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(R) Trisha Calvarese
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November 04, 2010 10:05 PM UTC
23 Comments
As usual, here’s a prime opportunity for a party to show leadership. Over the last years with the Dems controlling the legislature, Republicans have relied on stonewalling and introducing partisan bills they knew would not survive. They made few, if any, attempts to work these bills into actual legislation.
Will the Republicans take this opportunity to try and actually solve problems, or will they rely on reaching into the rubbish bin and reintroduce the radical agenda?
Lambert?! Fuggetaboutit!
IMHO, the choices made for House leadership and the JBC show that the Republican party continues to nurture their partisanship instead of recognizing the opportunity they now hold.
Waller and Murray are reasonable folks, but Stephens and Nikkel are firebrands with little or no interest in governance.
On a personal note, it is very, very sad to see Al White off the JBC and relegated to the sidelines. He is one of their best members, as was Marostica.
I don’t like the idea that the Party of No keeps at it to the extent that they stall government at a state and national level, so I won’t assume they’ll do it. Not like I have a say at this point anyway, right? Here’s naively hoping.
Spot on for the whole post though. (Sighs for White)
That does seem to be the Republican modus operandi these days.
I was still thinking Rep. Al White. Time flies when you’re having fun.
I’m pretty sure he was first elected to the Senate in 2008 and will be up for a second term in 2012.
Wouldn’t that be hilarious?
Al has been on JBC for four years (the longest serving member) but two of those years were from his days in the House. He’s up again in 2012.
JBC now has four freshmen on it and Lambert with just one year – and the next chair (from the Senate) will be a novice member. This has NEVER happened in the JBC’s history, and it comes at a time when the committee is dealing with one of the worst budgets in history – as the governor-elect put it this morning – “the budget sucks.”
the Republican leadership (such as it is) has effectively pushed and shoved every reasonable Republican I have had the privilege of working with out of the way save Ellen Roberts. I hope she survives the onslaught.
Of course I’d rather have a Dem in that seat, but I actually love all the reasonable Republicans, so many of whom are women, who have been purged from the party ranks.
Dotty Wham
Lola Spradley
Mark Larson
Al White
Don Marostica
Etc., etc.
I don’t like politicians of any stripe who are closed-minded. And that’s most elected Republicans these days.
Matt Smith, Gayle Berry, Kay Alexander – the list goes on….and on.
Bill Kaufman, Russ George, Steve Tool, Bonnie Allison, Claire Traylor, Al Meiklehohn, John Fuhr, Marlene Fish, it does go on and on.
If she maintains rationality, Dems may be happy to have her to possibly attempt to get some bipartisanship. However, the pressure to tow what will probably be a far right party line will be pretty heavy, I suppose.
he’ll hire Al White, a good guy more interested in solving problems than destructive politics. Plus, putting him on the cabinet would give Dems a chance to win that seat.
What word do you think Frank Luntz will come up with to substitute for the words “tax” or “fee?”
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If the new GOP House leadership pushes the whole thing so far right it’s dysfunctional, can a party switch force a new leadership vote?
Speaker of the House is technically elected by the whole body. And in fact, the new majority isn’t even seated until January. But I’m not sure you could find a House R ready to switch and Al White switching would only buttress the existing Dem majority in the Senate.