It seems that "Our Ted" is making more friends on the Hill. Rep. Pete King (R-NY2) has called Cruz out for being "a fraud" who "will no longer have any influence in the Republican Party" following today's vote on a "must-pass" spending bill that includes a provision to defund "Obamacare."
The money quote, from CNN's article: "The congressman has said before that he can start ignoring the senator from Texas. He reiterated Friday that he hopes that's still the case." Because, you know, ranging the representative who represents part of Long Island, a district that favors Democratic candidates for national office by wider margins than it does Republican candidates*, against you is clearly the way to prosper one's future national political ambitions. Given that the State of New York, which is third in population, favors Democrats for national office, it becomes even more clear that Ted has really picked the right guy to piss off this time.
Of course, the deafening silence from Cruz's senior, the irrepressible John Cornyn, speaks further volumes of how Cruz is managing nothing so effectively as isolating and marginalizing himself, less than a year into his first (and only?) term. Given the Tea Party/Second-Amendment Republicans's recent fetish for recall votes as a means of "sending a message," one has to wonder whether a recall may spring up in Texas to bring Ted back home. There's still plenty of time . . .
Ted Cruz is going to wind up as friendless and alone as the other Republican firebrand from the Great White North whom he so freakishly resembles? Well, Duh!
*NY2 hasn't backed the Republican candidate for President since 1992, when George H.W. Bush took the district by the convincing margin of 40% - 40%.
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