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Congrats Jason Chaffetz!
Go Jason, go.
At this point, it's about establishing himself amongst his peers. All the new reps. will be jockeying for position which advances their influence. The fact that OUR guy is at the front of the line already is a big deal.
It's also nice that Bishop replaced Cannon- guess there's no real 'loss' of power from having ousted Cannon.
"I'm a Chaffetz supporter as much as the next guy but isn't it possible some of you cheerleaders are reading a little too much into this? We're talking about a leadership position among the freshman class for a party that is substantially in the minority."
Agreed since the position is as a representative of freshman Representatives on the Republican Policy Committee. That isn't something to boast about and normally it wouldn't even be newsworthy except that Jason Chaffetz is from Utah.
"We're also talking about an election where none of these freshmen have a record. Exactly how many newcomer Republicans won election in this cycle?"
If I recall correctly there are only 21 freshman Republicans and slightly more freshman Democrats. It's only fair that we give Chaffetz some credit since at least 11 other Representatives chose him to represent them on the Republican Policy Committee.
If all 21 wanted one of the three positions, (highly unlikely), and Jason was one of the top three, then that shows a fair bit of support. But if there were only 4 or 5 freshmen trying to get elected, as is often the case is such groups, then it just means that Jason bested a couple of other people for the posts.
Or if these three were the only ones who wanted the positions, and Jason got what appears to be the lowest spot of the three, then Jason is a loser.
Its all a matter of context. Does anyone know since the News omitted this key piece of information?