Wild and Crazy Guys
April 6, 2013 - by
A TAPster and Jones Street veteran urges us to remain calm:
“Democrats and other doomsayers who believe our state is on the brink of a GOP-led apocalypse should be reassured by encouraging signs from Jones Street.
“House leaders used good judgment by making it clear that legislation to establish a state religion was DOA. And, a thorough debate on scuttling the state’s renewable energy requirements revealed that some GOP members are actually thinking for themselves and questioning some of their colleagues’ narrow-minded ideas.
“It’s easy to introduce a bill but very difficult to pass one. The crazy stuff introduced by newbie Republicans gets a lot of headlines, but every crazy idea faces an arduous legislative journey regardless of who is the sponsor.
“So, it will be interesting to see if legislative leaders subtly impose obstacles on the Crazy Caucus, and if this is the start of an encouraging trend to gently shift the focus toward jobs and the economy and away from so many crazy, divisive social issues.”
Posted in General, North Carolina - Republicans
Wild and Crazy Guys
April 6, 2013/
A TAPster and Jones Street veteran urges us to remain calm:
“Democrats and other doomsayers who believe our state is on the brink of a GOP-led apocalypse should be reassured by encouraging signs from Jones Street.
“House leaders used good judgment by making it clear that legislation to establish a state religion was DOA. And, a thorough debate on scuttling the state’s renewable energy requirements revealed that some GOP members are actually thinking for themselves and questioning some of their colleagues’ narrow-minded ideas.
“It’s easy to introduce a bill but very difficult to pass one. The crazy stuff introduced by newbie Republicans gets a lot of headlines, but every crazy idea faces an arduous legislative journey regardless of who is the sponsor.
“So, it will be interesting to see if legislative leaders subtly impose obstacles on the Crazy Caucus, and if this is the start of an encouraging trend to gently shift the focus toward jobs and the economy and away from so many crazy, divisive social issues.”
Posted in General, North Carolina - Republicans