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General Category => Editorial/Opinion/Blogs => Topic started by: Olivia on September 30, 2013, 07:31:35 pm
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Whether or not the government shuts down tonight, there will be one big political winner: Ted Cruz.
The freshman Texas senator has become the face and voice of the Republicans in their showdown with Democrats and the White House over funding the government.
In recent memory, no newcomer to the Senate with less than 10 months in office has exercised as much influence.
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Yesterday, the ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, called Cruz the de facto Republican leader of the House. Others say he has the same role in the Senate.
There seems to be an inverse relationship between disapproval in Washington and adulation among grass-root conservatives. Cruz is the darling of much of right-wing talk radio, Republican primary contestants are lining up to identify with him and phone calls from constituents to Republican lawmakers tilt in his favor.
The 42-year-old may have put himself in a win-win situation: If Democrats cave and concede anything on Obamacare, Cruz will be hailed by party activists as the man who made it happen. If Republicans ultimately capitulate, the take-no- prisoners Texan can be expected to lead a chorus of criticism of his own party.
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/hunt-ted-cruz-wins/2013/09/30/id/528360
He's a winner in my book!
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Ted Cruz is an actual LEADER and not easily subdued! The establishment is terrified of him but most of us think him to be just what the doctor ordered!
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Ted Cruz is an actual LEADER and not easily subdued! The establishment is terrified of him but most of us think him to be just what the doctor ordered!
Hear, hear!
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Standing up for what you believe in IS leadership.