Put Up or Shut Up
March 31st, 2009 - 10:46 am
Talk about inexperience:
Rep. Joseph Cao (R-La.) may buck his party when the House votes on President Obama’s budget proposal later this week.
The freshman lawmaker told the Hill that his constituents are split, adding that he wants more information before deciding whether to stick with his party or side with the president who overwhelmingly carried his district in November.
“At this point, I’m not sure which is approach is better,” Cao said Tuesday morning.
I think Cao’s incoming class of freshman Republican congressmen in January consisted of… Cao. If Republicans think they can win by not refusing to play, then the incoming class will be even smaller. And President Obama will start peeling off even more votes.
Am betting on neither, as it seems they are incapable of either.
Cao is a one term representative anyway. He is a Viet Republican in an overwhelming black Democratic District. His win was a result of a set of circumstances that will not be repeated.
That being said, he is playing politics to a constituency that will not return him to Congress anyway.
If anyone wonders why he’s so stuck on his constituents’ opinions, just know that Cao is a former community activist. But I doubt the GOP should write him off, since those crazy things that happen in politics? they happen a lot in Lousiana. It’s not as if all the citizens share one well-stocked freezer, if you know what I mean.