Morning Briefing
For September 26, 2013
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1. The Disconnect
There is a real and genuine disconnect
between grassroots conservatives and many in Washington. Let’s first
concede that, like with many politicians, a cult of personality has
started developing around Ted Cruz, though from my vantage point it is
not nearly as virulent as among some. But, there are some who, should
Cruz fall flat on his face, would declare it all part of the plan and
attack anyone who pointed out he wasn’t supposed to do that.
Cruz, in his filibuster, quoted Teddy
Roosevelt’s “Man in the Arena” speech. He noted that credit belongs to
the man in the arena “who errs, who comes short again and again, because
there is no effort without error and shortcoming.”
Cruz isn’t infallible. He admits it. But then
his critics are not infallible either. Cruz, for all the flaws of his
strategy, has articulated one. Other Republicans have not. They’ve only
declared Cruz’s strategy, which is an actual strategy, isn’t really one
because they don’t like it. John McCain, following Cruz on the floor of
the Senate, declared surrender on Obamacare. Much of the base believes
that privately the bulk of the GOP has given up.
There is also a Cult of Destruction intent on
stamping out Ted Cruz as quickly as possible — often on the pretty lame
grounds that he just isn’t honoring the well established rules of the
Senate that never favor the bold or those willing to lead. Cruz is
unwilling to play the game the way others have played it. The
Establishment likes to punish that sort. In ages past, there was no
twitter or Facebook to defend the boat rockers.
The base looks at Democrats after 2004 and
don’t see a party that gave up, but doubled down against George W. Bush.
They see a Republican Party that, after 2012, walked off the field.
They walked off too. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
2. The Great Big GOP Establishment Obamacare Lie
Among
the many insightful things Ted Cruz said during his historic filibuster
through the night was that there is no honesty in the Republican Party. He
noted that it would be better to have a Senate full of Republicans like
Mike Lee and Democrats like Bernie Sanders – people who actually
believe what they say, and are honest and open about it. What
he meant to say is that most of Washington is full of finger lickin’
frauds like Mitch McConnell, John Cornyn, and Harry Reid. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
3. Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) Leaves Americans at the Mercy of Obama’s EPA
Somber
news came out of AAA this week: the nationwide average price per gallon
for gasoline has been above $3.00 for over 1,000 days straight. This is a
new and unprecedented record and undoubtedly one of the unsung reasons
why the national economy continues to flounder in what the Obama
Administration embarrassingly champions as a recovery.
The
implications of this unsavory distinction are obvious to average
American business owners and families that are stuck holding bigger
bills for everything from groceries to utilities. Yet, apparently, some
members of Congress think almost 3 years of record high prices for a
commodity as essential as gasoline just isn’t enough. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
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Erick Erickson
Editor-in-Chief, RedState
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