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To: THE WATSONYOUTH who wrote (742167)	9/27/2013 1:09:41 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1576392

Aren't both those guys from Kentucky? A state that is RUSHING to implement Obamcare for it's sick, largely uninsured population? LOL! Message 29135478

To: THE WATSONYOUTH who wrote (742167)	9/27/2013 1:14:34 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1576392

Cruz only came up 22 votes short, a big number when the total is 100. "The Senate votes 79-19 to end debate on a short-term spending measure and move ahead towards final passage. This is the vote that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and his allies have focused on, but they did not get the 41 votes they needed to stop the bill. The vote clears the way for Democrats to amend the bill to restore funding for the new federal health-care law and send it back to the House." Read more at: link.email.washingtonpost.com

To: THE WATSONYOUTH who wrote (742167)	9/27/2013 2:12:52 PM
From: FJB	1 Recommendation Recommended By joseffy Respond to of 1576392

POLL: CRUZ leapfrogs ahead of GOP field...

To: THE WATSONYOUTH who wrote (742167)	9/28/2013 1:24:35 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576392

September 27, 2013 3:17 PM Bray-y-y-ve New World No sooner had I posted the previous item about Ted Cruz presuming to tell House Republicans to buck John Boehner’s leadership on the fiscal tangle than I ran across this rather startling report from Public Policy Polling, based on its semi-regular surveying of GOP primary voters (i.e., “the base”): PPP’s newest national poll finds Ted Cruz is now the top choice of Republican primary voters to be their candidate for President in 2016. He leads the way with 20% to 17% for Rand Paul, 14% for Chris Christie, 11% for Jeb Bush, 10% each for Marco Rubio and Paul Ryan, 4% for Bobby Jindal, and 3% each for Rick Santorum and Scott Walker. Cruz has gained 8 points since our last national 2016 poll in July while everyone else has more or less stayed in place. He’s made himself the face of a government shutdown over Obamacare, and the Republican base supports that by a 64/20 margin. It’s not surprising that Republicans identifying as ‘very conservative’ support a shutdown 75/10, but even the moderate wing of the party supports it by a 46/36 margin.Okay, these are too-early-to-matter numbers about a hypothetical presidential race, so they can be ignored to some extent. But in terms of Ted Cruz’s current status as party leader, check this out: Our numbers also suggest that Cruz is now viewed more broadly as the leader of the Republican Party. When asked whether they trust Cruz or GOP leader Mitch McConnell more, Cruz wins out 49/13. When it comes to who’s more trusted between Cruz and Speaker John Boehner, Cruz has a 51/20 advantage. And when it comes to Cruz and 2008 GOP nominee and Senate colleague John McCain, Cruz wins out 52/31. He now has more credibility with the GOP base than the folks who have been leading the party for years.Mercifully for Mitt Romney, PPP didn’t throw the name of the 2012 presidential nominee into the mix. But still: no wonder Cruz is throwing his weight around in Washington and defying both McConnell and Boehner. He’s got the numbers to get away with it. Since Cruz is already widely regarded in Washington as a first-rate jackass, you have to wonder how puffed up he’s going to get if every time he brays, “the base” cheers wildly. by Ed Kilgore

To: THE WATSONYOUTH who wrote (742167)	9/28/2013 1:28:55 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576392

Political Animal by Ed Kilgore Ted Cruz, House Whip So you want to know how much John Boehner's authority has been eroded in the House? Check out this report from the Boswell of Republican ideological warfare,National Review's Robert Costa: On a Thursday conference call, a group of House conservatives consulted with Senator Ted Cruz of Texas about how to respond to the leadership’s fiscal strategy. Sources who were on the call say Cruz strongly advised them to oppose it, and hours later, Speaker John Boehner’s plan fizzled.It’s the latest example of Cruz leading the House’s right flank.This is some genuine intrigue involving a massive breach of congressional etiquette by Cruz. And it's also just weird: House and Senate members rarely deal with each other directly. They inhabit different realms that do not usually intersect. But any way you slice it, it looks bad for the House leadership: Leadership sources, for their part, are startled by Cruz’s attempt to shape House strategy and work against the speaker. They knew he’d oppose Boehner’s playbook, but they didn’t expect him to huddle with conservatives and ask them to ignore it. So, Cruz’s meetings have made him a key House player, but they’ve worsened his already-fraught relationship with the leadership.Something tells me Cruz doesn't mind that at all. Such intraparty outlaw behavior is yet another thing he has in common with his look-alike bullyboy predecessor from back in the day, Joe McCarthy.

