He might actually have the goods as well according to this article.
Tea Party groups from around the country have positioned themselves outside of the Republican Party, demanding accountability from GOP leadership before supporting Republicans. They have also made the point Russo notes here, that both parties need to have fiscal discipline in order for the US to end the spending spree that is sending us careening towards bankruptcy. In that sense, Minnick might be the one Democrat to support. While his party pushed a Porkulus bill that cost $830 billion and didn’t stimulate anything, Minnick proposed a $170 billion version that eliminated all of the pork and had self-termination clauses that returned unspent money after recovery began. He voted against Porkulus, cap-and-trade, and ObamaCare.
That sounds like great Tea Party bona fides to me. The whole idea that a bill will return unspent money to the treasury is revolutionary to me. Also if he voted against Cap-and-Tax and ObamaCare then he is the kind of Dem that I like. I don't care if the guy is a Whig, a Bull Moose Party Member, or a Federalist I would support them if they are against wasting my tax money on even more stupid crap.
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