Ted Cruz, suddenly the GOP’s biggest loser

[DonViejo]

As the ACA stabilizes and Chris Christie stumbles, the former 2016 contender slips from relevance into inanity

JOAN WALSH

Sen. Ted Cruz’s fearless crusade to defund what he calls Obamacare ended with a whimper not a bang Thursday, as the junior senator from Texas dropped his demand that the Senate vote on amendments to defund the Affordable Care Act before passing the $1.1 trillion spending bill.

“The majority leader and Senate Democrats have chosen not to listen to the American people,” Cruz said. The Senate voted 72-26 first to cut off debate, then to pass the bill.

Apparently Cruz’s Senate GOP colleagues spent the Thursday lunch hour begging him to drop his plan for a defund-Obamacare vote, according to the Washington Post’s Lori Montgomery. He still tried, but he didn’t try that hard.

Concerned that the freshman senator’s quick surrender might be interpreted as backing down – which it was – his office issued a statement later saying “he remains committed to keeping the conversation about Obamacare front and center as the law continues to harm more and more Americans by raising their premiums, canceling their plans and keeping them from their doctors.”

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http://www.salon.com/2014/01/17/ted_cruz_suddenly_the_gops_biggest_loser/

[FSogol]

1. Make it so.

[TexasTowelie]

2. There is no "suddenly" about it.

Ted Cruz is a loser.

[JNelson6563]

3. So fun to point and laugh at!

[Blue Owl]

4. Ted's launching off on his own Private Pity Cruz

Bon Voyage, Fucko!

[herding cats]

5. Rick Perry and Rick Santorum are both polling higher than he is now.

I find this both laugh provoking and reassuring to see.

Rounding out the rest of the field: Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., (7 percent); Texas Gov. Rick Perry (6 percent); former presidential candidate Rick Santorum (5 percent); Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, (5 percent); Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (4 percent); and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (3 percent).
http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/15/22316680-poll-christie-cruising-through-bridge-scandal-so-far?lite

[Gothmog]

6. I would love to see Carnival Cruz be the GOP nominee

The man is so clueless that it is funny

[DFW]

7. Does this mean.....?

That if millions of Americans get medical care they could not afford in the past, that Cruz will drop his song and dance about the ACA harming us?

(No, I did NOT mean that as a serious question!!)

[NCLefty]

8. Couldn't Cruz have placed a hold on the Senate bill that re-opened the government

if he was truly committed to forcing the de-funding of Obamacare?

It looked like he himself caved, all the while pointing the fingers at other politicians. I just bring this up to say what a phony he is, but I'm not that well versed on Senate rules so I may be misunderstanding something :p