National Review writers blast Cruz and his supporters for the failed shutdown-Obamacare tactic, pointing out that R's need to focus on winning elections and this wasn't going to help. "You can generate plenty of headlines with confrontational tactics, but you can’t govern with one-half of one party in one house of Congress."
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/10/29/national-review-to-gop-lost-try-winning-some-elections/
