Thread: 'Top' DC Republicans Sent Oppo Research to 'Hammer' Cruz - The GOP backstabbing game

Republicans Should Really Stop Bashing Ted Cruz

by Lonely Conservative • September 22, 2013 • 5 Comments

In case you missed it Sarah Palin has a good piece up at Breitbart about the current Obamacare battle and some of the establishment Republicans who have been stabbing Senator Ted Cruz in the back. They’re mad because they think the attempt to defund Obamacare is a waste of time that will blow up in the GOP’s faces. Maybe it will be a self-fulfilling prophecy, and they’ll have nobody to blame but themselves. Hugh Hewitt described why this fight is so important, and why Republicans who bash Cruz do so at their own peril. First of all, he notes, is that Cruz (and Senators Lee and Rubio) are amassing a database of supporters that’s really going to come in handy in 2014 and beyond.

The second, crucial advantage of forcing the Senate to act on a stripped-of-Obamacare funding bill is that it will oblige six endangered democratic incumbents to take positions on Obamacare just before it crashes into the American economy –Begich of Alaska, Hagan of North Carolina, Landrieu of Louisiana, Pryor of Arkansas, Shaheen of New Hampshire, Udall of Colorado. Either they will vote to break the filibuster in order to revive Obamacare funding or they will vote with Cruz and company. They will either thus double down on Obamacare 11 months before voting on their re-elections begins or they will flip flop on their decisive votes from 2009. Each one of them is 100% responsible for Obamacare. I hope to hear their names brought up in many speeches by GOPers in next weeks floor debates.

Many Beltway Republicans sneer at such tactics –foremost among them Bob Corker, the subject of most of my opening monologue Friday(posted by Mediaite) on the subject because of a personal, snide attack on Ted Cruz via tweet. Corker barely climbed into the Senate in 2006, and needed every conservative vote and push –including lots of talk radio help and lots of party regular support. Now, seven years into a thus-far forgettable Senate career Corker feels empowered to trash a young senator who has accomplished more in six months than he did in six years. Jealousy is not so often so openly displayed. The epitome of class, Tennessee’s Lamar Alexander, must be chagrined by the antics of his seat mate, especially as the former governor and Education Secretary is working overtime to keep the Tea party GOP on his side, and because he has been a gentleman all of his very significant career. (Full disclosure: I was a big Lamar fan and supporter in 1996.) What has happened to Bob Corker is hard to say, but six years pass quickly. It will be interesting if a President Cruz chooses to forgive and forget when Senator Corker asks for som help in his re-elect in 2018.

President Cruz? Not likely, but possible. One of 11 will be the GOP nominee. Cruz is on that list. See the Rove transcript for the other ten. Insult future nominees at your peril. Even if they don”t run much less win, the base knows and the base doesn’t forget. GOP Congressman Michael Grimm –an apparently good guy and Marine I’d never ever heard of until today– is out and about trashing Cruz today. Not a good strategy for gaining national support in a tough re-election race. Who advises these guys? Elmo? Kos?

Read the whole thing. What good is electing Republicans if they’re going to cower in fear of doing the right thing? Democrats are going to trash talk them no matter what they do, and the MSM will repeat the talking points, but they’re going to do that anyway. Do they really think they’re going to get the base to fund and volunteer for the next campaign if all they do while in office is hide and abandon conservative principles? I don’t think anyone believes this is going to be an easy fight, but it’s certainly worth fighting. And no, sending out fundraising emails saying you’re in the battle while secretly bashing the one leading the fight doesn’t count.

Cruz explained himself again this morning, and repeated his call for party unity, on Fox News Sunday. Is that too much to ask?

Here’s the video of his interview with Chris Wallace.


http://lonelyconservative.com/2013/0...hing-ted-cruz/

Twitchy

Who sent oppo research on Ted Cruz to Chris Wallace?

http://twitchy.com/2013/09/22/see-yo...chris-wallace/

‘See your filthy paw prints, Rove’ Who sent oppo research on Ted Cruz to Chris Wallace?

