by Sibyl West | January 3, 2013 | Brushfire
Newly elected US Senator Ted Cruz hosted a special blogger’s conference call on Wednesday, January 2, 2013. This was the day before he was sworn into the 113th congress. I was fortunate to be among the crew, as I was when he previously conferred with us at the beginning of his campaign.
“This is a time of enormous challenges,” he began. Referring to the recent fiscal cliff debacle, (or as I affectionately call it the crap sandwich) which the Senate and House just passed, he agreed that it was “a really lousy deal” and lamented the lack of leadership in Washington. “I would have voted no. Republicans should not be raising taxes. Period. The end.” He further noted that $620 billion of tax increases without a penny of cuts is the wrong solution. Spending is a bipartisan problem.
There’s much more — including his admission that he will work with anyone, including Martians, if they’re ready to solve problems. Here’s the complete conversation.
Other bloggers on the call wrote:
Ted Cruz Vows to Lead Opposition to Dianne Feinstein’s Gun-Grab Bill
Ted Cruz- “Republicans Got Clobbered,” Lacked Argument in 2012
‘Cut Washington’s Credit Card’ — An Open Letter to SENATOR Ted Cruz
SIBYL WEST, EditorHeretical conservative, inquiring transcen- dentalist, western soul, eastern training. 
GEORGE SCAGGS Freelance writer, commentator, and audio/video producer based in Austin, TX.
BARGAIN CITIZENJust another betrayed and abandoned average American.
JOANN FLEMINGChairman, Advisory Committee to the Texas Legislature’s TEA Party Caucus.
J.C.Vietnam veteran, 5th generation Texan, conservative activist.
ANGEL ABITUARetired government worker (38 yrs). Hispanic “community organizer”, grandpa, active member of AFP. 
MICHAEL BARAM Former computer geek and retired corrections officer. Libertarian with a conservative cant.
NANCY COPPOCK Tea Party activist behind the virtual barbed-wire of American gulags because if you do the right thing you must be insane.
Both Cruz and Cornyn need to remember that they were elected to protect the State of Texas from the evil of big government not be part of the evil.
Cornyn seems to have long forgotten that! I think that it is time to get another Tea Party guy to support Cruz not fold like Cornyn has done several times.