I have mixed feelings about George Mitchell. Pro: his rags-to-riches story; his role in the fracking revolution; the fact that I live in the community he planned out in the 70s. Con: the only time I met him, I heard him speak just before Clinton’s inauguration. He went on and on about how great our economy and the oil industry would do when Clinton was in charge! I always thought that was idiotic, but benefit of the doubt, maybe he just hated the Bushes. Also con: when he was drawing up my hometown, he initially wanted not to allow churches but force congregations to share time at community centers. Fortunately he had an adviser who told him no one would move here without churches. (We currently have 75 for 115,000 population.)
Interesting input, thanks. One thing I had to get used to, that generation of immigrants were almost all Democrats, including my father. The good news was, they were also capitalists.