Posted on 10/30/2014 9:22:53 AM PDT by Parmenio
With projections of a GOP win growing daily, nervousness in Senate committee offices has turned to panic as an army of Democratic staffers braces to be fired, replaced by a Republican majority and their aides.
The spoils of political war? Estimates are that 300-600 Democratic committee and personal staff jobs would be on the chopping block if the Republicans pull off the expected victory.
“There will be a mass exodus of Senate Democrat staff from committees,” said one insider.
And Republicans will get to hire hundreds more aides. A loss on Tuesday that keeps the Democrats in charge of the Senate will cost no GOP jobs, other than those working for retiring lawmakers.
Under a Senate deal cut by Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, the funding and staff breakdown on committees is about 60 percent for the majority, and 40 percent for the minority. It had been two-thirds majority, one-third minority, but the GOP cut the deal in order to keep their minimum funding at 40 percent.
Also getting hit would be the offices of Reid and other Democratic leaders.
For Democratic staffers, the potential layoffs couldn’t come at a worse time. According to officials, some will find jobs in the Obama administration, but those openings are few and will last only two years. And Hillary Clinton’s team is already loaded up with long-time aides, leaving few policy jobs for outsiders.
"There will be nowhere in the downtown private sector to go. Maybe 10 percent can find a slot in the Obama administration. It will be ugly," said a former White House aide now working on K Street.
That's because many lobbying firms are full-up with Democrats.
And there are already a sizable number of Democratic staffers already looking for work since their bosses are retiring.
“It could be a lot of individuals. And that’s not even counting all the people looking for work now with a retirement coming up,” said a key Senate Democratic staffer.
Maybe some of those liberal political workers will get a real job................
It is start............ but would be better if number was 300,000 to 600,000
I’ve got crying towels for sale...
you don't say?
It’s a start. If they could also cut 3/4 of the staff at the alphabet agencies, that would even be better.
Hey all you “I’m not voting for the GOPe...I’m voting for the Loosertarian, Independent, Democrat”!! THIS should reason enough for you to vote Republican!!
They probably don’t even have the skills needed to work part-time at Walmart with no medical insurance.
To be replaced by how many others? It would be nice if the government staff was cut back and the money transferred to the military for a little bonus in their paychecks.
and how many R's would keep them?
Better yet 3,000,000 to 6,000,000!!!
Hey, look at the bright side, thats 300-600 new jobs for somebody!
Yes many would lose cushy jobs, but like cockroaches they just hide in cracks and come back later. We will have them underfoot again as socialist-liberalism never seems to go away.
Good. Most of these “staffers” are responsible for how the senile degenerates vote so their leaving would be a good thing. Unfortunately, they usually churn the waters when fired and end-up on someone else’s staff in WDC. A cabal of elitist bums for the most part.
Bo flippin who
Dem staffers would be fired...
This why the staffers, their families and friends will vote multiple times, drive to the polls with boxes of phony vote ballots, program the voting machines to turn R votes to D votes, and shuttle illegals to the polls with songs in their hearts. The gravy train reigns supreme!
My heart goes out to these poor souls. Can you imagine, being cast out of work and forced to compete on the basis of your skills and not just your political connections. Oh how cruel life can be. They have no homes to go back to, no careers to fall back on, and nothing to offer the private sector. And know you know why the Democrats behave as they do, it is their livelihood at stake.
Unemployment rate will necessarily skyrocket.
Throw the bums out!
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