Daily Kos: GOP senators more afraid of Ted Cruz than he is of them

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/31/1252057/-GOP-senators-more-afraid-of-Ted-Cruz-than-he-is-of-them#

"And then I told Mitch that I still wasn't going to intervene in his primary, and he thanked me profusely."

the epitome of arrogance and delusions of grandeur

At a closed-door lunch meeting of Senate Republicans Wednesday, the freshman conservative told his colleagues that he would not intervene in their 2014 primary fights or fundraise for the controversial outside group [The Senate Conservatives Fund, or SCF]. Cruz added that the SCF’s decision to try to defeat sitting GOP senators in their primaries was its alone, according to several people familiar with the session.

As you may recall, two weeks ago the Senate Conservatives Fund endorsed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's tea party-backed primary opponent, Matt Bevin, and just yesterday, they began airing anti-McConnell ads.

McConnell, not surprisingly, welcomed Cruz's pledge to steer clear of his primary, but not without suggesting that Cruz had dragged his feet for too long:

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told Cruz that Paul took such an action six months ago, but he thanked the Texas conservative for doing so. Other GOP senators also thanked Cruz, sources say.

republican enforcer or right wing tea drinker either way he needs to be careful there is a flame out in his future 2016 isn't next week.  with so many left in his wake and those afraid of the water he puts a cross hair on his back.
has the republican party being preoccupied with keeping Pres. power in check they have relinquished their own power to a hungry new entity within the party.
Pres. said he'd change things, look at republicans not the change they wanted but change none the less.

But while Cruz apparently wanted his colleagues to see his words as an olive branch, his spokeswoman made it clear that the substance of Cruz's position on groups like SCF or primary challenges against incumbents has not changed:

“He’ll continue working with them [SCF] to promote common conservative policies but not get involved in their endorsement or fundraising decisions,” Frazier said. “SCF’s organization is not just about primary politics but promoting conservative causes that Republicans across the spectrum can support.”

they have done to themselves what they were trying to do to America endless war and disent within and trying to take on more conflicts, what that would have lead us to is leading them also to that same ditch.

i don'y believe he was making idle threats indirect but a "watch your back" just the same.