Is The White House Worried That Ted Cruz Might ‘Repeal’ Common Core?

Posted by | March 26, 2015 14:00 | Filed under: Contributors Politics Tommy Christopher Top Stories

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Senator and future Republican presidential debate fireworks display Ted Cruz (R-TX) has been a hot topic this week since announcing his bid for president, and nowhere has he been hotter than the White House briefing room. Press Secretary Josh Earnest has been careful about commenting on Cruz’s various political positions, but Cruz’s promise to “repeal every word of Common Core” had me worried, so at Wednesday’s briefing, I asked Earnest if this was possible, if Ted Cruz could somehow repeal something that is not actually a law, or even mandatory…READ MORE

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By: Tommy Christopher

Tommy Christopher is The Daily Banter's White House Correspondent and Political Analyst. He's been a political reporter and liberal commentator since 2007, and has covered the White House since the beginning of the Obama administration, first for PoliticsDaily, and then for Mediaite. Christopher is a frequent guest on a variety of television, radio, and online programs, and was the villain in the documentaries The Audacity of Democracy and Hating Breitbart. He's also That Guy Who Live-Tweeted His Own Heart Attack, and the only person to have ever received public apologies from both Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.

4 responses to Is The White House Worried That Ted Cruz Might ‘Repeal’ Common Core?

  1. raypc800 March 26th, 2015 at 14:14

    It will be interesting to see what the WH has to say. I feel the real concern is that now that Cruz has Obamacare. Cruz will be found mentally incompetent by some Doctor. Think of the political uproar from the RW.

  2. Dwendt44 March 26th, 2015 at 16:47

    “The allegedly brilliant Cruz either doesn’t know what Common Core is, or
    he’s counting on conservative Republican base voters not to know any
    better. Honestly, that’s kind o a tossup.”

    Nailed it!

    • frambley1 March 27th, 2015 at 01:39

      I am not sure that he can be called brilliant, or smart, or even an adult capable of making reasonable decisions. Stupid is as stupid does, right? I would assume that extrapolates to stupid is as stupid says. And everything that he says is downright idiotic, therefore, he is idiotic.

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