Quote:Is the OP asking who we want to win, who we think is ahead, or who we think will win?

 

Actually, I would be interested in your perspective regarding all three of your questions.

 

Quote:I disagree. I think bucking the establishment is what he's basing his career on.

 

Once again I'll bring books into the mix.  In the opening of his book, A Time for Truth he describes how the republican establishment "expected" their colleagues to vote/act regarding the debt ceiling.  They publicly "didn't want to raise the debt ceiling" but privately they did.  In order to make senate republicans look good, they were pushing to change the rules in the senate to lower the threshold for voting on a bill and it passing from 60 to 50 senators.  That way they could all vote "no" on the bill, run home to their constituents and claim that they voted against the bill.  If they don't do that, then in order for the vote on the debt ceiling to pass, at least 5 republicans would be required to break party lines and vote "yes" on the bill.

 

In order to change the rules in the senate, it would require a 100% unanimous vote.  It got 98 yes and 02 no.  The only two with the fortitude to go against something like this were Ted Cruz and Mike Lee.  It then forced 6 republicans to vote "yes" for the debt limit increase, not a good thing politically.

 

He did it again recently.

 

Ted Cruz is certainly not the "darling" of the republican establishment.  I believe that he's genuinely trying to make a change, and I can't say that I disagree with him for that.

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