The GOP House Has a Mandate Too

[Pressing-On]

Ted Cruz has a mandate and I like it, if he is serious about it. We shall see.

Asked where he sees common ground with Obama, Cruz responded: “It depends if we have the president from the campaign trail or the president from the last four years in office. I can tell you, speaking personally, and I obviously can’t speak for anyone other than myself, if the president is serious about tackling the grave fiscal and economic challenges in this country, about reducing our debt and deficit and getting people back to work, I will happily work with him.”

“On the other hand,” Cruz continued, “if he insists on continuing down this same path of more and more spending, more and more debt, higher taxes and more regulation, than I intend to work day and night to stop us from continuing down that path because I think that path has been and would be deeply damaging to the economic strength of our nation and deeply damaging to the millions of Americans trying to find jobs.”

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[Light]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

Ted Cruz has a mandate and I like it, if he is serious about it. We shall see.

He has no intention of working with the president.

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by Light

He has no intention of working with the president.

I think that is a good thing. A divided government can bring good results, i.e., a powerful incentive to agree to the least powerful demands of the other side.

Bipartisanship has brought us things like (to name a few):

• No Child Left Behind
• Freddie and Fannie
• McCain-Feingold
• Federal intrusion in our education system
• unfunded prescription drug entitlement
• most appropriations bills

[deacon blues]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

They are already trotting out 2016 possibilities before they have fixed what is wrong. That has nothing to do with the "business as usual" in Congress or every day legislating right now. That's a given - the band plays on.... And yes they do need to start working on a re-branding. They need to start now if they think they will be able to win anything in 2016. Romney's campaign and loss did major damage to the party.

Everyone pronounced the Democrats dead after the 2004 election. Kerry lost, the Dems lost House and Senate seats. In 2006 they regained control of both chambers, got Obama elected in 2008 and reelected this year. They bounced back fine after losing convincingly. Shoot everyone said conservatism was dead in 2008 and they came roaring back in 2010 to regain the House and gain seats in the Senate.

This too shall pass.

[deacon blues]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

Ted Cruz has a mandate and I like it, if he is serious about it. We shall see.

Cruz is exactly right.

[scotty]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

El Numero Uno: Don't call yourself a "severe" conservative when you ain't.

If they can get past that one, we can proceed to El Numero Dos.

Here is what Im afraid of.
There are too few 'severe' conservative voters or even conservative voters to elect a truely conservative president.

I think the 'mainstream' america has done moved too far center.

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by scotty

Here is what Im afraid of.
There are too few 'severe' conservative voters or even conservative voters to elect a truely conservative president.

I think the 'mainstream' america has done moved too far center.

So, you think 3 million evangelicals stayed home from voting for a "severe" conservative? I don't think so. They probably just don't like liars. Many voted for Romney for what they hoped he would be, not for what he really was.

We are back to El Numero Uno - Don't call yourself a "severe" conservative when you ain't.

If they can get past that one, we can proceed to El Numero Dos.

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by deacon blues

Cruz is exactly right.

Yes, I agree.

[scotty]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

So, you think 3 million evangelicals stayed home from voting for a "severe" conservative? I don't think so. They probably just don't like liars. Many voted for Romney for what they hoped he would be, not for what he really was.

We are back to El Numero Uno - Don't call yourself a "severe" conservative when you ain't.

If they can get past that one, we can proceed to El Numero Dos.

I think thats too simplistic. ALL politicians lie, we know this. They will say what they think the people want to hear to get elected.

I too would like to know the truth about why the 3 million stayed home. I wish they would poll them. My fear is that the 3 million just said; to heck with it.

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by scotty

I think thats too simplistic. ALL politicians lie, we know this. They will say what they think the people want to hear to get elected.

I too would like to know the truth about why the 3 million stayed home. I wish they would poll them. My fear is that the 3 million just said; to heck with it.

OMG!!!!! - they stayed home because they didn't think the Republicans were going to do anything different and they didn't see much difference in the two candidates. Romney's favorable ratings were among the lowest for a presidential candidate. Why? Because, he flip-flopped so often, you couldn't make heads nor tails of where he really stood or where he would stand once elected. I mean, what in the heck else is there to say, Scot-tay?!!!

NOW everyone is interviewing and asking NEWT what happened and what we need to do! Good grief! Call the solutions guy now after you made sure he wouldn't be in a place to effect change. This country is running on stupid.