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Terminator Ted Most Hated Man in America? or Spark for 2014 Rebelution?

October 9, 2013 05:00

Senator Ted Cruz: “.. the fight we’re engaged in right now is THE most important fight for Republicans to win politically in 2014. You look at the past four elections, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012. Three of the last four were disasters for Republicans and they were years in which we stayed quiet, we went along to get along and we didn’t stand on principle. The only year that was a good year for Republicans was 2010 when we painted in bold colors, not pale pastels. We stood for principle. I think winning this fight right now is the most important thing we can do to see significant victories in 2014,”

“but secondly …

There’s a very natural instinct for someone watching an impasse to say well both parties are at fault. The problem is in this instance you’ve got the House of Representatives that is repeatedly compromising. It has compromised on Obamacare starting from wanting to repeal it to going to defunding it to going to delaying to going to just delaying the individual mandate and the congressional exemption. Throughout it all, president Obama and the Democrats have said they won’t negotiate, they will not compromise, they want 100% of everything.

When you’ve got one party refusing even to talk and the other party is trying to compromise that’s what leads to the problem.”