In response to The Ted Cruz Persona: Excellent analysis, Joel. While Cruz’s appearance managed to squeeze in the facts surrounding ObamaCare (“#1 jobkiller) and the reality of the shutdown (no, Jay, it wasn’t Republicans’ choice!), I still found it rather
Some merriment has been directed at DNC chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz claiming that ObamaCare is a big net positive which Democrats will aggressively run on in 2014. There’s always the chance they’ll be able to make a successful pitch to the heavily-subsidized
Ted Cruz’s appearance last week on The Tonight Show was generally judged a success. He did very well in defending his record, and his position on controversial issues such as gay marriage, which the audience applauded. Yet there was something slightly
A lewd sexual proposition on Twitter prompted Cher to demean Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Friday by calling him an “asshole.” .@directionercunt Ask Ted Cruz, He’s an asshole Too! Its a Marriage Made in Heaven — Cher (@cher) November 8, 2013
On Friday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) went on the Tonight Show and said Ronald Reagan would feel at home in today’s conservative movement, comparing the grassroots revolution that has powered his rise with that of the 1970s that Reagan led.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is leading a bipartisan group of lawmakers to call on Secretary of State John Kerry to use the Geneva platform at which he will be opening negotiations with Iran to force the Iranian government to release
Twenty-three U.S. Senator’s in an effort led by Senator Ted Cruz, sent a bipartisan letter to the President, this week, urging him to call for the release of Pastor Saeed Abedini, an American citizen who has been imprisoned for more than
Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood’s mockery of the ObamaCare web site didn’t just ignite the crowd during Wednesday’s CMA Awards telecast. It represented a cultural nudge that could resonate long after the lyrics to ObamaCare by Morning fade from memory.
Obama traveled to Dallas, Texas, today to promote his “signature achievement” in Ted Cruz’s territory. He spoke at the Temple Emanu-El to approximately 75 volunteers from the Dallas Area Interfaith Coalition. Defending ObamaCare and lashing out at critics – as is
After immense pressure from the conservative movement, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) has walked back its efforts to attack the Senate Conservatives Fund (SCF). At a press conference on Tuesday, NRSC executive director Rob Collins complimented SCF’s work against
Rush Limbaugh: “I know that it’s an effort to undermine everything I believe. They attacked Palin, they attacked Ollie [North], they attacked Clarence Thomas, they’re attacking us-me!”
Author Terry McMillan took her GOP-bashing rhetoric to HuffPost Live this week, trashing Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) as an “Uncle Tom” for standing against the Dream Act. McMillan, the mind behind Waiting to Exhale and other bestsellers, also threw the
In response to Krauthammer: The Great Translator: It’s one of the ironies of my writing career that after reading Krauthammer for years, the first time I had occasion to quote him was when I spectacularly disagreed with him. I even
I’m working my way through Charles Krauthammer’s Things That Matter, a collection of his columns over the past three decades. The book’s publication has provided the occasion for some much-deserved appreciation of the man, whose personal story is remarkable and
The National Republican Senate Committee, the GOP campaign arm responsible for Senate elections, has decided to use its political power to block consulting firm Jamestown Associates from receiving political work from GOP candidates or incumbents. Jamestown’s “sin” is working with
In a speech Saturday night in Iowa, Sen. Chuck Schumer joined those clamoring for Hillary Clinton to be president in 2016. Schumer endorsed her and also pontificates that if the GOP lets the Tea Party dominate their agenda, they will
1,500 to 2,000 supporters of Senator Mike Lee, waving American flags and holding home-made signs, gave a ten minute ovation to their favorite Senator at a rally in Salt Lake City, Saturday morning, to counter the media narrative that ‘his constituents
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) “stands for everything America doesn’t” and the Republican Party would end if the GOP nominated Cruz to be their candidate for president in 2016. In an interview with MSNBC’s
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) will travel to South Carolina on November 5 to speak at a Renewal Project event with pastors in what is arguably the most important Republican presidential primary state. This will be Cruz’s first trip to the Palmetto
On Wednesday, The New Yorker printed a piece from film critic David Denby on Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX). Written about any Democrat, the piece surely would have been spiked for offensive quasi-racism. “When Ted Cruz lies, he appears to be
Bill Maher believes that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) will beat Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie for the presidential nomination in 2016. “He is the guy they think finally stood up to the establishment and did what he said and
The recent political clash over ObamaCare, the government budget and the debt ceiling exposed a widening rift between the Tea Party and the GOP establishment. The fight for power in the Beltway is no longer simply between traditional political parties.
It’s a new political rite of passage for presidential contenders–spending quality time with the likes of Jay Leno, David Letterman and Jimmy Fallon. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) may not have thrown his hat into the presidential ring quite yet, but he’s
