Nicolaus Mills : Ted Cruz has acted to enhance his reputation , heedless of consequences . He says FDR 's critics , including Huey Long , specialized in such obstruction . Mills : If Cruz wants to repeal Obamacare , he should seek to do it in normal vote . As far as FDR was concerned , the eleventh-hour political attacks against Social Security were different from the partisan campaigns both parties had previously waged . But if the Senate is controlled by Democrats and Republicans want a filibuster, they can use that as leverage against him.
Nicolaus Mills : Ted Cruz has acted to enhance his reputation , heedless of consequences . He says FDR 's critics , including Huey Long , specialized in such obstruction . Mills : If Cruz wants to repeal Obamacare , he should seek to do it in normal vote . But if the Senate is controlled by Democrats and Republicans want a filibuster, they can use that as leverage against him.