Ted Cruz Will Not Block Vote On Senate Deal

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Source: MSNBC/Huffington Post

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said Wednesday that he will not block a deal in the Senate to end the shutdown and avert default.

"Of course not, I never intended to delay this vote," Cruz told reporters. "The timing would not impact the outcome."

His comments came as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced they had to come to an agreement to open the government until Jan. 15, and extend the debt ceiling through Feb. 7.



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How 'Magnanimous' of him.

[jsr]

1. Rafael: Stick your head in a toilet and see if it flushes

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

32. +1

[cosmicone]

2. He doesn't want to be the scapegoat

of the repuke downfall.

[olddad56]

15. too late

[Paladin]

3. Thanks a lot, shithead. (nt)

[SoapBox]

35. That needs repeating..."Thanks a lot, shithead."

[Paladin]

36. I agree: "Thanks a lot, shithead." Use it loud and often. (nt)

[The Stranger]

4. Oh God. He is loving this.

He is probably having multiple orgasms as the whole world waits for him at the precipice.

[Turbineguy]

5. What a nice man.

"....millions hurt by Obamacare....."

Name 6, dickhead.

Anyway, thanks for not destroying the world economy.

Now go eat shit and die.

[DesertRat]

6. Loser! nt

[TwilightGardener]

7. I guess going down in history as the guy behind the Great Cruz Crash of 2013

didn't sound like such a good idea, actually.

[Mr.Bill]

8. And runs off like a coward

not taking any questions.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. CSPAN2 also indicating this

Let's hope Cheeto can wrap this shit up.

[Dopers_Greed]

10. Next headline...

"Tea Party announces they will primary RINO Cruz in the next election"

[Javaman]

11. ...

Right you are!

[Liberalynn]

21. This would not suprise me in the least

every time the Pukes wind up their Jack in The Box, I think their craziest clown surely has popped out, but not so there is always another crazier one just waiting to be sprung.

[SHRED]

12. coward... lol

[Javaman]

13. persona non grata among the other repukes.

he will now be lucky if he's able to get a seat on the toilet scrubbing committee.

[valerief]

14. No Cruz Control? nt

[Snake Plissken]

16. So in other words, The Koch Brothers told their little boy to

sit the fuck down and shut up.

[florida08]

17. smack down

You lose, you get nothing..good day sir

[Beacool]

18. How magnanimous of him.........

[MANative]

19. I'd love to know what...

hammer the Repub leadership held over his head to "entice" him not to block the deal. 'Cause I don't believe for one New York second that he is keeping his mouth shut voluntarily.

[Iliyah]

20. Oh God I hope so but ya'know these GOPers are nothing more than

backstabbers, liars, cheaters, bullies, non-Christian, and in your face reneging assholes. By Sunday GOPers will be blaming Pres O and the Democratic Party for the economy and the corporate media will follow suit.

[hue]

22. For all the pain & suffering Cruz caused--I have nothing but abhorrence towards him.

[hamsterjill]

23. I cannot think of enough descriptive adjectives to use to describe this asshole!

"Nasty" will just have to suffice.

[Cadfael]

24. I think he just couldn't

Find enough reading material at his grade level to pull off another filibuster.

[weissmam]

25. I heard he tried to convince Gober Gomert to do it

[ctsnowman]

26. What's

you plan Mr. Cruz? Nothing? Really?

[sofa king]

27. Dammit!

We need that asshole to keep talking, for just another day. If just one Republican Senator throws a wrench in these works, the clock runs out, something weird and secret happens, and the President gets to shove his own plan straight down Congress' throat. That's what happened in 2011, and that is what I am hoping will happen now.

Why? Because Republican delay at this point guarantees that they get nothing and we get everything we want. Once the debt ceiling deadline hits, the President steps into the phone booth and emerges armed with a Fuhrer-level of emergency powers (graciously supplied to us by Congressional Republicans during the Bush years) including, apparently, the ability to compel Congress to do its job. Here's a brief summary of the crazy shit the President can do the moment he can declare a higher state of emergency:

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/sofa%20king/100

Note that through the All-Hazards Preparedness Act, the President can also enact a version of universal health care. On Friday fucking morning, if he wishes, as long as the Republicans play ball by continuing to be evil--not exactly a hard day's work for them.

I think it's possible that Democrats can pull a rabbit out of this hat procedurally, by having a Democratic Senator put an anonymous hold on consideration of the compromise bill until the deadline is reached. That would effectively guarantee that the Democrats are rewarded with a plan-of-government untainted by a single drop of Republican malevolence. If the anonymity of the hold can be maintained, Republicans will certainly be blamed for it.

So let's go, anonymous hold!

[ehrnst]

28. Coyote announces he will the Roadrunner go. (nt)

[backscatter712]

29. I guess Ferret Face decided he liked being able to fly safely in small aircraft.

The power-elites have a way of arranging "technical difficulties" when they want...

[NCagainstMcCrony]

30. Pictures

Someone told him to STFU or we release the pictures.
Insert Franklin scandal reference here.

[Orsino]

31. Please update your history books accordingly.

Our children will long remember Cruz' heroic stand against the president's shutdown.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

33. He's already made a million in campaign donations off the shutdown.

[The Second Stone]

34. He is our Joe McCarthy of our time and we deserve him

and his narcissistic demagoguing.

We need a constitutional amendment that requires both houses be run by rules of simple majority, allowing a signed petition of a majority to pass that petition as a bill.

[murielm99]

37. It is uncanny how much he looks like McCarthy

in that picture. I hope his run is even shorter than Joe's.

[IronLionZion]

38. Coward. Doesn't believe in anything. nt

[marble falls]

39. I smell a Fox gig coming after he resigns his seat because "he has other ways to change the ....

system" ala Mrs Palin/