Originally Posted by Idle

My district has a Rep. from the rank and file. His accomplishments so far? Nothing.

He is very good at repeating Conservative talking points, so he can remember a script which is more than I can say for some of the people I work with. But as far as doing anything for the our district he is so outclassed by real Reps he is only warming the seat for the next guy to come along and do the same.

Right down the street from me is the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, the only place in the US where heavy military ammunition and bombs are made. If there was ever a district that needed someone who understood how DC works it is this one because this 43,000 acre facility is the only one of these our country has.

Our Rep lost a few votes when he went in on shutting down the government since it threw a few thousand voters here out on the street. His desire to please the Tea Party funders trumped his desire to take care of his district.

Oddly enough he is not mentioning his glee over the shutdown now like he was during the shutdown, but then Hey! He's running for office for Pete's sake!