John McCain is a worthless piece meat that should be retired and composted. He is worst than Schumer

By the way, we need to work together to primary RINO Graham in 2014.

I know Tbone…it’s truly getting pretty sad.

Dr Ben Carson is THE MAN! He ripped into Obama’s policies with Obama ten feet away!

Liberals and their media allies love the Senate because, historically, it has been the body in which “conservatives” bend the knee to the Statist agenda. Those same liberals and liberal-aligned media voices loath Senator Cruz because he refuses to bow. Keep at it, Senator! You are a hero to all of us who want to see our Senators fighting the good fight. And amidst the media maelstrom, remember– if the the Left is hurling rocks at you, it only means that you are doing something right.

God bless senator Cruz a defender of liberty. USA

How so? What is possibly “bad” about members of our caucus standing up for true conservative values and refusing to play the game that the Left wants them to play? What is “good” about Senators using decorum as an excuse to betray their principles? It seems to me that Senator Cruz is the model to which each and every GOP Senator should aspire.

Why not malign Hagel’s character, Mac? Isn’t that what Kennedy did so effectively to Bork, which is why we have a verb for him? Bork’em.
Bork Hagel, and if you don’t and sit back and play “gentleman,” you will soon see Hagel dismantling the entire military of the US.

Is there any higher praise than to be labeled another “McCarthy” by the left? They’ve learned to back off of the over used “Hitler” label which reflects poorly on them for belittling the actual Holocaust by comparison. No, McCarthy is their bogeyman. And better yet, Michelle Malkin has done scholarly work to prove him a hero. We can only hope that Cruz is recognized as such DURING his term, and not until generations later.

I am going to indulge in a wee bit of hopeful speculation ( though I had seriously considered giving up the practice for Lent):

Watching Cruz’ artful dissection of Hagel at the committee hearing, I was struck by the sense that I was watching a really good poker player. He’d read Hagel’s tells; he knew that Hagel was bluffing. Specifically, I think that Cruz already possesses some of the information that he wants Hagel to divulge: videotapes of some speeches, AND the financial data on some of the organizations that have funded Hagel.

Now Cruz could have disclosed all this at the hearing, but our Ted is also a consummate politician, and recognizes that the GOP must play hardball with the Dems and the MSM; seize the media spotlight. He repeatedly made cogent requests to have the vote delayed until the information was forthcoming, only to have Chairman Levin lecture him about “fairness.” And then, our Ted had to endure a further admonition by Bill Nelson.

Cruz’ disdain for these pathetic displays of self-righteousness was apparent. Now consider how well, “sweet” it would be if, during the debate on the Senate floor, Cruz releases all the bad news on Hagel. This would end the nomination, thoroughly embarass Obama, but even more important, make Levin, Nelson, and other Sen Dems, like Schumer, look like the idiots they in fact are.

One can dream…..

Old fashioned 5! to Dan and Senator Cruz.

Sent,

Senator Cruz Sir,

Thank you!
The war is won, one battle after another, time after time, it will never stop until the LORD takes control.
In this Country you have moved to the edge of the SWORD, stay sharp, both sides will try to dull you.

It is not too early to name names, who to get behind?

how could someone possibly give this a down vote? very well stated Hafeed.

Why not malign Hagel’s character? Umm, because we’re supposed to be better.

Insinuating Hagel got paid by foreign enemies, without any evidence, was a dick move, whether republican or democrat.

What the heck does this mean? “Without naming names, Senator Barbara Boxer, Democrat of California, offered a biting label for the Texan’s accusatory crusade: McCarthyism.”

I see a name there.

Cruz is exactly what the other squishes like (without naming names) my own Senator and the senior Senator from South Carolina should be emulating.

If only Flimsy Graham had asked Secretary Clinton, “Where were you on 9/11/2012, and what did you do when and if you found out about the attack on Benghazi. Did you hear about it that night? Why or why not? Answer in short, direct sentences. And why are you withholding the names of the survivors, four months after the fact?”

If Cruz was on that committee, did he ask those questions?

So 2 Purple Hearts gets you a free pass? Why even hold hearings? And can you point to anything that suggests Cruz isn’t concerned about the economy?

Leaders, like Reagan, present vision vast majority support. So far Senator Cruz seems less driven by vision and more by the same just say no vitriol that cost us the White House and Senate. I’m a pragmatist and want to win. I see zero vision from Senator Cruz, though I don’t doubt his inflaming people’s passion. I’d prefer less passion, more vision and big wins to allow policy change.

Blind teeth and over-bite cost us the White House and Senate. We must take responsibility for why we lost and not just double down on a failed strategy, in my opinion.

Let’s see – Cruz has been a Senator for something less than a month – and you are expecting for him to present you with “Vision”?

I don’t get where this silly idea that we’re supposed to be “better” than them (i.e. eschew tactics that work and that the other side use with no hesitation and absolute impunity) comes from.

This sort of sanctimonious hand-wringing is one of many reasons the GOP gets rightly called the Stupid Party. Whenever a Democrat brings a Howitzer to a knife fight, there’s always this passel of hand-wringing sanctimonious “better than them” spewers wailing and moaning because the letter of apology the Republican brought to the knife fight just might be too “harshly” worded.

Just who the #%@! are we trying to impress?

This is not some little girls’ tea party, or soiree with the Ladies who lunch. This is a fight. The man fights – it’s ridiculous that you’re sitting and wailing that this spit polish on his shoe is smudged.

Is it too early to call for a Cruz/Daniels ticket in 2016?

Karl! Karl Rove! Is that you?

I had no question as to the small number of your IQ, hence why I did not ask.

The question I did ask is quite pertinent, was wondering which deity you pray to when requesting our reps be cowards, that they not do the job they are elected to, and that they just sit back and rubber stamp awful people into powerful positions.

By the way, if you are going to make ignorant comments that show us all your level of stupidity, do not cry when you are called ignorant.

Senator Cruz is the Washington DC establishment’s worst nightmare. He is brilliant
( graduated from Princeton and Harvard Law), honest, unafraid, and a minority. I wanted to laugh out loud when I read the criticisms of his “colleagues”. Basically they were mad because he did not sit down, shutup, and play the same absurd DC politics that have been the ruin of this country. When you twist off both sides of the aisle, you are doing something right. Texas is quite fortunate in their new Senator. Keep it up, Senator Cruz. All good reformers faced opposition, you are in good company.

Nope. It was the failure of our candidates and campaign operatives to recognize the terrain they were fighting in, and adjust their approaches accordingly.