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The Prowler item on the main page today notes the conflict between House Minority Leader John Boehner and House Minority Whip Eric Cantor over abolishing the House Republican Policy Committee. Since the news broke, there have been several stories about the role the incumbent policy committee chairman, Thaddeus McCotter, has played in pushing for the group’s abolition.
At issue is the $400,000 taxpayers provide to fund the committee’s work. McCotter and other Republicans are arguing that giving that money back would set a good example for the much broader austerity moves that need to be made throughout the federal budget. I profiled McCotter in the December/January issue of the print magazine.
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SoCon| 7.6.10 @ 3:20PM
Thaddeus is cool and so very smart. A principled politician--imagine that!
darcy| 7.6.10 @ 3:52PM
Thaddeus McCotter was interviewed by Peter Robinson on NRO's Uncommon Knowledge, last fall I think it was, and I watched all five sessions. Since then I've had my eye on TM and I continue to like what I see. His House floor comments at the time of the medical care vote were remarkable, "So this is what change looks like." Go here to see it for yourself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=1Pte_2vEnX8
He has a great sense of humor, too, as demonstrated during his guest spot on Red Eye.
He is a man of such high intellectual calibre that he no doubt is capable of running circles around even the most gifted democrat debater. But even better is that he is, as SoCon notes, a man of principle. We need more like him.
SoCon| 7.6.10 @ 4:32PM
When Congressman McCotter appears on Red Eye, he routinely gets the better of the host, Greg Gutfeld. I find their exchanges hilarious.
Serious and well-reasoned, McCotter has an especially keen sense of humor; he is a true rara avis.
I envy Michigan--why isn't he already their Governor?