Ted Cruz caves on shutdown, but calls it a personal win

[kpete]

WED OCT 16, 2013 AT 10:00 AM PDT
Ted Cruz caves on shutdown, but calls it a personal win
byJoan McCarter

Ted Cruz will vote against deal but won't delay because "the timing has no impact on the outcome."
— @SabrinaSiddiqui

he made this announcement during a mini-press conference deliberately held while McConnell was speaking on the floor.

RT @brikeilarcnn: Cruz coming to stakeout during McConnell floor speech is Washington's equivalent of a middle finger.
— @mmurraypolitics

and the stunner:

Asked what he has gained in the last 3 weeks, Cruz says that more than 2 million people signed his petition to defund Obamacare.
— @igorvolsky

\MORE:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/16/1247889/-Ted-Cruz-caves-on-shutdown-but-calls-it-a-personal-win



UPDATES:

as reported by The Guardian:

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is to blame for the fiscal fiasco on Capitol Hill, according to a source close to Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio).

Asked how Boehner gets out of this mess, a GOP lawmaker close to Boehner responded, “With a clear, consistent history of what actually happened. … to remind everybody we had a grand strategy until Cruz played the stupid card.”

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/16/us-debt-limit-brink-shutdown-senate-deal-live


icing, can i have some icing, please?


The markets are still up – quite a ways up, Guardian business correspondent Dominic Rushe reports:

The Dow Jones rose over 200 points (1.35%) by late morning, erasing yesterday's 133-point loss. The S&P 500 rose over 23 points (1.38%) and the Nasdaq 25 points (0.18%).

Read the full piece here:
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/oct/16/us-markets-deal-default-debt-ceiling-shutdown

[treestar]

1. Oh that's a real gain!

[Coyotl]

17. New Ted Cruz memes:

[William769]

2. He must have read a certain OP on DU giving him cover.

[Arkana]

3. And ultimately, that's what this was all about for Cruz and his cronies.

Personal gain. They shut down the government and attempted to destroy our credit rating to fill their campaign coffers. Nothing more.

[chelsea0011]

4. His gain is that he is an even bigger asshole than anyone thought

[Turbineguy]

5. Next he's going to try and get

everybody over 65 to sign his Defund Medicare petition.

[Major Hogwash]

6. STRANGE 18-FOOT SEA SERPENT found DEAD!!!!

No wait . . it's just Ted Cruz' political ambitions.

Gawd, I'll bet that sonovabitch stinks.

[jsr]

7. The Texas Ferret is so modest

[Gothmog]

8. Carnival Cruz collected a great deal of money

It has been a good month for Carnival Cruz from a financial standpoint

[jsr]

9. Yep. He's no dummy.

[randome]

16. Carnival ships have a recent history of bursting into flame. Seemingly just for the hell of it!

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Treat your body like a machine. Your mind like a castle.[/center][/font][hr]

[HooptieWagon]

19. Carnival Cruz....

...ran on the rocks and capsized. He will be re-floated, but will only be a smashed, muddy, wreck.

[Gothmog]

20. Here is a good breakdown on the money Carnival Cruz made on this mess

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/10/16/2791091/ted-cruz-admits-budget-standoff-fundraising/

In three week period following Cruz’s speech — even as GOP’s national approval ratings plummeted — conservatives frantically built their fundraising lists and campaign coffers. In the last quarter, Cruz’s political action committee raised in $797,000, nearly twice what it pulled in the quarter prior, and Heritage Action — which has pressured conservatives to vote against any bill that does not undermine Obamcare — collected $330,000.

Unfortunately, the rest of the country hasn’t fared nearly as well. Economists predict that the country lost thousands of jobs, billions in economic output, diminished consumer confidence, and the prospect of a lower credit rating.

[regnaD kciN]

10. May he have many more such "personal wins" in his future…!

[pinboy3niner]

11. BREAKING: Cruz launches Obamacare Repeal Mission Accomplished Tour

[ScreamingMeemie]

12. CNN Responds: Nobody wins but at least Cruz loses.

Wolfie said it about 10 minutes ago.

[ruffburr]

13. Guaranteed himself-

An Anchor spot on faux news

[Blue Owl]

14. PT Cruzer

That stands for "Poor Ted Cruzer"

Fuck him.

[grantcart]

15. Ted Cruz gets tackled for a safety and says

"I got into the end zone".

[Roland99]

18. Of course it was. Now his as-yet-unwritten book will sell better