Gotta love this post from former Senator Marty Williams: House GOP plays games at Virginia’s expense.
So what are our Republican stalwarts doing with their time?
First, they are maintaining their tactic of killing bills in sub-committees without recorded votes.
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To make matters worse, this same leadership team now takes bills to the floor without recorded votes to make the Democrats vote on bills they deem are hurtful to them. What hypocrisy!
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We begged for a non-partisan redistricting process when we were in the minority because we believed it would lead to a Republican majority. I still believe that today. We should be insisting on being the party that leads the way on this critical issue.
And remember, the Republicans dumped this guy. Hey Marty – come on over to the Democratic side 
Oh joy. Brian Kirwin has a new blog.
Posted by anonymous | Monday, January 28, 2008, 12:54 pmYeah but Marty Williams is writing over there, too.
Posted by vjp | Monday, January 28, 2008, 1:48 pmI wonder if the Republicans think that losing their Senate majority is a reasonable price for their greater idealogical purity.
Posted by Brian | Monday, January 28, 2008, 3:33 pmPlease explain which is the greater hypocrite, the Democrat who proposes a Union wet dream bill he knows will not pass, and would not vote himself, in hopes it will be killed in a GOP committee so the blame for it not passing can be cast at the GOP, or the GOP committee that puts the Democrat into the position of having to vote against his own bill with the Union watching?
I don’t see a lot to be proud of on either side.
Posted by Don Tabor | Monday, January 28, 2008, 4:26 pmCome on ove to the DEMSr? Marty was ALWAYS a RINO. Why do you think his constituents dumped him? Helllo?
As to Don Tabor’s question – great question! The answer is the person that introduces a bill that the individual has no intention of supporting – soley to claim that they did.
As far as losing the Seante majority – perhaps had the GOP actually performed in accordance with GOP priniciples, instead of letting RINOs rule the GOP – the GOP would still have a majority?
Here is the better question:
I wonder if the Republican ‘leadership’ think that losing their Senate majority is a reasonable price for their lack of any committment to act like Republicans?
Posted by Reid Greenmun | Monday, January 28, 2008, 5:32 pmDon – I think you might have missed the fact that Del. Ebbin asked that the bill be withdrawn because, as drawn, it did not reflect his intentions. Now, you can be cynical and say that is an excuse, but to say that he presented it with the knowledge that it would not pass is an opinion, not a fact.
Reid – if Marty wants to call himself a Republican, he has every right to do so.
Posted by vjp | Monday, January 28, 2008, 5:49 pmSo what, exactly, WERE his intentions, and what part of the bill did he have a problem with?
Was his intention to not have to vote on the bill in the first place? Was his intention to make the Republicans kills it in committee?
Posted by Anon E. Mouse | Monday, January 28, 2008, 6:02 pmUm, Mouse – why don’t you ask him?
Posted by vjp | Monday, January 28, 2008, 10:18 pmA fine idea. I will do that, and let you know his response.
Posted by Anon E. Mouse | Monday, January 28, 2008, 10:31 pm