Ok I figured as much that Pelosi equals Straus but.......I am not sure I understand the antagonism for Straus...is there a history to it.....because when folks PLAN to walk out during your speech and you come on stage not being introduced to combat that....something is amiss....what is the story?
I have a friend who helped run the TEA Party table at the convention and he shared with me that Straus had to go but I did not get any context out of him on it...can you share what you know?
You asked about Straus.
Straus was elected Speaker in 2009 by 11 Republicans and 65 Democrats. He promptly gave half the committee chairs to Democrats.
He opposed a bill that would have banned gay adoption.
He killed the TSA bill last session in retaliation for the author David Simpson’s opposition to him.
He owns a huge racing park outside of San Antonio and will push to legalize gambling next session.
His wife was on the board of Planned Parenthood.
Straus has hinted several times that he believes opposing abortion shouldn’t be on the republican platform.
Most important, Straus holds power by running moderates against conservatives in the primaries. Most of his opponents found themselves primary’d this time around - fortunately most won.
The only reason this election wasn’t as bad as it was for conservatives was because 1. Straus had a primary opponent, and 2. there were 50 opens seats and Straus and his cohorts couldn’t focus on just a few seats. This means that they could only give 50-100k to key races instead of 3-500k.
Straus needs to go. He’s anti-conservative and only nominally Republican.
If the nominations lady did what was said, that was wrong and it should have been caught by the whole committee. Having said that, I love the irony of it. This is exactly the kind of game Straus would play and it’s sweet to see him bit by his own tactics.