Report: Cruz Blasted By Angry GOP Colleagues In Closed-Door Meeting

[DonViejo]

TOM KLUDT – OCTOBER 3, 2013, 7:21 AM EDT

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) took heat from his Republican colleagues Wednesday in a closed-door meeting to discuss the government shutdown, Politico reported.

At the meeting that was hosted by the Senate’s conservative Steering Committee, according to the report, one GOP senator after another pressed Cruz to offer a proposal to end the shutdown. The junior senator from Texas reportedly had no solution nor could he explain how he would defund the Affordable Care Act – an effort led by Cruz and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) that served as the impetus for the current shutdown.

At one point in the meeting, Republicans pressed Cruz to tell them what he would have done had the party united behind his call to filibuster a House-passed continuing resolution to keep the defunding hopes alives. Only 19 Republicans backed Cruz's attempt to block the bill.

“He kept trying to change the subject because he never could answer the question,” an unnamed senator told Politico. “It’s pretty evident it’s never been about a strategy – it’s been about him. That’s unfortunate. I think he’s done our country a major disservice. I think he’s done Republicans a major disservice."

full article:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/report-cruz-blasted-by-angry-gop-colleagues-in-closed-door-meeting

[liberal N proud]

1. They are stating to eat each other.

[riverbendviewgal]

13. he might end up like his look and sound alike

Joe McCarthy

[charmay]

2. Typical, charge head first without a plan, and change the subject when they have no answers.

[TxDemChem]

3. Lol, they really deserve this one

Dumb asses should have NEVER let him or Lee start this mess in the first place. And they don't even have a game plan. It's all posturing!

[tridim]

5. What's that smell?

[LiberalLoner]

7. I was on that jury. Two people voted to leave it alone, no comment.

Why would anyone want to leave an obvious troll comment alone?

[New Orleans Strong]

6. Sights on 2016?

Safe to say that Senator Cruz has already lost the "Who would you rather have a beer with?" contest?

[leftynyc]

11. Even Andrea Mitchell

thinks that's the issue. He doesn't care if Congress doesn't work, he's got his sights on the White House.

[mettamega]

8. THE REAL REASON AND WHY HE COULD NOT SAY

OH my goodness An important sober read - "Ted's father, Rafael Cruz, is a pastor with Texas charismatic ministry Purifying Fire International who has been campaigning against Obamacare the last several months. He has a distinct theological vision for what America is supposed to look like: Christian dominionism." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/morgan-guyton/the-theology-of-governmen_b_4020537.html

[Randomthought]

10. Thanks for posting

I had no idea that Cruz came from this background.

[jeff47]

14. No, the real reason is he wants to be Gov of Texas

And feels that following in W and Perry's ideological footsteps is the way to go.

The Senate? Fuck 'em. He's got a governor's mansion to win.

[ZRT2209]

9. #CarnivalCruz the #ShutdownClown

[DCBob]

12. Its always easier to destroy than to build.

Terrorist mindset.

[Paladin]

15. "...it's been about him."

And you repub jerkoffs are just now realizing that? Thanks for nothing.

[habu1968]

16. Message to Cruz

You may be a big POS…but you will NEVER be POTUS.

[mountain grammy]

17. This is really a "Christian crusade" and you better believe it!

Cruz is a very dangerous man..

[MaeScott]

18. May they roast in the oven they set afire. nt

[ellie]

19. Well they are morons for listening to him

That is what they get. I hope the entire repuke party is destroyed once and for all.

[hamsterjill]

20. I do not understand how the senior senators have allowed this junior dumbass to do this.

It's really indicative of just how screwed up the Republican party is. They can't get control of their own.

The senior senators need to do more than give ole Teddy a "talking to". They need to get tough with him and get his antics under control.

No way to do that, you may ask? I call b/s. It's been happening for centuries. It's all about scratching each other's backs, etc., etc. The "more normal" Republicans (if there are any) need to put enough pressure on this idiot to shut him up and get the government back to work.

Teddy's tantrum has lasted long enough and ordinary, working class Americans are paying for his grandstanding.