Roll Call Headline 12:06 am EDT on 10/15/13:
Ted Cruz, House Republicans Meet in Secret at Tortilla Coast
Read all about it at: http://blogs.rollcall.com/...
Ted Cruz met with his cabal of 15 to 20 of the most conservative House Republicans last night for approximately two hours at Tortilla Coast, a cozy restaurant and watering hole popular with D.C. pols. Not all were named but a number of notable conspirators were identified, including: "House Reps. Louie Gohmert of Texas, Steve King of Iowa, Jim Jordan of Ohio, Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Raúl R. Labrador of Idaho, Steve Southerland II of Florida, Mark Meadows of North Carolina and Justin Amash of Michigan."
No one claims to know what exactly brought this clump of excrement together. It may have been as innocent as their monthly book club discussion of Mein Kampf. Or, it may have been to plot their strategy to block any deal, negotiated by Senate leadership, to end the Shutdown and avert the Debt Ceiling Default.
If the latter, what does it mean for the "conversations" taking place between Senator's Reid and McConnnell?
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