I live in McMorris-Rogers’ district. She will be someone Trump can count on to follow his administration position on relevant issues. No drama, no embarrassments. Just a good dependable soldier.
i hope you’re right. it could also be that Palin would have had a very hard go in confirmation, with this current senate.
lots of factors preventing the very best from being chosen at play in some these appointments. at other times we’re getting great people like mattis and sessions. so far, not horrible though.
I spent about 1/2 hour researching Rep. McMorris Rodgers online, and came to much the same conclusion. Obviously, you have about a 100x better window on that! So, thanks for the info. from (relatively) "up close."
A "good dependable soldier" may be just what's needed to execute the actions needed to help make the US energy independent, rather than a "lightning rod" like Gov. Palin. McMorris-Rogers also seems to be sensible about management of our resources in general - definitely a big(!) plus for the position.
Meanwhile, maybe if Trump got enough suggestions consisting mainly of a map of FedGov land holdings, and the question, "Does the Gov't REALLY need to keep all of this land?", maybe he'd get the idea to sell some of it to pay down the debt.
Regarding Sarah Palin, since she's going to be a lightning rod no matter what, I think the best role for her IF she wants to be in the Trump administration is some sort of very public position fighting corruption. Sarah doesn't have the legal chops to be head of the FBI, or something like that, so I'm not exactly sure what would work. What I do know is that being very visibly involved in taking out some corrupt high level officials could essentially "rebrand" her. That would also maintain the sort of "high visibility" that a continuing "drain the swamp" effort needs...