With Friends Like This

By: Eric
Published On: 10/11/2007 2:24:16 PM

Jeannemarie must have that old saying "with friends like this who needs enemies" whirling about in her head after reading what fellow Republican state senator Ken Cuccinelli said in Marc Fisher's column today.
"Some of my colleagues" -- he mentions fellow Republican and next-district neighbor Sen. Jeannemarie Devolites Davis -- "are more the representative model of government, changing as the voters do. I stand in one place and try to sell people on my philosophy."

On the surface, what Cooch is saying about JMDD doesn't sound so bad - an elected official who actually represents their voters.  What a concept.

But the changing as the voters do part makes JMDD sound rather fickle.  This is a Republican more or less accusing another Republican of not standing by her own values and principles.  Given that many Republican officials go to great lengths to emphasize a strong commitment to their own principles, this is a nasty slap in the face from Cooch.  Ouch.

Or you could take it another way - that Cooch is saying JMDD is only interested in getting elected and the platform she's running on is designed solely to maximize votes - not to represent anything she believes in.  Not very nice either.

Either way, for such a "politically adept", "articulate lawyer", and "practiced politician" (Janet's description of Ken), Cooch sure did slam someone on his own team pretty hard.

Comments



Haha (noonan - 10/11/2007 2:38:31 PM)
This is the first time I've agreed with something that Cooch says! Can someone get JMDD a waffle-maker as a consolation prize?


I'm Happy To See Cooch... (BP - 10/11/2007 4:49:49 PM)
..."stand in one place."  Makes it easier for an increasingly attentive and angry electorate to walk right over him.

I endured a Cooch "opinion survey" paid for by the "Virginia Senate Republican Leadership Trust."  From the questions that were asked, Cooch is apparently hoping to win the election by "informing" us that Janet, Tim Kaine, and others in the "Democrat" Party are in favor of the SChip program, even though this program will cost Virginians "$310 million in addition taxes in order to pay for the health care of illegal immigrants." 

Seems he also believes that all good Virginians will rise up in righteous indignation when they are told that Janet "is in favor of amending the Virginia Constitution to allow gays to marry."

I guess this is what it comes down to if you're trying to "sell people" on the "philosophy" of the "Republic" Party in Virginia.