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WED OCT 16, 2013 AT 10:00 AM PDT
Ted Cruz caves on shutdown, but calls it a personal win
byJoan McCarter
@SabrinaSiddiqui
he made this announcement during a mini-press conference deliberately held while McConnell was speaking on the floor.
@mmurraypolitics
and the stunner:
@igorvolsky
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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/16/1247889/-Ted-Cruz-caves-on-shutdown-but-calls-it-a-personal-win
UPDATES:
as reported by The Guardian:
Asked how Boehner gets out of this mess, a GOP lawmaker close to Boehner responded, With a clear, consistent history of what actually happened. to remind everybody we had a grand strategy until Cruz played the stupid card.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/16/us-debt-limit-brink-shutdown-senate-deal-live
icing, can i have some icing, please?
The markets are still up quite a ways up, Guardian business correspondent Dominic Rushe reports:
The Dow Jones rose over 200 points (1.35%) by late morning, erasing yesterday's 133-point loss. The S&P 500 rose over 23 points (1.38%) and the Nasdaq 25 points (0.18%).
Read the full piece here:
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/oct/16/us-markets-deal-default-debt-ceiling-shutdown
treestar
(82,383 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)William769
(55,148 posts)Arkana
(24,347 posts)Personal gain. They shut down the government and attempted to destroy our credit rating to fill their campaign coffers. Nothing more.
chelsea0011
(10,115 posts)Turbineguy
(37,392 posts)everybody over 65 to sign his Defund Medicare petition.
Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)No wait . . it's just Ted Cruz' political ambitions.
Gawd, I'll bet that sonovabitch stinks.
jsr
(7,712 posts)Gothmog
(145,794 posts)It has been a good month for Carnival Cruz from a financial standpoint
jsr
(7,712 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]Treat your body like a machine. Your mind like a castle.[/center][/font][hr]
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)...ran on the rocks and capsized. He will be re-floated, but will only be a smashed, muddy, wreck.
Gothmog
(145,794 posts)In three week period following Cruzs speech even as GOPs national approval ratings plummeted conservatives frantically built their fundraising lists and campaign coffers. In the last quarter, Cruzs political action committee raised in $797,000, nearly twice what it pulled in the quarter prior, and Heritage Action which has pressured conservatives to vote against any bill that does not undermine Obamcare collected $330,000.
Unfortunately, the rest of the country hasnt fared nearly as well. Economists predict that the country lost thousands of jobs, billions in economic output, diminished consumer confidence, and the prospect of a lower credit rating.
regnaD kciN
(26,045 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)Wolfie said it about 10 minutes ago.
ruffburr
(1,190 posts)An Anchor spot on faux news
Blue Owl
(50,547 posts)That stands for "Poor Ted Cruzer"
Fuck him.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)"I got into the end zone".