I was struck by the utter absurdity of the statement by Ted Cruz that ‘Filibuster Changes ‘Will Poison The Atmosphere Of The Senate’ The Quote of the day comes from Josh Marshall who says it much better than I could.
Sen. Cruz (R-TX) says that killing the filibuster (and that’s really what it is) “will poison the atmosphere of the Senate.”
All the snark aside (and this deserves plenty of snark), I think this does point to the bad position Senate Republicans put themselves in – namely, that it is just not really credible that any more poisoning is possible in the Senate. And no person captures that more clearly than Sen. Cruz. (bold mine)