding that last week’s midterm rout of Democrats shows that the GOP has a strong chance of taking back the White House. Whereas Democrats are rapidly coalescing around Hillary Rodham Clinton as their standard-bearer, there is no heir apparent on the Republican side. The field is as splintered as the Grand Old Party itself, with stark differences along the lines of ideology, style and background. “Tuesday night certainly gives the Republicans a sense of...
  • Ted Cruz: 'Under no circumstances' will I run for majority leader

    11/08/2014 1:29:33 PM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 58 replies
    The Hill ^ | November 5, 2014 | Peter Sullivan
    Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Tuesday night ruled out running for majority leader after Republicans captured the upper chamber. Asked on CBS if he would consider challenging GOP Senate Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Cruz replied, "under no circumstances." The Texas senator and Tea Party favorite, though has declined to say whether he would vote for McConnell for majority leader. Asked if there would be a challenger to McConnell, Cruz said, "I don’t think anyone has declared their intention to run, and that will be a decision for the conference next week, and we’ll see." "My practice has been not to...
  • Starting Over: The old campaign is dead; here comes the new one

    11/08/2014 11:25:35 AM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 9 replies
    Barron's ^ | November 8, 2014 | Thomas G. Donlan
    It’s rarely worth much time crying or rejoicing over spilt political milk -- but it can be fun. Be they ever so virtuous, be they ever so malicious, the politicians who wore out their welcomes last week will be replaced. And the geniuses who devised the U.S. Constitution and the rules of the House and Senate arranged for new members of Congress to undergo ordeals of process that cool the passions of recent arrivals before they attain much power. Like it or not, it took Republicans four election cycles to retake the Senate majority after losing it in 2006. Once...
  • Being Harry Reid Will Be Shown The Door Soon,What Will Be His Next Job?

    11/07/2014 6:25:24 PM PST · by Cruz_West_Paul2016 · 76 replies
    The day we have been waiting for, for seven years for has finally come. We have all wanted Harry Reid out of power since day one. Well,looks like there is a God!.So now that Harry Reid has been fired by 65/70 Percent of Tuesdays voters, what will he do next? Plenty of jobs in the White House and Washington D.C. of which he is well qualified for. So where do we want to see the "Former Senate Majority Leader" come February 2015?
  • It is all still about race: Obama hatred, the South and the truth about GOP wins

    11/07/2014 1:17:12 PM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 60 replies
    Salon ^ | November 4, 2014 | Paul Rosenberg
    All the conventional wisdom you'll hear tonight is wrong: Republican gains are really proof of age-old ugliness. In 1964, there were five black members of the House of Representatives — barely over 1 percent — compared to the 11 percent of the population who were black. But the American people were evenly split, 30 to 31 percent, on whether blacks should have more or less influence, with 28 percent saying things were “about right” as they stood. What’s more, those opposed to government social spending programs were three times more likely to say blacks should have less influence compared to...
  • AZ insiders: McCain’s already decided to run for Senate again in 2016, will announce early next year

    11/07/2014 10:38:06 AM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 42 replies
    Hot Air ^ | November 7, 2014 | Allahpundit
    Supposedly ol’ Mav himself told the AP yesterday that it’s “very likely” he’ll run but I can’t find that quote in the actual video. Fun fact, though: When the clip was first posted last night, some outfits like Yahoo News titled it, “McCain: ‘Very Likely’ Will Run for President in 2016.” I knew it was a mistake, of course, but for one soaring moment I thought I might have something even better than another Mitt Romney candidacy with which to troll the Hot Air faithful. Ah well. The headline’s corrected now. For now, for the record, he’s merely “leaning towards”...
  • How Ted Cruz's 2016 Ambitions Could Doom The New GOP Senate Majority (Concern troll is concerned)

    11/07/2014 10:19:52 AM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 29 replies
    In the aftermath of the resounding Republican takeover of the Senate this week, most everybody agrees two things are true. The GOP is going to face a much tougher Senate map and electorate in 2016. and the upper chamber is going to be populated for the next two years by a number of prominent Republicans (Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio) with presidential ambitions. Of the three, Cruz is undoubtedly the biggest troublemaker -- and he relishes that role. But by positioning himself to appeal to conservatives in a Republican presidential primary, he could force his more moderate GOP...
  • Can Mitch McConnell handle Ted Cruz? Just maybe, he can.

    11/06/2014 6:08:34 PM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 55 replies
    The Christian Science Monitor's DC Decoder ^ | November 6, 2014 | Francine Kiefer
    Sen. Ted Cruz has already flexed his influence in the House with last year's government shutdown. Now, he'll be part of the Senate majority and presumed majority leader Mitch McConnell might have his hands full.His dry humor on display, Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell began his victory press conference on Wednesday with insider playfulness that had outsized import. The presumed soon-to-be leader of a GOP-controlled Senate started by briefly reviewing his takeaways from the election, including unhappiness with dysfunction in Washington. He then named some of the people who had called him that day: President Obama, Senate majority leader Harry Reid,...
  • A coming Senate battle between Ted Cruz and John Cornyn?

    11/06/2014 5:55:44 PM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 28 replies
    The Dallas Morning News ^ | November 6, 2014 | Nicole Stockdale
    Even before the Republican wave washed over the U.S. on Tuesday night, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, was signalling his priorities should the GOP gain control of the Senate. In a Washington Post profile last weekend, he was clear: No more Mr. Nice Guy. Republicans should use the new power to be as conservative and confrontational as the GOP-dominated House has been. 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.” And in a...
  • Next Step To GOP 2016.New Red State Governors Need To Keep Their Blue States Red.

