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Beto's wife and young sons live here in El Paso full time and he's back almost every week, holding town halls, etc. He's a born and raised El Pasoan. Ambitious? No doubt. But he may have his sights set on other ventures besides congress or lobbying.
When VP Biden was a senator he rather famously took the train home at night to Delaware.
Well, Biden was fortunate to live in a state that is relatively close to DC, and it helps save some money on rent(not from affluent background). Also, he was widowed early in his career with young children, so it made sense for him to be home a lot.
Granted, not too many Congress folks can do that unless they represent Maryland or VA. You would think being a MD or VA Congressperson would facilitate keeping in touch with your constituents - but one has to be really deliberate to do that.
Take Eric Cantor as a case. He represents a district in Richmond, VA so it's not hard for him to spend time in his local area. But as we all know, he made a conscious effort to feed his ambitions for national power while Majority Whip while neglecting his constituents. And that led him to getting tossed out of office by a underfunded, little-known college professor in the primary.
Last edited by silverkris; 08-03-2014 at 07:58 AM..
Just wanna get a show of hands since I'm constantly hearing this or that politician rail against Washington...As if they're an outsider themselves.
Of course, all of us are represented by pols that LOVE Washington, but I don't think many of you believe it.
Funny how once they leave office, most of them seemingly find a way to stay in D.C. regardless.
The post elective office lobby money is too big a lure and too lucrative to leave on the table.
Of course. I think this well-worn appeal to "being the outsider" is a shtick that plays on the traditional wariness of centralized government - remember, the USA was founded originally as a loose confederation of relatively autonomous states.
It's a possibility, but not in the near future. No Democrat has won a statewide election in TX for a generation and looking ahead a few years, their prospects don't look good.
I'd bet even money that the jerk won't even serve out his current term in the senate before bolting for a more generously compensated slot as a RWNJ pundit. Call it "the Palin plan."
Beto's wife and young sons live here in El Paso full time and he's back almost every week, holding town halls, etc. He's a born and raised El Pasoan. Ambitious? No doubt. But he may have his sights set on other ventures besides congress or lobbying.
Well, he did leave New York to come back to El Paso, so you might have a point. But if he gains some large measure of power and makes a lot of heavy connections in D.C. (and he will), it's gonna be very hard to return to a backwater like El Paso.
Now that's just me speculating based on what I've seen from other young, ascendant politicians that seem to have the it factor.
Well, Biden was fortunate to live in a state that is relatively close to DC, and it helps save some money on rent(not from affluent background). Also, he was widowed early in his career with young children, so it made sense for him to be home a lot.
Granted, not too many Congress folks can do that unless they represent Maryland or VA. You would think being a MD or VA Congressperson would facilitate keeping in touch with your constituents - but one has to be really deliberate to do that.
Take Eric Cantor as a case. He represents a district in Richmond, VA so it's not hard for him to spend time in his local area. But as we all know, he made a conscious effort to feed his ambitions for national power while Majority Whip while neglecting his constituents. And that led him to getting tossed out of office by a underfunded, little-known college professor in the primary.
Yeah...the Eastern Seaboard guys are a little harder to criticize because they can easily have a balanced life in D.C. and back in their districts simultaneously. If you're a Virginia, Maryland or Delaware national politician, it's easy to pull off.
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