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Peter King goes after Ted Cruz

Well, it appears at least one Congressional Republican has enough brass to go after Ted Cruz - the main force behind the government shutdown.

In a recent interview, New York Congressman Peter King said the following about the shutdown and Senator Cruz:

"Instead we look like the crazies. Shutting down the government, throwing barricades against the White House, and having Ted Cruz reading Dr. Seuss, this is like the theater of the absurd. Except that it's serious."

and

"I don't mean this in an egotistical way, I'm the only one who's been going after Cruz by name. And there's a purpose for that, because this is going to come back again in two to three months, whether it's January 15 or February 7 or whatever, there's going to be a threat of another shutdown.

And he's going to be coming back, rewriting history, saying, 'We were on the verge of victory back in October, and we could have won if we'd just stayed in there another week.' And he's going to have phone calls being made, and he's going to have town hall meetings. And he's going to have all those support groups out there, threatening to downgrade people on their scorecards and all that stuff."

and

"I think it's important for people in the Republican Party around the country not to just come in at the end and say, 'Congress was dysfunctional,' or 'Congress screwed up.' That's too easy to do. Say who it was. Because it wasn't Congress. It was one person who was able to steamroll Congress and unless we target him for what he is, he's going to do it again. So I'm hoping other Republicans will join me and start going after this guy, and say we're not going to let it happen again."

The ever so delusional Cruz said this prior to the Senate's vote yesterday:

"Unfortunately, the Senate chose not to follow the House and in particular, we saw real division among Senate Republicans. That was unfortunate. I would point out that had Senate Republicans united and supported House Republicans, the outcome of this, I believe, would have been very, very different. I wish that had happened, but it did not."

Cruz is both right and wrong with his statement. He's wrong in thinking that if the Senate Republicans had followed the House's lead, that it would have led to "defunding" or delaying Obamacare. Once again, that's delusional. The Democrats control the Senate and the White House. Does Cruz really think President Obama is going to agree to defund, delay, or repeal Obamacare? Give me a break... However, Cruz is unintentionally right, in that things would have been very different if GOP members of the Senate followed those in the House's lead. We would have experienced what many economists and investors alike called an economic-apocalypse. If Cruz thinks his 14% approval rating and the GOP's 24% approval rating are low now, just wait to see how far they drop if they forced us to miss our deadline last night, sending us to default. If there was such a thing as negative approval ratings, I believe they would have experienced them.

I give Representative King credit for standing up to Senator Cruz and I sincerely hope, for the overall health, sanity, and well-being of this country, more Congressional Republicans follow his lead.

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2013/10/8534689/pete-king-calls-republican-war-ted-cruz

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