To: THE WATSONYOUTH who wrote (742167)	9/28/2013 1:33:48 AM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1576392

TAPPED by Paul Waldman Republican Palace Intrigue Gets Interesting Congress is full of factions in both parties. Many of them are ad hoc and temporary—say, two groups that coalesce around differing versions of a bill to do pretty much the same thing. They try to persuade their colleagues, one group wins or loses, and though there may be some hurt feelings, they know they'll be working together again eventually. And of course, there are ideological allies who work with each other more frequently and may come to see some in their own party as opponents or even enemies. But what you don't see too much of is real cloak-and-dagger, House of Cards-style plotting, with clandestine meetings, vicious backstabbing, and high-risk conspiracies. It happens now and again, like the bungled coup that attempted to unseat Newt Gingrich in 1997. But it's the exception, not the rule. So fans of Republican infighting, rejoice. Looks like there's something similar going on right now. Robert Costa of the National Review reports that Senator Ted Cruz is leading a bunch of House Republicans in a genuine conspiracy to screw over Speaker John Boehner. It starts with a conference call involving Cruz and House conservatives, deciding how to react to Boehner's plan to make insane demands now to avert a government shutdown, instead of making insane demands in a couple of weeks to avoid a default on the debt: By the call's end, there was a consensus: until the CR talks are complete, Republicans should whip "no" on Boehner’s debt-limit plan, as a way of preventing the leadership from directing the strategy. And that's exactly what happened late Thursday afternoon: GOP whip Kevin McCarthy worked the floor, but couldn't find the votes for Boehner's debt-limit plan. After McCarthy reported back about the Cruz-inspired uprising, the leadership shelved it. Later Thursday, Cruz met again with House conservatives at a venue near the Capitol. According to one House member, the bicameral bloc talked deep into the night about the CR and how to pressure Boehner. At the top of the agenda: making a one-year delay of Obamacare a requirement for government funding, and to accept nothing less, should the defunding effort continue to unravel. There is fear the Boehner is resistant to making that demand as part of a CR, and conservatives discussed ways to force his hand. What I really love, however, comes in some follow-up tweets from Costa. First this: Then this: Finally, and most importantly, this: The rest of us look at this situation and see a bunch of maniacs hurtling the country toward disaster. But they're having a blast! After all, spending all day sitting in a bunch of committee meetings and shaking hands with constituents is booo-ring. But being a part of a real conspiracy to take on the Washington powers-that-be, just like you said you were going to do when you ran for Congress as a Tea Party champion? Now that's fun. I think we can say with confidence that this crisis is not going to end with these guys backing down. And one other thing: If a Democratic senator tried to undermine Nancy Pelosi the way Cruz is undermining Boehner, she'd walk across to the other side of the Capitol, knock politely on his office door, and explain to him that he made a grave mistake messing with her. Then just to make sure he understood, she'd punch her fist through his ribcage and pull out his still-beating heart so he could see it before he died. But John Boehner is no Nancy Pelosi.

To: THE WATSONYOUTH who wrote (742167)	9/28/2013 1:26:38 PM
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GOP Rep. Goes Off on Ted Cruz: He’s a ‘Fraud’, ‘Kamikaze Pilot’ and ‘Those I’ve Spoken to Think He’s Crazy’ Congressman Peter King (R-N.Y.) made it abundantly clear on Wednesday that he does not care for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). Appearing on CNN, King called the Texas Republican a “fraud” and compared him to a “kamikaze pilot” who is only concerned about his own self-interests. He said Cruz’s 21-hour anti-Obamacare speech was like the “Charge of the Light Brigade” or a “kamikaze pilot.” “He’s not standing on principle, I don’t know what he’s standing on,” King said. “But he’s standing for a strategy that can’t work. It’s going to personally help him as far as his political status, but it’s going to be bad for the county, bad for the Republican Party.” When he was asked if his constituents would want him to defund Obamacare, even if it meant a government shutdown, the congressman told Anderson Cooper “no” and “those I’ve spoken to think he’s crazy.” At the end of the day, Cruz is nothing more than a “medicine man selling goods he knows are phony goods,” according to King. But he still wasn’t done bashing his fellow Republican. Congressman King claimed that Cruz has been trying to intimidate members of the GOP with “implicit threats of primaries” if they don’t vote the right way. “I’ve never seen anyone as unpopular in Republican circles as Ted Cruz,” King said. theblaze.com

To: THE WATSONYOUTH who wrote (742167)	9/28/2013 1:41:05 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1576392

Here are the 25 Senate Republicans who voted to allow Harry Reid (D-NV) and the Democrats to fund Obamacare today: Lamar Alexander (R-TN) John Cornyn (R-TX) Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) Lindsey Graham (R-SC) John Barrasso (R-WY) John Hoeven (R-ND) Roy Blunt (R-MO) Johnny Isakson (R-GA) John Boozman (R-AR) Mike Johanns (R-NE) Richard Burr (R-NC) Ron Johnson (R-WI) Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) Mark Kirk (R-IL) Jeff Chiesa (R-NJ) John McCain (R-AZ) Dan Coats (R-IN) Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Tom Coburn (R-OK) Lisa Murkowksi (R-AK) Thad Cochran (R-MS) John Thune (R-SD) Susan Collins (R-ME) Roger Wicker (R-MS) Bob Corker (R-TN)