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To: combjelly who wrote (747025)	10/16/2013 2:53:46 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571367

Pretty much. It was inevitable that it would come to this. The only surprise is how rapidly it is going once it got started. Just was at the gym watching CNN and MSNBC. First, this is no where near a done deal. Boehner is meeting with his caucus aka the Capitol Hill Crips at 3 ET to discuss the Senate bill. And MSNBC and CNN trotted out roughly 6 reps........all southern Rs. Not only are they unclear whether they will vote for the Senate bill when it comes to the House floor, they are adamant they will punish Obama one way or another..........the time between now and Jan simply an intermission. I think the days of the GOP acting as a presidential party are coming to an end. If I were a Dem strategist, I would be hoping that the GOP has its way in Jan/Feb 2014. We have Cruz to thank for this. If he ever dreamed he would be the Republican nominee, that is pretty much out of the window at this juncture. I suppose you can say that he planned on splitting off the Teahadis because he definitely would be their candidate. But it is painfully obvious he never had a plan. He was just playing by ear, which is why things spun so far out of control. As is so typical of these radical wingers, Cruz was on CNN blaming the Senate Rs for the way this has come down.......................and naturally he is not responsible at all for this fiasco. One other interesting item.................a TX newspaper that endorsed Cruz is having some serious buyer's remorse. I think its one of the Dallas papers.

To: combjelly who wrote (747025)	10/16/2013 7:06:01 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571367

Is the pleasure I am feeling Schadenfreude. ;) Houston newspaper says it didn't 'un-endorse' Ted Cruz The Houston Chronicle says it did not "un-endorse" Ted Cruz. Earlier Wednesday, we wrote about how Sen. Cruz's hometown newspaper in Texas expressed "regret" and voiced it's "disappointment about endorsing the Republican for U.S. Senate." The Chronicle has written a clarification about its editorial, so we're updating our post to reflect that. The editorial in Wednesday's editions titled, "Why we miss Kay Bailey Hutchison," took Cruz to task for contributing to the "chaotic, hyper-partisan atmosphere" in Washington. "We did not pull our endorsement of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz," the Chronicle posted Wednesday afternoon on its opinion blog. "Our references to Cruz served to provide context to the Hutchison tribute by emphasizing her ability to reach across the aisle when necessary." Hutchison decided not to run for re-election last year after 20 years in the Senate, and the Republican was known for her staunch advocacy for all things Texas. "When we endorsed Ted Cruz in last November's general election, we did so with many reservations and at least one specific recommendation — that he follow Hutchison's example in his conduct as a senator," the Houston Chronicle editorial says. "Obviously, he has not done so. Cruz has been part of the problem in specific situations where Hutchison would have been part of the solution."

To: combjelly who wrote (747025)	10/17/2013 11:18:34 AM
From: tejek	1 Recommendation Recommended By Ron Respond to of 1571367

Cruz discovers the fringe benefits of failure 10/17/13 10:43 AM By Steve Benen The recent political turmoil in Washington was multifaceted and involved quite a few personalities, motivations, and working parts. No one person was ultimately responsible for the entire nightmare. But if we were to focus in on one main culprit, it’s safe to say Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) would lead the list of suspects. He spent the August recess demanding his party follow his shutdown plan; he offered leadership to House Republicans; the right-wing senator even made himself the public face of this fiasco with a 21-hour speech that served no legislative purpose, but made it easy for Ted Cruz to celebrate his fondness for Ted Cruz. The freshman Republican became so notorious that when he campaigned for Ken Cuccinelli in Virginia a couple of weeks ago, the gubernatorial hopeful didn’t want any photographs taken of the two of them together. But let’s not miss the forest for the trees. Cruz led his party into a ditch and drew the ire of Republicans who blame him for his misguided crusade, but the far-right Texan appears to still be in the midst of a long con. If you were curious, talking on television for 21 straight hours is very lucrative. Over the last quarter, Ted Cruz’s still-young political action committee pulled in $797,000 during the period that included his extended C-SPAN advertorial. It’s nearly twice what Cruz pulled in the quarter prior. […] His October report, which covers July 1 to September 30, notes that his PAC has $378,000 on-hand after the nearly $800,000 haul, money that will be used to support conservative candidates and issues close to Cruz’s heart. Cruz isn’t making many friends among his Senate colleagues; he has no prospects for actually passing bills; and he’s cultivated a public reputation as a dangerous extremist. This may seem like a poor combination, but the senator clearly doesn’t see it that way. While pushing his party over a cliff, Cruz has also positioned himself as a guy capable of winning straw polls, quickly raising a lot of money, and collecting a massive new database of conservative donors and activists – which may come in handy if a certain someone intends to launch a bid for national office in a couple of years. Cruz’s party shut down the government and caused a debt-ceiling crisis for reasons that still don’t make any sense, leading to a surrender in which Republicans gained nothing. In fact, it was worse than nothing – the GOP has seen its support collapse, ending up with a deal that could have received a better for the party had it been less ridiculous weeks ago. But from Cruz’s perspective, these developments, while unfortunate, are a small price to pay for advancing his personal ambitions.