How else to explain the Tennessee senator’s new strategy for the Senate Republican conference – stop being divisive, seek out areas of agreements with Democrats so we can “get things done.” And maybe if Alexander is really, really nice to Harry Reid, the Senate Democratic Leader will let the Tennessean join Nancy Pelosi and President Hillary in a golf foursome next year.
If the Bob Michel reference escapes you, he was House Minority Leader back in the days when the GOP was the permanent minority and survived on the table scraps thrown their way by Tip O’Neill, Jim Wright, John Dingell, et. al. Michel was especially proud that Tip called him a friend.
Erick Erickson at Redstate.com has a searing post up describing Alexander’s new strategy for embracing the GOP’s return to permanent minority status. It is impossible to read these reports without concludingthat more than a few members of the Senate GOP caucus would rather be in the minority. That way they get all the earmarks they want, praise from Democrats and the Mainstream Media for being “responsible” and no responsibility for all the ways Big Government keeps getting more expensive and less efficient, and individual freedom declines at an accelerating pace.
