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Carville: Cruz is ‘the most talented and fearless Republican politician’ in 30 years
Democratic strategist James Carville on Sunday praised tea party-backed Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) as “the most talented and fearless Republican politician” in the last 30 years. In a panel discussion on Sunday, ABC News host George Stephanopoulos noted that recent news reports indicated that Cruz had been examining a possible…
WATCH LIVE: Sarah Palin, Ted Cruz, Rick Santorum and Rick Perry address NRA Leadership Forum
Watch live as conservative lawmakers past and present address attendees at the NRA’s annual leadership forum, courtesy of NBC News:…
Jon Stewart mocks Ted Cruz: He is nothing but a dirty syrup-guzzler
On his show Wednesday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart savagely mocked “wacko-bird” Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas. Noting Cruz was now considered the most hated legislator in the Senate, Stewart joked “that’s like being the lowest rated show on NBC.” “He’s American as apple pie that the…
Ted Cruz: ‘I am a very, very proud wacko bird’
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who calls himself a “proud wacko bird,” told CBS News that President Barack Obama was plotting to make immigration reform fail so that Democrats could campaign on it in 2014 and 2016. In an interview that aired on Wednesday, Cruz explained to CBS reporter Jan Crawford…
Cruz called Sandy aid ‘pork’ but wants ‘all available resources’ after Texas blast
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) says that he is prepared to make “all available resources” available from the federal government to assist in the recovery after an explosion at a fertilizer plant in Texas — but the senator voted against aid for victims of Hurricane Sandy earlier because he said it…
Ted Cruz: Joe McCarthy comparisons mean ‘we’re doing something right’
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) says that he must be “doing something right” when critics compare him to Sen. Joe McCarthy, a Republican politician who was officially censured in the 1950s for using false accusations of communism to smear opponents. In a February report, The New York Times noted that Sen.…
Ted Cruz: Multiple sclerosis commemoration is part of a Democratic plot to ‘malign’ me
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) says that news that he blocked a resolution to commemorate Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week is a plot by Democrats to “malign” him. As Politico noted on Tuesday, the Senate passes hundreds of ceremonial resolutions each year to commemorate things like the 10-year anniversary of the loss…
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz backtracks on the meaning of the Constitution during assault weapons ban hearing
Texas Senator and Tea Party spokesman Ted Cruz has been caught in a huge contradiction regarding the Constitution and the proposed assault weapons ban bill, according to the blog People for the American Way. Cruz, who is now infamous for his failed attempt at lecturing Senator Dianne Feinstein yesterday about…
Ted Cruz toasts Breitbart as a ‘great and fearless leader’ at CPAC
At an event for bloggers at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Thursday night, tea party-backed Sen. Ted Cruz (R-SC) toasted the late conservative activist Andrew Breitbart as a “great and fearless leader.” Following a confrontation with Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA) over guns at a Senate Judiciary Committee, Cruz…
Coulter on Sen. Feinstein: ‘Liberal women should not be able to hold office’
Reacting to Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-CA) blunt reply to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on gun control, Republican pundit and author Ann Coulter exclaimed on Thursday night that the whole conversation makes her think “liberal women should not be able to hold office” in the United States. She explained that her…
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