Why do I care what Rep. Mike Pence has to say?

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Tuesday January 27, 2009 · 4:18 PM PST

2009/01/27 · 16:18

Watching the NBC Nightly News, I just saw a soundbite from Rep. Mike Pence complaining about how House Democrats are treating House Republicans. My only thought was, why on earth do I care? And more importantly, why is this news?

Democrats have their largest majority in a generation. Pence is one of only 4 Republicans House members from a state won by President Obama - won by a Democrat for the first time in my lifetime. And it goes without saying that he subscribes to a failed philosophy that has helped put the country in the bind in currently is.

Oh, and wasn't he here over the last decade, during which Republicans decided that they never needed to talk to Democrats?

I understand President Obama's reaching out to these guys. Its a good message politically, and will help when we win the fights. But it is laughable that Pence's utterances, which are no more that the whining of a sore loser, are treated with any level of seriousness.

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