    11/06/2014 4:12:29 PM PST · by Cruz_West_Paul2016 · 3 replies
    Now that we have flipped some potential blue states red, next step will be for the new Governors to make sure they Stay Red For The Next Two Years! Clean up their corrupt voting precincts, make sure the total in each district or precinct isn't 5000 more than allowed! (Like in Philly&Blue Wisconsin Districts).Remove all dead people, fake & suspicious names from every district. We now have the potential to take Illinois, Colorado, Maryland and maybe Massachusetts if each "Newly Red State" spends the next two years cleaning up their voter registrations and scrutinize every suspicious name and address. Now...
  • Cruz Scoping Out 2016 Office Space: Another indication of how serious the senator is about a WH run

    11/06/2014 2:27:05 PM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 45 replies
    US News & World Report's The Run 2016 Blog ^ | November 6, 2014 | David Catanese
    Sen. Ted Cruz has deployed advisers to begin scoping out office space for a potential 2016 presidential campaign, a source with knowledge of the move tells U.S. News. Over the past several weeks, aides to the first-term GOP senator from Texas have been looking for available real estate in Houston, where Cruz lives with his wife and two daughters. The quiet decision to begin searching for a campaign headquarters location is the latest indication of Cruz's seriousness about a White House bid. The first-term senator has totaled more visits to early primary states than any other possible candidate this cycle,...
  • McConnell Gets a Lot of Questions About Ted Cruz During Senate Presser

    11/06/2014 8:51:50 AM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 12 replies
    Mediaite ^ | November 5, 2014 | Josh Feldman
    Mitch McConnell, the expected new Majority Leader of the Senate, held a press conference on last night’s big wins today, and a remarkable number of questions he got were about one person in particular: Ted Cruz. Yes, Cruz not saying last night whether he would absolutely, 100 percent support McConnell for the Majority Leader position opened the floodgates today with reporters asking a lot about whether McConnell will be able to handle Cruz. The first question McConnell got wasn’t about Cruz in particular, but it referred to senators with presidential aspirations that McConnell may need to keep in check (this...
  • Can You Imagine a President Lindsey Graham? The South Carolinian eyes 2016.

    11/05/2014 9:32:54 PM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 25 replies
    The American Spectator ^ | November 5, 2014 | Amanda C. Elliott
    Less than a week before Election Day 2014, Democrats in South Carolina finally got what they’ve long been waiting for: proof that dirt on Senator Lindsey Graham does, indeed, exist. No one expected it to affect his re-election, but the glimpse into Graham’s unscripted life was noteworthy nonetheless. The big secret? That the venerable senator from South Carolina apparently has his eye on bigger and better things. The public may or may not be inclined to take Graham at his word when he says that he was just being “earthy” when he told a group of white males in Charleston...
  • Kohn: A plea for sanity in a GOP Congress (Bizarre)

    11/05/2014 7:57:28 PM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 15 replies
    WTCI-TV / CNN ^ | November 5, 2014 | Sally Kohn
    You got to give the people, now Give the people what they want-- The O'Jays Now that Republicans have control of both houses of Congress, they are going to have to do better -- and do right by all Americans, not just their fringe conservative base. In the first days of the newly minted 112th Congress, after the 2010 midterms gave Republicans control of the House of Representatives, the American people were clamoring for action on jobs and the economy. What did the new Republican House give them? One of the first laws introduced was the No Taxpayer Funding for...
  • Face It, Obama Is a Lousy Politician

    11/05/2014 7:20:30 PM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 24 replies
    National Journal ^ | November 5, 2014 | James Oliphant
    The president’s skill set didn’t match up well with an election that prized extremes over nuance. He paid the price. As his party lost seats in epic fashion Tuesday in both the House and Senate, the world's most famous Democrat sat on the sidelines—like a player ejected early from a championship game. But while there will be second-guessing, teeth-gnashing, and blame flying in the wake of the results, the plain truth is that President Obama was never the kind of man who could ride to his party's rescue in a midterm cycle like this. As he's made clear over the...
  • Nader urges Pelosi, Dem leaders to step aside

    11/05/2014 6:56:10 PM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 12 replies
    The Hill ^ | November 5, 2014 | Mike Lillis
    With House Democrats bracing for Election Day losses on Tuesday, Ralph Nader is calling on Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other top party leaders to call it quits. The prominent consumer advocate and perennial presidential candidate says the failure of those leaders to win the House gavel over three straight election cycle should means it's time for a new crop of lawmakers to take control of the party. "Pelosi, Steny Hoyer and Steve Israel should now recognize the wisdom of baseball’s 'three strikes and you’re out' ... step down from their posts and invite fresh leadership who can save the...
  • If Obama Attempts Amnesty, Wouldn't You Think The GOP Will Take It To The Supreme Court?

    11/05/2014 6:32:08 PM PST · by Cruz_West_Paul2016 · 43 replies
    And how come no one has brought this up? The GOP already took Obama-Care and a few other matters to the Supreme Court over the last few years. So why not take this matter to the Supreme Court. Mitch McConnell would become a hero if he and Boenher take a stand and threaten the President that they will take the issue to the Supreme Court and they will make the final decision on whether to let 5-10 Million Illegals become legal. (and god knows hows many are criminals).
  • A Charlie Crist Mystery.Floridians Bewildered Over Crist Receiving 47 Per-Cent.

    11/05/2014 4:34:13 PM PST · by Cruz_West_Paul2016 · 53 replies
    Last night millions of Floridians were in a state of shock watching the Florida returns coming in a little at a time and were just befuddled over the dead-even percentages for both of them. Rick Scott should of handily maintained an 8 to 10 per-cent lead over Crist from the start. No way that 47 percent of Floridians are that dumbfounded! Is it safe to assume that maybe "Seven Percent Of Charlies Votes were either Illegal or Dead"?