(Link to story at bottom). Tell me something: Shouldn't republicans actually go through the little "formality" of actually winning back the House before spending too much time worrying about politicking for committee chairmanships? Talk about countin' your chickens before they're hatched! Hey, I've predicted as recently as yesterday in this space that the repubs will likely take back the House in November, but that result is far from assured. Frankly, I think this type of arrogant behavior by House repubs is pathetic. Just as with the democrat party, it's always about politics and very little (if anything) else in nearly every single word republican politicians say and every action they take.If you (unlike me) happen to live in a congressional district with a repub incumbent who is one of those identified as maneuvering for a chairmanship before the House is even won, here's my best advice for you: In November, vote for a third party candidate or even vote for the dem if you feel you must. Feel free to kick that repub incumbent to the curb and teach him/her a lesson about taking your vote for granted. That's what I would do. As much as I believe that a measure of power balance between these two nonrepresentative parties must be restored to DC (and thus I hope the repubs do take back the House), even that very significant interest is trumped, in my view, by arrogant politicians who simply presume that they'll win re-election and that their party will take back control of the House. Politicians like that, regardless of party, deserve to get their walking papers.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/37525.html
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