Posted: December 19, 2010 at 9:21 am

The Rehberg Puzzle

Denny Rehberg’s vote against the tax cut package could be explained by his expected bid for higher office, either Governor or Senator–he’s keeping his options open.  As The Hill reports,

A slew of House Republicans thought to be contenders for higher office in 2012 voted against the tax package on Thursday.

Rehberg was one of them, and Rehberg’s vote against the recent spending package can be explained by these ambitions, because votes against the spending measure will likely be a positive with Tea Party activists and could help in a GOP primary against Daines or Hill.

But the question isn’t which office he’ll run for, what’s really puzzling is why some far-left liberals would rather fight the friends who disappoint them on occasion than focus on the enemies who want to destroy them. The right doesn’t do this.  They just want to win.  If actions are any indicator, some liberals just want to whine.

5 comments

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  2. George3

    Cowgirl is right-this was a bill that Tester and all they other dems knew was not going to pass anyway-why should he take the hits on this for no reason. I am guessing that if a viable bill came forward-Tester would vote for it.

  3. Farmboy

    It never ends. Just more political showmanship and no statesmanship. Rehberg is just a professional politican who could not hack it or make it in the real world. Its empty suits and empty heads like this guy who make people not want to vote. When in the hell are people going to care about their country and not their party?

  4. Mark Tokarski

    Montana blogger discovers “cosmetic” voting

    A Montana blogger using the name “Cowgirl” stumbled on shocking new information indicating that a representative in the House of Representatives may have cast a “cosmetic” vote, sources close to the her/him disclosed today. “It’s not well-understood at this time,” said Cowgirl, “but it appears as though people holding office might actually vote for or against issues based on appeals other than actual merits of the underlying legislation.”

    Cowgirl went on to describe a hypothetical situation where a senator, for example, might see that a bill has enough votes for passage, and so even favoring that legislation, votes against it to please elements of his voting base. She cold not name a specific instance, and only outlined possibilities.

    Shock waves passed through the Montana capitol, and some Washington sources were said to be looking into the possibilities as well. “Congressional votes were always honest opinions about the merits of bills,” said one hill staffer. “We never considered anything else. This is upsetting, to say the least. Even shocking.”

    At this time, Cowgirl as only seen the use of the cosmetic vote among members of the Republican Party, and has run out of funds for he research, and won’t be looking further.

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