party? well, i m not sure that he represents my views in the republican party, but i m not going to sit here and dump all over my junior senator, particularly given the fact that he worked for me in 2000. he was a very fine lawyer in that recount battle we had in florida, and he was a good solicitor general for the state of texas. was he wrong on this most recent episode? in my view, yes, it hurt us. it didn t gain us anything. we kicked the can just three months down the road. we didn t accomplish anything. it didn t take a rocket scientist in my view to figure out that if you don t have the senate and you don t have the white house, you re not going to be able to defund obama care. it was a maximalist position, had no chance of being accomplished, and, therefore, i think it was a mistake, and i
party ted cruz. what do you think about the man representing your state? the houston chronicle was in an article. do you think ted cruz represents your views in the republican party? well, i m not sure that he represents my views in the republican party, but i m not going to sit here and dump all over my junior senator, particularly given the fact that he worked for me in 2000. he was a very fine lawyer in that in that recount battle we had in florida. and he was a good solicitor general for the state of texas. was he wrong on this most recent episode? in my view, yes. it hurt us. it didn t gain us anything. we kicked the can just three months down the road. we didn t accomplish anything. it didn t take a rocket
months fighting a recount battle. and leaving money aside for the moment, anyway, my campaign relied on the community that progressives had built online. and people were coming up with ways to talk to voter asks sharing their ideas with each other. we tapped into that create activity to build web-based tools for a caucus organizing and yes. for the recount. and made a huge difference, believe me. the conversation online made a real impact on the coverage of the race. and when main stream media was pronouncing us dead during the recount, bloggers like nate silver were able to change conventional wisdom.