THE BUZZ includes Ted Cruz being touted for 2016, which immediately throws the spotlight to the Republican base who decides these things. There really is no room for the Chris Christie, Jon Huntsman Republican wing if Ted Cruz is the model for who’s whipping up the faithful. From Politico: There’s no immediate downside to being [...]
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Rand Paul Threatens to Reprise Filibuster on Guns, Ted Cruz and Mike Lee to Join
Sens. Rand Paul, Ted Cruz and Mike Lee are threatening to filibuster gun-control legislation, according to a letter they plan to hand-deliver to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s office on Tuesday. [Politico] AS USUAL, the conservative gun extremists didn’t use the word “filibuster” in their letter. “We will oppose the motion to proceed to any [...]
Diane Feinstein Slams Ted Cruz’s Patronizing “Lecture” on Constitution [Video]
“Let me just make a couple of points in response,” Feinstein shot back at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. “One, I’m not a sixth grader. Senator, I’ve been on this committee for 20 years. I was a mayor for nine years. I walked in, I saw people shot. I’ve looked at bodies that have been [...]
Top Story — Rand Paul Makes Democrats Look Feckless on Civil Liberties, Should Worry GOP 2016 Hopefuls
1:27 a.m. | Updated WASHINGTON — A small group of Republicans, led by Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, stalled the Senate on Wednesday by waging a nearly 13-hour old-school, speak-until-you-can-speak-no-more filibuster over the government’s use of lethal drone strikes — forcing the Senate to delay the expected confirmation of John O. Brennan to lead the [...]
Sen. Rand Paul Filibusters John Brennan the Old Fashioned Way *Updated*
“I will speak until I can no longer speak.” – Senator Rand Paul IT BEGAN at 11:45 a.m. today. Love his politics or detest him for his literalism, Senator Rand Paul is doing it his way and at least stands for something. After the Senate Intelligence Committee forwarded President Obama’s CIA nominee John Brennan to [...]
Call Him Mr. Secretary
THE REPUBLICANS did their worst, but Vietnam war hero Chuck Hagel was confirmed today as President Obama’s Secretary of Defense. A simple majority won the day, 58-41. So, it’s finally over. The biggest loser is Jennifer Rubin, who disgraced herself and the Washington Post with her diatribes and rantings. Senator Ted Cruz was revealed for [...]
Benghazi? We’re Still Waiting for Bush and Cheney to be Held Accountable for Iraq. [Rachel Maddow Videos]
Hagel saw that, in Iraq, America was taking on an already weakened leader who the senator said probably didn’t have weapons of mass destruction, and at the same time empowering another regime (Iran) that badly wanted WMDs–a dire development further documented on Monday by The Washington Post, which reported that the Iranian-backed Shiite group Asaib [...]
Ted Cruz and Other Senate McCarthyites Ask Obama to Withdraw Hagel Nomination
“Absolutely not,” Carney told reporters at Thursday’s daily briefing when asked whether there’s any chance the Hagel nomination will be withdrawn. “Any suggestion to the contrary might have been found in the minutes of the meetings of the Friends of Hamas.” [Washington Post] FROM THE “Friends of Hamas” joke that had Republicans and other extremists [...]
Reid Schedules Vote on Hagel for Friday, Republicans Set to Filibuster *Update – HAGEL BLOCKED*
[UPDATE] Senior Democratic aides said that Hagel’s nomination does not have 60 votes at this time to overcome Republican objections before a key Friday procedural vote, leaving the nomination in limbo ahead of next week’s Senate recess. … “We do not have, at 12 o’clock today, a secretary of Defense,” Reid said. “It’s tragic they’ve [...]
What Would Ted Cruz Do If the Senate Wanted Information on his Wife’s Goldman Sachs Dealings?
IT’S A question that should be answered, since the Senate Armed Services Committee is deciding to hold Chuck Hagel to standards senators can’t meet themselves. The confirmation delay of Chuck Hagel is on precarious footing, because of the double standard the Committee has decided to impose on Hagel. It’s bad enough that the so-called “sexual [...]
Dueling Reports on Hagel, Republicans Suddenly Concerned About “Sexual Harassment” *Updated – Vote Postponed*
UPDATE: Senate committee postpones vote on Hagel confirmation From Steve Clemons, who rightly calls out senators for asking Chuck Hagel for things they themselves can’t provide. They also want financial information about donations received by and business done in the private and public firms Hagel was associated with but did not actually control. Ted Cruz’s [...]
Tea Partier Ted Cruz Plays Sean Hannity and It Turns Into a Train Wreck
THIS IS what happens when a Tea Party politician listens to too much wingnut radio, then tries to mimic one of the hosts. It ends up in a train wreck, which certainly was the case with Senator Ted Cruz when he tried to corner Chuck Hagel, but ended up causing a mess for himself. Hagel [...]
Jobs Report Weak, But It Can’t Save Republicans from Romney
The main news in this report is a marked upswing in the rate of payroll job growth. The 163,000 rate shown in this report is likely to close to the economy’s underlying growth rate at this point. Many analysts became overly optimistic as a result of the weather boosted jobs gains last winter. They then [...]
Tea Party Candidate Ted Cruz Serves Chick-fil-A at Victory Party
“Ted is not going to D.C. to make nice with the foo-foo, chi-chi cocktail crowd. He’s going to do the heavy lifting to rein in our out-of-control government.” – Palin wows The Woodlands RICK PERRY’S MAN lost in Texas on Tuesday to a rising Tea Party star Ted Cruz. I’m no expert on Texas, but [...]
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