Ted Cruz you can love him or you can hate him, But he is no idiot that the media and the left try to paint him as
he knows exactly what he is doing. Sen. Cruz is playing a year long game of chess as the left and the media is playing a short game of checkers
Before I continue lets look at Sen. Cruz resume
graduated from Second Baptist High School in Houston as valedictorian
graduated cum laude from Princeton University
Cruz attended Harvard Law School, graduating magna cum laude in 1995 with a Juris Doctor
After graduating from Princeton, Cruz attended Harvard Law School, graduating magna cum laude in 1995 with a Juris Doctor. While at Harvard Law, Cruz was a primary editor of the Harvard Law Review, and executive editor of the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, and a founding editor of the Harvard Latino Law Review. Referring to Cruz's time as a student at Harvard Law, Professor Alan Dershowitz said, "Cruz was off-the-charts brilliant." At Harvard Law, Cruz was a John M. Olin Fellow in Law and Economics.
His resume runs circles around the one the left triumphs as the smartest man in the room. Mr. Cruz is no idiot
so now we need to ask why is he doing what he is doing? he has to know he wont win he is not going to be able to get Obama care repealed.
Its all about 2014 not for him he isn't up for reelection even if he is he is from Texas a red state. its for the 5 seats the republicans need to take over the senate. also a chance to get rid of some of the senate rinos
we have 6 senate democrats that are in for an uphill battle to keep their senate seats
here they are with the increase of of health insurance premium rates for a 27 year old male for each of their states
Alaska: Mark Begich, D
health insurance rates increased by 117%
Arkansas: Mark Pryor, D
health insurance rates increased by 247%
Louisiana: Mary L. Landrieu, D
health insurance rates increased by 108%
North Carolina: Kay Hagan, D
health insurance rates increased by 267%
South Dakota: Tim Johnson,
health insurance rates increased by 158%
West Virginia: Jay Rockefeller, D
health insurance rates increased by ?
as you can see those senators are from red and purple states and they will have a lot of explaining to do with their constituents that they not just voted for Obama care the first time but also voted to keep it funded after they were aware of the cost to the people in their state
And for the Rino's what can I say this is what is wrong with the republican party we have to many democrats in it. what Cruz just did is smoke them out and they to will have some explaining to do when they are primaried coming in 2014 by more courageous and principled republicans that will do what they promised their voters what they would do. Ever republican ran on the platform of getting rid of Obama care