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Ted Cruz’s problem

December 16, 2014 by

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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) may be considering running for presidents in 2016. He has done some things generally seen as positive. But we think he’s burned too many bridges to realistically have a chance to get the nomination. For one thing, he is occasionally uncivil. We’ve cited him. (search Cruz on our home page) There […]

No credibility for Sen. Cruz in Israeli flight suspension

July 24, 2014 by

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President Obama has denied a charge that the FAA decision to suspend U.S. airlines from traveling to Israel was political. Sen. Ted Cruz had made the charge after the FAA  halted the flights following the shooting down of a Malaysian airliner, killing the nearly 300 people aboard.

Texas senator makes indefensible remarks

November 20, 2013 by

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Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), in an appearance on CNN’s “New Day,” said that the Democrats are thinking only about politics in trying to make “band-aid fixes” to the Affordable Care Act that wouldn’t

‘Respect’ at the start of today’s interview programs

October 20, 2013 by

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Civility came up early in the Sunday talk shows this morning when Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Regarding the debate over the

After the financial crisis, more partisanship & hopeful analysis

October 17, 2013 by

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(Dan Pfeiffer, who is mentioned below, is pictured) Some random comments to the media today: Ron Brownstein of the National Journal predicted on MSNBC that the crisis may delegitimize the use of threats and result in less confrontation. Wishful thinking. We only

More attempted insults by Schultz

October 11, 2013 by

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MSNBC commentator Ed Schultz tried again today to put down Republicans on his late afternoon talk show. If we post once more about his demeaning language, we’ll

Cruz: Too much politics except when the GOP wants in

October 6, 2013 by

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Appearing this morning on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) ventured into the issue of how politics is involved in the current partial government shutdown. While discussing whether there’s an easy way out of

Chris Matthews echoes Cruz mistake

October 2, 2013 by

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The MSNBC host spoke today on Geraldo Rivera’s nationally syndicated radio program. He quoted Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) as saying, “By January, They’re going to love this thing. They ll be addicted to the

Cruz can’t expect support amid his misstatements

September 29, 2013 by

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Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s overnight-plus talkathon on the Senate floor was seen as courageous by many like-minded politicians. It does certainly take a deep commitment to his position to sustain an effort like that. But

How questionable are these statements by NYC’s GOP mayoral choice, Cruz and Paul?

September 25, 2013 by

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The Republican mayoral candidate in New York City adjusted the facts today. Joe Lhota, (his Twitter picture shown) former chairman of the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority and former deputy mayor under Rudolph Guiliani, commented on whether the controversial

Sen. Cruz tells a lie about poll on defunding Obamacare

September 22, 2013 by

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Sen. Ted Cruz,(R-TX) one  of the strongest supporters of killing the Affordable Care Act,  misstated what the latest Rasmussen poll said about defunding the program. On Fox News Sunday, Cruz (R-TX) said 71% of the public want to