| It's good news for Democrats nationwide as the two Texans in charge of the NRCC and NRSC continue duking it out to see who can provide worse leadership for their flagging party. Bad news for the Texans who suffer from a lack of competent representation in the meantime, however.
This week NRSC chair John Cornyn and NRCC chair Pete Sessions each turned in solidly underwhelming performances, suggesting that competent leadership and the Republican Party continue to remain mutually exclusive.
NRCC chair Pete Sessions--the man leading the charge to reclaim House seats for the Republican Party--accused President Obama of intentionally trying to undermine the economy. He states that Obama's agenda is to "inflict damage and hardship on the free enterprise system, if not to kill it," and in turn turn our economy into something that he describes as akin to the scary specter of socialism.
Uh huh.
Sessions, who mis-represents a large swathe of Dallas, was mocked by Democrats and fellow Texas Republican John Cornyn alike, who asked aloud for clarification from Sessions, and noted that while he disagreed with Obama's policies, he didn't think that Obama was intentionally trying to wreck the economy. How big of you, Big John!
Seems to me that the only person trying to intentionally wreck something is Pete Sessions, and that "something" is the Republican Party's attempts to actually reclaim House seats.
Meanwhile, Cornyn's damning the Congressman from the 32nd district with faint praise, according to the Dallas Morning News:
Asked whether he is comfortable with his fellow Texans remaining in place as chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, despite the gaffe, Cornyn deferred to the judgment of House Republicans, who picked Sessions late last year.
I like to imagine that Cornyn's spoken response to the question was something along the lines of "Well, they picked him..."
Yet NRSC chair Cornyn is hardly doing a better job himself these days, busy as he is leading the charge to raise money from Republican donors to pay Norm Coleman's legal fees in a no-win court case. Good news for Democrats, as any dollar wasted in this battle is one not spent on a Senate campaign in 2010.
Cornyn puts in a good word for his old buddy Norm in their fundraising video:
"I'm proud of Norm and his perseverance, I'm proud that he is willing to continue to fight hard to represent the people of Minnesota."
To paraphrase our junior Senator, I'm proud of Cornyn and Sessions' perseverance, I'm proud that they are willing to continue to fight hard and lead the Republican party into a wilderness from which it will hopefully never return. |
