Ted Cruz and Other GOP Congressmen Lose by Acting Like Winners
by Peter Beinart Sep 30, 2013 12:45 PM EDT
Acting like they won the last election may be fun for Republicans like Ted Cruz, but it’s terrible politics. Just ask the Democrats. By Peter Beinart.
In the days leading up to last November’s election, I remember thinking it odd that, despite the polls, so many Republicans were so certain that Mitt Romney would win. Turns out that wasn’t the strange part. The strange part is that almost a year later, many in the GOP think he actually did.
This March, Ted Cruz told the Dallas Morning News that his “biggest surprise” since entering the Senate “has been the defeatist attitude of many Republicans in Washington.” Cruz found this odd since “I believe we are winning the argument.”
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