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Ted Cruz stormed onto the U.S. Senate floor in January 2013 and began immediately demonstrating his lack of understanding of institutional decorum.<\/p>\n

The Texas Republican began making fiery floor speeches. He accused fellow senators — and former senators — of doing things detrimental to national security. He sought to shut down the government over the Affordable Care Act.<\/p>\n

Along the way, he decided to run for president of the United States … and while running for the White House, he accused Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of being\u00a0a liar.<\/p>\n

Cruz facing hurdles<\/a><\/p>\n

The Texas Tribune reports that win or lose in his bid for the presidency, Cruz faces a serious problem with his Senate colleagues. Many of them don’t like him. They don’t like his brash attitude. They dislike his lack of manners. They believe he’s self-serving and egotistical — which, coming from U.S. senators with monstrous egos of their own is really saying something, if you get my drift.<\/p>\n

If the Cruz Missile gets elected to the presidency next year — which I do not believe is going to happen — he’ll have to cut deals with the very senators he’s managed to anger. If his campaign falls short, he’ll return to Capitol Hill and, well, he faces the same chilly reception from his colleagues.<\/p>\n

The Tribune reports that some political observers doubt Cruz’s ability to legislate. \u201cTexas has been short a senator since the day Cruz was elected,” said Jenifer Sarver, an Austin-based GOP consultant and former staffer for U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison<\/span><\/u><\/a>, Cruz\u2019s predecessor. Sarver continued: “As someone who worked for Senator Hutchison, who was an\u00a0absolute and constant champion for Texas, it\u2019s disappointing to see his lack of regard for how his political posturing could impact Texans.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sure, Cruz has his fans among conservatives in Texas and around the country. I surely get that many Americans applaud the man’s in-your-face style. Cruz calls his approach merely “anti-establishment.”<\/p>\n

But the young man is just one of 100 men and women from both political parties who need to work together on occasion to get something done for the good of the country or for their own states.<\/p>\n

To date, as near as I can tell, Sen. Cruz — who is serving in his first-ever elected office — hasn’t\u00a0yet read the memo that reminds him of how a legislative body is supposed to function.<\/p>\n

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