Huffington Post sharp-tongued, astute political commentator Jason Linkins writes today about the infighting within the Republican Party now -- mainly how the GOP leadership is going after Ted Cruz.    As Linkins says:

It's actually pretty much high school-level clique-histrionics, actually. And more than anything else, it's a battle between the House and the Senate over who will be left holding the Defund Obamacare Futility Bomb when it finally goes off.

The focus of the moment is Cruz.  Rep. Peter King (R-NY) said this:

"We can't be going off on these false missions that Ted Cruz wants us to go on. The issues are too important. They're too serious, they require real conservative solutions, not cheap headline-hunting schemes."

King also called Cruz a fraud "who should no longer have any influence in the Republican party."  Take note:   This is one Republican criticizing another, not the Democratic National Committee or liberal MSNBC commentators.

As Al Gore famously remarked during the 2000 presidential campaign:   When your opponent is shooting himself in the foot, just stay out of his way.

The problem is that this craziness is hurting the American people, the economy, and our reputation in the world.

Ralph