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Ted Cruz claimed victory. His future is made. Sure he'll run for President. And just like Gingrich he knows he won't get into the White House but he'll have such a wonderful future as a political guest/mouthpiece afterwards. Huckabee got a tv show, and Gingrich is on CNN with a round table panel. Michael Steele is on MSNBC.

 

Stupid for everyone who isn't Ted Cruz. He's as full of it as Limbaugh and Beck and Coulter etc. And he'll make lots of money for it and retain lots of fame for it.

 

Looks like Cruz has given up on this battle, will not filibuster the emerging Senate deal. Looks like this thing will pass.

 

Oh, I wouldn't get too bent over it. By the end of the day President Obama and everyone other politician above ground will probably be claiming "victory" as well.

 

Obama does deserve victory. The only changes to Obamacare to come out of this whole thing are:

1. A re-statement of already existing requirements for income verification

2. Delaying a tax that major labor unions were the most upset about (I'm still trying to see if even this is in the final deal)

 

Obama's either crying tears of frustration or laughing insanely right about now.

 

No he won't, he's foreign born.

 

When will Ted Cruz show us his real birth certificate?

 

To American parents (at least I think his Cuban-born father was a U.S. citizen by then; Wikipedia is unhelpful). George Romney ran for President and he was born in Mexico to American parents.

 

Ted Cruz is Justin Bieber in a fat suit!

Get it, cuz they're both Canadian.

 

Eh. At least that means a Republican didn't get it. Not a Booker fan.

 

81-18 in the Senate
(Cruz, Rubio, Paul all voted No... all No votes were Republicans)

285-143 in the House
(198 Democrats voted Yes... 0 Democrats voted No...
87 Republicans voted Yes... 143 Republicans voted No [including Paul Ryan)





Shutdown to end. Default likely to be averted.

But Republicans are already getting ready for "next time"... which is only a couple months from now.



House Democrats offered to help Boehner keep his Speakership, in exchange for deal:
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/10/john-boehner-democrats-debt-ceiling-deal-speakership

Mitch McConnell snuck in $3 BILLION of pork for a dam project in his state:
http://news.yahoo.com/congressional...llion-for-kentucky-dam-project-001012679.html

 

"boo hoo! sniffle sniffle...we did it! blub blub!"

 

Map of the House Republicans who voted No (to let default happen):

 

The Senators were all the usual suspects too. Who, thanks to gerrymandering, are probably assured their jobs in the mid-terms next year. Not too terribly surprised at McConnell's actions. Reid probably let it slide in order to get his vote and all but the votes of the 18 Republicans that voted no.

 

Senators are removed from gerrymandering, no? Its a statewide election, so the borders are fixed.

 

Did anyone else catch this?

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/10/17/stenographer-snaps-rants-on-house-floor/?hpt=hp_t2

I don't know if it is more funny or disturbing.

 

I'm surprised more people haven't snapped like that on both sides.

 

Double post because my edit time ran out.

I know McConnell's being primaried already, but does anybody else think that the Tea Party is already plotting to primary any of the Republicans who maybe up for reelection next year, who voted 'Yes' for avoiding default tonight?

 

If I had to guess? Charlie Dent, one of the two members of the House Republicans that actually went on the record to vote against Boehner's crazy proposals as being too conservative. He was also the only guy besides Peter King that was at all vocal or consistent in their criticism of the Tea Party.

 

I guess we should be lucky that we made it through this shutdown with North Carolina being the only state to cut off all benefits for welfare families and denying new welfare applications.

Edit: Deep Shutdown thoughts from America's dumbest Congressman.