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jsr

(7,712 posts)
Thu Feb 27, 2014, 12:39 PM Feb 2014

Sen. Cruz won’t endorse Cornyn in Texas GOP race

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz is refusing to endorse his fellow Texas Republican in next week’s primary in which a tea party candidate is trying to oust the Senate’s second-ranking GOP leader.

Cruz declined to say whether he will vote for Sen. John Cornyn or challenger Steve Stockman.

Cruz continued criticizing GOP leaders Thursday and said he doesn’t plan to endorse any incumbents or their challengers in this year’s primaries. He did not rule out changing his mind later.

Several senior Republican senators face tea party challengers in primaries.



Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sen-cruz-wont-endorse-cornyn-in-texas-gop-race/2014/02/27/7d378256-9fca-11e3-878c-65222df220eb_story.html

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Sen. Cruz won’t endorse Cornyn in Texas GOP race (Original Post) jsr Feb 2014 OP
and Conryn probably breathes a sigh of relief Kber Feb 2014 #1
Honestly, who really knows with idiot assholes like him? calimary Feb 2014 #2
An Opportunity Opens And We're Stuck In Cuckoo-land Vogon_Glory Feb 2014 #3
The Texican Teddy Boys (R - Wankers) Berlum Feb 2014 #4
Idiot lark Feb 2014 #5
so bloody what? rustbeltvoice Feb 2014 #6
+1 QuestForSense Feb 2014 #10
Ted wants to be senior senator. Coyotl Feb 2014 #7
Ted wants to rule the world. Egos don't get much more inflated. tridim Feb 2014 #9
Good. Form that circular firing squad, GOP. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2014 #8
As much as I can't stand the wingnuts Dopers_Greed Feb 2014 #11
Bet this is some of the best news Cronyn has heard in some time. Thinkingabout Feb 2014 #12

Vogon_Glory

(9,125 posts)
3. An Opportunity Opens And We're Stuck In Cuckoo-land
Thu Feb 27, 2014, 12:50 PM
Feb 2014

A golden opportunity for a serious Texas Democratic senatorial candidate arises, and the Texas Democratic Pary looks likely to be stuck in cloud-cuckoo land. So farthe leading contender in the state Democratic primary is a Lyndon Larouche Democrat and low-information Texas voters are about to cause the Gene Kelly effect to happen yet again.




For those Texas DU'ers who haven't voted yet, PLEASE vote in the primaries for someone like Ms Maxey!

rustbeltvoice

(430 posts)
6. so bloody what?
Thu Feb 27, 2014, 01:08 PM
Feb 2014

All three names mentioned above are of people not colloquially worth a bucket of piss.

Stockman, unless he does something maniacally stupid, will be nothing but a footnote in years to come. Cornyn is an evil-hearted creep.

Cruz, in years to come, by some historians will have an interesting paragraph, or chapter written about him. Cruz has both delusions and ambitions beyond the average political critter, but he is nuts. We are talking wacko, he is in the establishment party, and he worked the establishment route (including Princeton), and he has no problem with irritating his fellow Republicans.

Cruz makes interesting eruptions in a day's disposable "news", but he chips away at his own foundation.

Dopers_Greed

(2,640 posts)
11. As much as I can't stand the wingnuts
Thu Feb 27, 2014, 02:34 PM
Feb 2014

The Baggers are providing me so much entertainment that I'm almost glad they're around.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
12. Bet this is some of the best news Cronyn has heard in some time.
Thu Feb 27, 2014, 02:35 PM
Feb 2014

Cronyn might be a creep but better than Stockman.

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