Realistically, life in the House minority has always stunk. But now you add on that Congress does 0 & barely functions, and why bother?
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I think the added factor, though, is Trump. It's kind of like John McMullen's famous line that "nothing is more limited than being a limited partner of George Steinbrenner."
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Minority with no real prospect of majority always sucks in the lower house.
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Being in the minority sucks. Especially in the top down House.
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1 A lot of people just don't want that job, even before Trump. My former state senator briefly considered running in 2014 when Mike Rogers retired. He didn't like DC, didn't want to leave the farm, and didn't want to raise his son there. Two year cycles. Time away from family.
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2. Media spotlight. The Kavanaugh treatment. High costs and two residences. I can't blame anyone for leaving. If I was an elected official, I'd take a county office over a DC office any day of the week. It's not much of a paycut either in my midsize county when expenses are done.
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Xavier Beccera did this in 2017 to run for AG of California. Granted he was a Democrat but he was in a Safe Blue district and the same could be applied vice versa to Paul Cook.
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With the make-up of the Democrat controlled House and the cutthroat media looking for any reason to ruin someone's career, can you really blame him?
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County supervisor is a powerful position that directly impacts local life. Basically the exact opposite of a House seat in the minority.
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