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Moderate GOP not happy with House leadership

Posted at 10:21 AM on July 8, 2006 by Tom Scheck

The New York Times Carl Hulse has a story on how several moderate Republicans are not happy with a summer push by House leadership on conservative causes like gun rights and abortion restrictions.

www.nytimes.com/2006/07/08/washington/08elect.html

Here’s the nut graph:

“Frustrated and angry, they say the leadership's new American Values Agenda, a list of initiatives heavy on ideological themes, seems short-sighted and ill-timed considering that few conservatives are at serious risk in November.

"It was stupid and gross," said Representative Christopher Shays, Republican of Connecticut. "They have this obsession to satisfy conservative Republicans who will probably be re-elected no matter what happens. They get job satisfaction, but they are making it more difficult for me to win my race." –

Ouch! It’s always good when a reporter gets a lawmaker to say things like “stupid” and “gross.” I'm amazed people still use the word “gross."

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