Sen. Ted Cruz

[PegLeg45]

The more I read and see about this guy, the more I am liking him.
If he's being 'rebuked' by senior Senators, he must be doing at least some things right.

Ted Cruz comes out swinging

Sen. Ted Cruz lost his voice a couple days ago.

Some senators probably wish it wouldn’t come back — at least for a little while.

In six short weeks since he became the junior Texas GOP senator, the no-nonsense freshman has quickly become a lightning rod — on issues ranging from guns to Chuck Hagel’s nomination for defense secretary — upending the Senate’s conventional ways, in which freshmen typically work quietly to build bridges with their colleagues.

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Cruz’s sharp-elbowed Senate style underscores the dilemma facing Republicans as they seek a way out of the political wilderness: Rising stars like Cruz, a tea party favorite, are winning elections and GOP primaries. But their no-compromise, firebrand styles could turn off voters eager to see the two parties start making deals.

“I think he’s got unlimited potential,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said of Cruz. “But the one thing I will say to any new senator — you’re going to be respected if you can throw a punch but you also have to prove you can do a deal.”

Just this week, Cruz was rebuked by senior senators like Republican John McCain and Democrat Bill Nelson for what they considered an unfair line of questioning allegedly impugning Hagel’s patriotism. He previously ignored requests from Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) to refrain from using video clips to question Hagel during his confirmation proceedings. Many were stunned when Cruz was one of just three senators to vote against John Kerry’s nomination as secretary of state.

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More at link:

http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=61B6F25E-F19E-44FA-BFE0-1630417A2497

[Solus]

The more I read and see about this guy, the more I am liking him.
If he's being 'rebuked' by senior Senators, he must be doing at least some things right.

Absolutely.

One line from the article particularly disturbed me.

“I think he’s got unlimited potential,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said of Cruz. “But the one thing I will say to any new senator — you’re going to be respected if you can throw a punch but you also have to prove you can do a deal.”

Do a deal?

1.  If it's Wrong/Unconstitutional there should be no consideration of a 'deal'.

2.  If it doesn't matter...like what color to make the middle light of traffic signals, flip a coin...who cares?

A 'deal' sounds like you want them to do something for YOU so you will do something for THEM too.  If it doesn't fall under 1 or 2, you have no business working for it...particularly if the citizens are going to pay for it.

[tombogan03884]

Cooperating with an idiot doesn't make him any smarter it makes you as dumb as he is.

[Rastus]

Cooperating with an idiot doesn't make him any smarter it makes you as dumb as he is.

Or Just As Dirty !

[Bic]

Here's Ted's e-mail contact info:

http://www.cruz.senate.gov/contact.cfm

please tell him how much you appreciate his efforts

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[twyacht]

RINO McCain thought his questions to Sec Def candidate Hagel were "over the line"......

Grahamnesty also said personal attacks are not a proper way for a freshman Senator to behave.....

Hmmm....

Pissing off the establishment RINO's.........Good
Being called McCarthy Like by Senator Ma'am Boxer,.......Good
Sounding off like he's got a pair......Awesome

Less than two months in......Great!

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/16/us/politics/ted-cruz-runs-counter-to-courtly-ways-of-the-senate.html?_r=0

“I made promises to the people of Texas that I would come to Washington to shake up the status quo,” he said in e-mailed answers to questions, in lieu of speaking. “That is what I intend to do, and it is what I have done in every way possible in the responsibilities that have been granted to me.”

[kmitch200]

RINO McCain thought his questions to Sec Def candidate Hagel were "over the line"......

One of my senators had a thought? 
And here I didn't think this feeble minded dickweed was capable.

Last time I voted for McCain was because he was running against a Dem. Had there been another viable choice, my vote would have gone elsewhere.

[tombogan03884]

One of my senators had a thought? 
And here I didn't think this feeble minded dickweed was capable.

Last time I voted for McCain was because he was running against a Dem. Had there been another viable choice, my vote would have gone elsewhere.

Need to organize to ditch him in the primary.
Prior to 9-11 there was a movement to recall him.