02-06-2021, 03:16 AM
hal wrote:
[quote=Michael]
The problem is that only a tiny minority of voters (I have absolutely no data for this--but I'd bet I'm right...) have any idea of the impact of being kicked off committees. And she'll be raising money on the expulsion. Our last member (Tom Graves) was completely non-communicative. I have no idea what he did, at all, from 2010-2020 and whether he brought any bacon home, at all, to our district. And I pay attention to politics. So, in a practical, electoral sense, what difference will it make? Now, if they could have gotten 2/3 of Congress, they could have kicked her out of Congress and back to Rome, GA, or, even better, back to her pre-carpetbagger home in Alpharetta, GA.
I think that a star is born and agree that it doesn't matter if she is on any committees. She will be talking and texting to the Trump base and they will fight for her. Every time a dem attacks her, he power will rise.
If she learns from Palin's mistakes, she may become a powerhouse in the party, if she doesn't, then she'll just get rich.
She's following in the Newt Gingrich pattern - it's not necessary to govern to lead by means of throwing hand grenades from the back benches. Lack of actual legislative work didn't stymie his career path.