I loved John Goodman in that roll... too bad Bartlett came back and they removed him from the scene; I suspect the ratings would have risen if he'd remained on the show. Is Goodman a closet conservative?
Nope.
In a weird bit of irony, alot of the leftys (especially the DUmmies) thought Goodmans character was based on Tom Delay.
Goodman himself says he was told the character was actually based on Dennis Hastert.
Goodman doesn't appear to follow politics.