Ted Cruz Still Noncommittal On McConnell As Majority Leader

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, pauses as he delivers a speech to 2014 Red State Gathering attendees, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014, in Fort Worth, Texas. Possible presidential candidate Cruz predicts Republicans will retake the... U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, pauses as he delivers a speech to 2014 Red State Gathering attendees, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014, in Fort Worth, Texas. Possible presidential candidate Cruz predicts Republicans will retake the Senate this year and that "2016 will be even better." (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) MORE LESS
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As Republican primary season winds to a close, Sen. Ted Cruz still won’t commit to supporting Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as majority leader if the GOP wins control of the Senate.

“That will be a decision for the conference to make,” the Texas Republican told Politico. “I’m hopeful come January we have a Republican majority.”

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  1. Oh I’d love to see him start an insurgency to try and force a Teabag majority leader in the Senate.

    Might be just the thing to pry away Ms. Collins and get her to caucus with the Good Guys.

  2. Avatar for mantan mantan says:

    Senate issues??? How refreshing…

  3. I have a better subject for an article. How many important pieces of legislation have either of these two goldbrickers authored? How many of these were enacted? To make it fair to to the Cuban-Canadian Capon, calculate it on a per year basis.

  4. Avatar for meri meri says:

    Or, you know, what about the other 40+ GOTPer Senators?

    No, only the subject of JM’s man crush gets talked about.

  5. [quote] “That will be a decision for the conference to make,” the Texas Republican told Politico. “I’m hopeful come January we have a Republican majority.” [/quote] How in the world could Ted “Carnival” Cruz possibly support anyone other than himself? After all he’s the only qualified person for, well, anything.

    Just aak him.

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