Posted at 12:00 pm on September 22, 2013 by Twitchy Staff | View Comments

Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter Chris Wallace says "top Republicans" sent him oppo research against Ted Cruz. Despicable. Stand together already. Do what you said!
9:38 AM - 22 Sep 2013


Matt Kibbe @mkibbe Amazing RT @amandacarpenter: Chris Wallace says "top Republicans" sent him oppo research against Ted Cruz. ... http://tmi.me/19rhUh
10:23 AM - 22 Sep 2013


Unbelievable, yet totally believable. Evidently Sen. Cruz’s spine is utterly terrifying to some Beltway-entrenched GOP establishment and the knives are out.


GuardAmerican @GuardAmerican @KarlRove I see your filthy paw prints, Rove. http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/09/22/Chris-Wallace-Top-DC-Republicans-Sent-Oppo-Research-to-Hammer-Cruz …
11:19 AM - 22 Sep 2013

Ha! It’s funny because it could be true.
Sen. Cruz appeared on “Fox News Sunday” and Chris Wallace divulged this douche-tastic information:


Sam Stein ✔ @samsteinhp Chris Wallace says he got unsolicited oppo research from Republicans when word came out that he was interviewing Ted Cruz
9:38 AM - 22 Sep 2013


Sean Rushton @SGR1973 Chris Wallace: "As soon as we listed Ted Cruz as our guest this week, I got questions and research from Republicans about Ted Cruz." #unity
10:27 AM - 22 Sep 2013

Citizens are fed up.

Peyton James @peytonjames I am SO THROUGH with that damn Republican party...'Top' DC Republicans Sent Oppo Research to 'Hammer' Cruz. http://shar.es/K3pqH #tcot
11:30 AM - 22 Sep 2013


Mike Castle @corardendo Time to clean out the "GOP"! 'Top' DC Republicans Sent Oppo Research to 'Hammer' Cruz http://shar.es/K3gMI via @Breitbart news
11:28 AM - 22 Sep 2013


Jon McC @fatdaddybulldog This crap pisses me off! 'Top' DC Republicans Sent Oppo Research to 'Hammer' Cruz http://shar.es/K3gQP via @BreitbartNews
11:27 AM - 22 Sep 2013


Jeanie Dreamer @JDreamer731 #GOP no clue to power of grassroots! Let @SenTedCruz & GOP know we choose CRUZ. Courageous leadership! http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/09/22/Chris-Wallace-Top-DC-Republicans-Sent-Oppo-Research-to-Hammer-Cruz?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter …


Bingo. Talk about out of touch!


Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter No need for infighting. We all oppose Obamacare, right? We all support defunding, yes? So let's do it!

1. 9:39 AM - 22 Sep 2013
   
   
   Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter
2. No need for infighting. We all oppose Obamacare, right? We all support defunding, yes? So let's do it!

1. Karla @teaitup8

@amandacarpenter @KarlRove Rove is upset that Cruz and Lee didn't consult RINOs of their plan. And THAT is exactly why I like Cruz and Lee!
9:45 AM - 22 Sep 2013

Yep. There is no indication yet that Rove was one of the “top Republicans.” But, looky here:


FoxNewsSunday ✔ @FoxNewsSunday .@KarlRove: This was a strategy laid out by #SenMikeLee and #SenTedCruz without any consultation. #FNS #GovtShutdown
9:39 AM - 22 Sep 2013

Hmm. Filthy Rove paw all over this one? You decide.


Jason Johnson @jasonsjohnson Rove Fox News Sunday Cruz attack translation: How dare Cruz bypass DC ruling class & engage Americans to #DefundIt For this Cruz must pay.
10:41 AM - 22 Sep 2013

In the meantime, Cruz isn’t backing down and he offered up this hard truth.

FoxNewsSunday ✔ @FoxNewsSunday .@SenTedCruz on criticism from fellow GOP members: We have a problem with career politicians on both sides of the aisle. #FNS
9:10 AM - 22 Sep 2013


Precisely. Keep holding their feet to the fire, Sen. Cruz. We have your back.


http://twitchy.com/2013/09/22/see-yo...chris-wallace/