GOP Wants Insiders to Staff Outsiders

Roll Call ^ | Oct. 26, 2010 | Jackie Kucinich and Anna Palmer

[counterpunch]

Boner and Can'tor want the Tea Party caucus staffered by people with their own insiders. They are afraid for their leadership positions, and for good reason!

[counterpunch]

The Tea Party Supports Mike Pence

For Speaker of the House!
 

[TexasPatriot1]

Idiots

[rrrod]

correcto. Keep those handwringing, whiney toetappers away from the newbies! Rush brought this up.

[NTHockey]

THEY STILL DON’T/WON’T GET IT.

Memo to Candidates - bring people you can trust. Tell the RINOs to pack sand.

[tennmountainman]

Bonehead and Cantor want to control the new members.
I’d tell them to F-off.

[neodad]

Hell to the NO!!

[Comstock1]

The professional staff are part of the problem. They are part of the garbage that needs to be taken out with this election.

[chickadee]

I agree that the newly elected reps will need a veteran staffer to keep things going smoothly, but each new arrival should bring someone with him/her to keep a close watch on what is going on. This person needs to outrank the “veteran” in the pecking order.

[ExGeeEye]

If I had been elected, arrived at my new offices, and had a bunch of people I didn't know tell me they were my new "staff"...

"No you're not. Get out. Shut the door behind you."

[taxtruth]

Outsiders need to staff the insiders and tell them your job is OVER and your BS/SERVICE is no longer needed.

[Jim Noble]

Hey Republicans:

We are voting for you to stop the bleeding, not because we miss you. WE DON'T.

If you don't dial in real quick, YOU'RE NEXT!

[rrrod]

make your calls/emails folks!

[RKBA Democrat]

“The strategist said the leadership recommendations are less about controlling the new Member than about making sure “they don’t struggle for the first four or five months.”

Yeah. Riiiiiiiight.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

“F” that.repeat.

[Marty62]

Obviously they are deaf. I think they believe the people coming are stupid. Rino’s and Dummies. What an ignorant bunch.

[Da Coyote]

Skwew those dastawdly repwicans.

Oops, must get out of Bawny Fwank dialect, must recover my brain.

[tanknetter]

I agree that the newly elected reps will need a veteran staffer to keep things going smoothly, but each new arrival should bring someone with him/her to keep a close watch on what is going on. This person needs to outrank the “veteran” in the pecking order.

That's it, exactly. The BIG problem, that will be made worse if allowed to, are the Committee Staffs ... which will be under the control of the 'old guard' and will have even more power if the Freshman staff their offices completely with campaign staff/outsiders.

Smart incoming members will find a way to balance their staffs so they can champion and effect reform while also working effectively within the byzantine nature of Congressional politics.

That calls for lots of reform-minded staff, but also a couple/few (maybe 25-30%) "DC Insiders" who understand how the game is played and will work to help the Freshman keep the Leadership and Committee Staffs honest and forward-looking.

[Pox]

I hope that the newcomers do not take this advice. These professional “staffers” are a large part of the problem in D.C., and they need to go. The current crop of Republicans in D.C. need to go ASAP, IMO. Their are precious few worth keeping and the status quo needs to go.

[Mad_as_heck]

Any congressional staff member, lobbyist, or aid should be treated like the German V-2 rocket scientists we...uhm...encouraged...to emigrate to the US after WWII. Handcuff them to a drafting board and extract all the knowledge and expertise they can bring. But don’t trust them or let them direct your actions for one cotton picking second....

We need new blood. Not blue blood.