0 they know that ted cruise is going to fail and ted cruise is going to hurt their party. this is how nicole wallace described ted cruise s plan. i have a 2-year-old. sometimes when heap is on the scooter, he wants to cross the street even when the light is red. it is your job as a parent to hold the child and the scooter from running into traffic because he would get squished. ted cruise is responding to what is a genuine sentiment out there. however, when republicans run into the street, despite the fact that there is a flashing red light, they re going to get hit by the cars and killed. the conservative wall street journal editorial board called cruise s plan a kamikaze mission to. day, karl rove described it as a self-defeating defunding strategy. the desire to strike at obamacare is praise worthy. any strategy to repeal, delay, replace the law must have a credible chance of succeeding or affecting public opinion. defunding strategy doesn t. going down that road would strengt