How McConnell outfoxed Ted Cruz

[Disir]

“We had to be prepared,” said John Thune of South Dakota, the No. 3 Senate Republican. “He’s running for national office. He’s got a different endgame than we do. There are things we have to do here. We’ve got to fund the government every year.”

By moving to quarantine Cruz from the rest of the conference over the past three months, the majority leader demonstrated that he’s learned the lessons of the Cruz-backed government shutdown in 2013 and the Texas senator’s rogue strategy last winter that helped Democrats confirm a raft of judges in the lame duck session. In doing so, McConnell cemented his position atop the Senate GOP, dashing any hopes among House Republicans, or conservative activists, that his future might be in doubt.

The message is clear: McConnell isn’t going anywhere, and everyone in the Senate knows it. Even Cruz won’t say he should resign.


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No drama queening here!

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

"How McConnell outfoxed Ted Cruz"

Which isn't difficult to do.

It's always impossible to tell with republicans, of course, and McConnell is as much a tedious partisan hack as any other republican – but it appears as if the Majority Leader has learned his lesson, that credit rating downgrades, sequesters, and government shutdowns hurt only the GOP, hurt republican chances of gaining the WH come 2017, and most importantly to him hurt McConnell's chances of remaining Majority Leader after 2016 – something that is increasingly becoming unlikely.

 

[DarkFury]

McConnel can be taken out with a no confidence vote anytime. He has out foxed no one.

 

[tinydancer]

Cruz doesn't have to. We have her.



There hit a certain point in time when there wasn't worth the money any more. Couldn't take out old Mitch. Politics.

But today is a new game.

 

[tinydancer]

This is gloves off politics. This is ECW.

 

[daws101]

McConnel can be taken out with a no confidence vote anytime. He has out foxed no one.

defending your boyfriend ?

 

[Disir]

"How McConnell outfoxed Ted Cruz"

Which isn't difficult to do.

It's always impossible to tell with republicans, of course, and McConnell is as much a tedious partisan hack as any other republican – but it appears as if the Majority Leader has learned his lesson, that credit rating downgrades, sequesters, and government shutdowns hurt only the GOP, hurt republican chances of gaining the WH come 2017, and most importantly to him hurt McConnell's chances of remaining Majority Leader after 2016 – something that is increasingly becoming unlikely.

I am not a McConnell fan but this whole theater stuff does not work. In fact, it has cost tax payers quite a bit for a show.