The Fable of the Tortoise and the Weasel, or "Come on, Ted, fuck him up good!"

[Bucky]

I love me a good scrap.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/mcconnell-vs-cruz-gop-senators-on-collision-course-over-next-shutdown

[font size="4"]Cruz vs. McConnell: GOP Senators On Collision Course Over Next Shutdown[/font]
[font size="1"]by Sahil Kapur, TPM[/font]

Federal government funding expires again on Jan. 15 and the two influential senators are already on a collision course after Cruz's quixotic push to defund Obamacare fell flat in the recent budget debacle and badly damaged the GOP's standing before the party surrendered.

"There will not be another government shutdown," McConnell said Sunday. "You can count on that."

Cruz, by contrast, isn't the least bit chastened after systematically undermining GOP leaders and goading his party into a self-defeating predicament. In fact, he wants a do-over.

"I would do anything, and I will continue to do anything I can to stop the train wreck that is Obamacare," said the freshman senator, when asked if he'd risk another shutdown. "What I intend to do is continue standing with the American people to work to stop Obamacare."

Ted Cruz fun fact: if you keep doing the same thing over and over again, you will eventually get different results.

[pscot]

1. I'm developing a lot of respect for Ted Cruz

He has reset the bar for bat shit crazy.