In March 2014 Sen. Cruz said he'd be taking a hiatus from the NRSC until general elections. It might be better to get out entirely.
5/18/14, "It Is Time for Ted Cruz to Leave the National Republican Senatorial Committee," Erick Erickson, RedState
"Ted Cruz is the Vice Chairman for Grassroots Outreach of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (“NRSC”). It is through that appointment that the NRSC hoped to patch up its differences with conservatives.
Instead, it is more and more clear the NRSC is both at war with those groups who support Ted Cruz and at war with those candidates most likely to assist Ted Cruz in the Senate.
From the relationship, the NRSC gets the veneer of working with conservatives and Ted Cruz gets beaten up at every opportunity by the NRSC and its staff and outside consultants.
Here for example, is an NRSC paid consultant subtly attacking Cruz. There have been plenty out in the open in the past. Likewise, the NRSC worked against Ben Sasse in Nebraska, going so far as to invite lobbyists over to their building to fund Shane Osborn’s campaign."...
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Comment: Since Ted is all we have it's only natural to wonder if he's being co-opted like so many others have been. A commenter to EE's article had the same concern:
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