Sen. Ted Cruz - what do Republicans think?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A counter balance to the radical left. It's a new and necessary phenomenon.

Right, there are tons of "radical left" senators. Like who, Tom Harkin and Barbara Boxer? Sorry but those people are not "radical left".

Yes they are. Obama has a 100 % liberal voting grade. That's radical by definition.

[Anonymous]

According to whom?

[Anonymous]

Anybody with an over 95% voting history in either conservative or liberal direction is a radical. It's common sense.

[Anonymous]

Where are these percentages coming from?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He's on a power trip right now, drunk with attention and the delusion that he's going to make a difference. That balloon will come crashing down soon enough when he realizes there are 99 other senators with whom he needs to work and that he'll need some of them to get things for Texas. Regardless of whether they're a Republican or Democrat, folks don't like to work with an arrogant publicity whore.

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I just hope his fall from grace happens sooner rather than later. Seems like a real stick in the mud.

[Anonymous]

Maybe he'll awkwardly drink a glass of water and you can all focus on that!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anybody with an over 95% voting history in either conservative or liberal direction is a radical. It's common sense.

Your definitions are screwy. This makes most republicans "radical right". Do you feel that is accurate?

[Anonymous]

Beyond accurate. The vast majority of the GoP are hardcore right wing lunatics. People who still call themselves Republican but don't actually buy into 95% of the GoP platform are just clinging to a party that no longer exists.

[Anonymous]

Liberals have not one senator like mc Cain. Name the democrat who has criticized occupy Wall Street or Obama . Dems are much more radical .

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:Liberals have not one senator like mc Cain. Name the democrat who has criticized occupy Wall Street or Obama . Dems are much more radical .

Obama gets criticism from right of the party, for instance here is Sen. Manchin criticizing Obama for failed leadership:

http://dailycaller.com/2011/03/08/dem-sen-manchin-to-call-out-obama-over-failed-leadership-on-budget/

and the left, here is Sen. Wyden threatening a filibuster because of the drone killings of American citizens:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/07/us/politics/obama-orders-release-of-drone-memos-to-lawmakers.html?pagewanted=all

I don't know where the poster I am quoting learned about politics, but he may want to go back to school. Even a cursory understanding of the American political spectrum would show that the far left in the US is pretty much ignored, particularly by this administration. As I have reminded several times, Obama's official spokesman said left-leaning Democrats needed to be drug tested and Obama's Chief of Staff called the left "Fucking Retards". The Democratic Party holds the left in disdain, while the Republican Party fears the right. This has the effect of making a Presidential candidate like Mitt Romney bend himself like a pretzel to please the Republican right in order to secure the nomination, and then finding himself alienated from mainstream America. Meanwhile, Obama implements Bob Dole and Romney's healthcare plan and is called a socialist.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Liberals have not one senator like mc Cain. Name the democrat who has criticized occupy Wall Street or Obama . Dems are much more radical .

Obama gets criticism from right of the party, for instance here is Sen. Manchin criticizing Obama for failed leadership:

http://dailycaller.com/2011/03/08/dem-sen-manchin-to-call-out-obama-over-failed-leadership-on-budget/

and the left, here is Sen. Wyden threatening a filibuster because of the drone killings of American citizens:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/07/us/politics/obama-orders-release-of-drone-memos-to-lawmakers.html?pagewanted=all

I don't know where the poster I am quoting learned about politics, but he may want to go back to school. Even a cursory understanding of the American political spectrum would show that the far left in the US is pretty much ignored, particularly by this administration. As I have reminded several times, Obama's official spokesman said left-leaning Democrats needed to be drug tested and Obama's Chief of Staff called the left "Fucking Retards". The Democratic Party holds the left in disdain, while the Republican Party fears the right. This has the effect of making a Presidential candidate like Mitt Romney bend himself like a pretzel to please the Republican right in order to secure the nomination, and then finding himself alienated from mainstream America. Meanwhile, Obama implements Bob Dole and Romney's healthcare plan and is called a socialist.

Manchin isn't really the best example, he was running for reelection in WVa, it's like saying that Mark Pryor an Mary Landreiu criticize him all the time, they're both up in tough states. This is nothing more than cyclical. On both sides.

[Anonymous]

Ted Cruz is a severely authentic conservative! He is like Paul Revere, warning our country of the UN's War Against Golf. (UN environmental do-gooding will hurt non-sustainable golf courses.) What could be more pro-Republican than protecting golf?!

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:
Manchin isn't really the best example, he was running for reelection in WVa, it's like saying that Mark Pryor an Mary Landreiu criticize him all the time, they're both up in tough states. This is nothing more than cyclical. On both sides.

Are you saying that criticism that is motivated by political ambition should be ignored? In that case, we should never pay attention to a word John McCain says.

[Anonymous]

Speaking of McCain, he's not the maverick anymore: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/24/mccain-had-most-conservative-voting-record-in-2010/

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Manchin isn't really the best example, he was running for reelection in WVa, it's like saying that Mark Pryor an Mary Landreiu criticize him all the time, they're both up in tough states. This is nothing more than cyclical. On both sides.

Are you saying that criticism that is motivated by political ambition should be ignored? In that case, we should never pay attention to a word John McCain says.

I'm not an Arizona voter and really don't care much for him to begin with. He was notorious on the hill for not being a team player i.e. within the delegation. And while he would never overtly request earmarks, his staff had mastered the ability to convince other offices particularly in the House that programs and projects of interest to them needed their support, keeping JM's fingers squeky clean. I'd name names, but won't.