Ted Cruz's faux filibuster is all about 2016...

[cynatnite]

He needs the money to fund his presidential campaign.

Am I wrong?

[KansDem]

1. How long did his "filibuster" last?

Did anyone have a stopwatch?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

2. Till he shits himself

[PoliticAverse]

4. He still 'has the floor'. n/t

[FarCenter]

6. He will continue until Fox News carries him in prime time.

A Republican leadership aide told ABC News that Cruz might speak just long enough to appear in prime time on Fox News, which would only require talking for a bit more than eight hours.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/what-ted-cruz-is-doing-right-now-isnt-really-a-filibuster-2013-9

[PoliticAverse]

3. Since you don't actually have to do a talking filibuster anymore, anyone that does is really

only doing it for publicity reasons.

[MoonRiver]

5. Pretty sure that stunt is going to backfire on him.

He's so ludicrous, they won't even let him in the clown car.

[cynatnite]

8. He's playing to the tea party base.

He's thinking it will get him through the primaries to the general election in 2016.

[MoonRiver]

9. But I don't think there are enough teabags out there to get him the nom

Hasn't worked for any of them so far.

[gordianot]

7. Right, and his filibuster talk will be used against him by both Republicans and Democrats.

[randome]

10. Cruz versus Rubio 2016.

It will be like two one-armed men trying to tag each other with slingshots.
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