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Coburn Staying on Judiciary Committee
Is it weird that I'm happy about this news? The progressive blogosphere will have Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) -- he of the lunchtime slide shows on STDs and the decent Elton John impression -- to kick around on the Judiciary Committee.
Earlier this week I mentioned the committee crunch that could have ejected Coburn from the powerful Judiciary panel. But Coburn just confirmed to me that fellow pro-lifer Sen. San Brownback (R-KS), who is readying a likely gubernatorial run in 2010, has agreed to step aside from Judiciary so the Oklahoma senator can stay.
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Damn it. I would have enjoyed seeing him lose his seat on the committee. As a side benefit it would have been really great for the country.
January 16, 2009 3:53 AM | Reply | Permalink
Doctor Tom Colburn who is conservative to a fault he is like a stockholder in a S&L I once worked at ask me about one of our loan officers. I told him that he would never loss any money but would never make any either because he could not access risk.Dr, Tom is known as Dr. No. I wonder where he was at when G.W. Bush took us to a unnecessary war and threw money at the rebuilding of Iraq. Plus deregulate Wall Street and sent our economy down the tubes. I think with his judgement I don't want this man setting on any committee.
January 18, 2009 8:11 AM | Reply | Permalink