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Rob Kailey is a working schmuck with no ties or affiliations to any governmental or political organizations, save those of sympathy.
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Fri Nov 17, 2006 at 17:58:21 PM MST
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| Brad Johnson apparently thinks that Sam Kitzenberg shouldn't be allowed to switch parties. Note, of course, that we never really discuss what this means. And what does it mean for Kitzenberg to switch parties? It means, functionally, that he'll vote for the Democratic choice for President of the Senate and for Democrats for committee chairs and to have majorities on the committees. It's a procedural vote. After that, he's free to vote however he wants.
Want to know a dirty little secret? He's even free to split with the party on those votes. He could, say, talk to a couple other Democrats and the Republicans and they could run their own person for President, just like three Democrats and fifty Republicans did in the House two years ago.
A party label is a public label to offer an explanation of where one's values lie. Kitzenberg no longer feels that the Republican label properly explains his values. |
| Matt Singer :: Cry Me a River, BJ |
| Switching party labels isn't the same as switching masters. And, unless Brad Johnson does whatever his Republican Party masters tell him and he's simply confused and thinks other office holders do the same, he owes Kitzenberg an apology.
Finally, if he's going to be criticizing other office holders for which party they identify with, he could at least focus on doing his job properly, rather than overseeing an election with massive confusion (trust me, there was a lot of confusion over how election rules changed since '04).
I know BJ is trying to reingratiate himself to the GOP base that he pissed off by backing same-day voter registration. And I've heard he wants to challenge Brian Schweitzer. Issuing random political statements is a poor way to do that.
Want to impress the state, Brad? Do your job. And start doing it better than you have been. |
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