Smackdown ~ Senator Bob Corker vs. Ted Cruz on Obamacare

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From Washington Post

The only thing separating them being a single Senate desk, Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) engaged in what Senate rules deem a "colloquy," but what most observers would call an old-style public airing of grievances.
At one point, Corker accused Cruz and Lee of turning Senate proceedings “into a show.” Cruz countered by questioning Corker’s loyalty to the Republican Party by siding with Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.)
The clash lasted roughly 10 minutes, with colleagues watching and cameras rolling. It exposed deep disagreements among Republicans over how they should proceed with the spending bill, which currently includes language defunding the new federal health-care law. But using procedural rules that allow him to make changes to the bill, Reid plans to amend the bill by restoring funding for the new federal health-care law.

Ted Cruz Is Shutting Down Government To Get On TV, Bob Corker Says http://t.co/mGOeVy9pFq BOB, always a Corker ┌( ಠ‿ಠ)┘

— Turn Ky Blue (@TurnKyBlue) September 27, 2013

Wow, this is hilarious stuff on cspan, semi-reasonable Bob Corker vs. insane person Ted Cruz.

— Steve Dowdy (@Steverocks35) September 26, 2013

Corker now whacks Cruz: "I don't think that's happened in the history" of the country where someone gives 21-hour speech then votes yes
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) September 26, 2013

“I know the senator from Tennessee is learned on Senate procedures.” – Ted Cruz, to Bob Corker. Thems fightin words, via senate parlance.
— Matt Viser (@mviser) September 26, 2013

It may seem nice, all this talk in Southern accents with Senate formalities. But Bob Corker and Ted Cruz are in a brawl.

— Matt Viser (@mviser) September 26, 2013

And just like WWE, I wish I could hear Jim Ross, "here's comes Cruz, here comes Cruz! Ole Teddy Cruz gettin in the rang here"
— Luke Russert (@LukeRussert) September 26, 2013

That sound you hear is Democratic aides salivating over their keyboards as they watch C-SPAN2 right now.
— Meredith Shiner (@meredithshiner) September 26, 2013

If you turn on CSPAN2, you can currently see what is pretty much a Senatespeak remake of the Big Kahuna Burger scene in Pulp Fiction.
— Carrie Dann (@CarrieNBCNews) September 26, 2013

Sen. Ted Cruz now Senatesplaining cloture to his fellow GOP senators.
— Hunter (@HunterDK) September 26, 2013

wow sounds like Corker is seriously calling out Cruz
— Fleet Admiral Josh (@fleetadmiralj) September 26, 2013

Corker laying into Cruz, says he's "sent out emails and turned it into a show"
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) September 26, 2013

Sen. Bob Corker said Ted Cruz has been "putting on a show in the Senate," a claim Cruz has denied to reporters for the last two hours.

— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) September 26, 2013

Sarcasm alert: "I yield the floor and I enjoyed this very much" @SenBobCorker
— Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) September 26, 2013

Spoke with Corker. He's furious with Cruz. "They said they sent out a lot of emails... and they don't want to mess that up."
— Robert Costa (@robertcostaNRO) September 26, 2013

RT @jamescdownie: Club for Growth VP --> RT @andyroth: Senator Corker effectively became a Democrat just now on the Senate floor.
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) September 26, 2013