Fun times ahead

It looks like the loopier wing of the House may have a hard time living up to their rhetoric.

Take Dr. Andy Harris (as he likes to be called). He beat out the only Maryland incumbent Democrat to lose his seat, proudly Blue Dog Frank Kratovil, and he did it running on a mantra of little government and lower taxes and attacking Kratovil for supporting Obama and Pelosi (indeed "Frank Kratovil and Nancy Pelosi have made a mess of things" was a recurring theme, despite Kratovil's bragging about not actually supporting the party's agenda...). It seems he's shocked, dismayed, and even angered to learn that he'll have to wait a month for his Federal Health Care to kick in. He claims that he's never known a job where he wasn't covered from day one.

That's probably true for professionals, like anesthesiologists. But most people have to wait longer. Maybe he should have shelled out the big bucks for COBRA coverage, eh? Still, I'm sure Dr. Andy is rich enough to survive a month... though a nice new pre-existing condition to take with him to his next job might give him a look at why we need health care reform.

And also take (please!) Michell Bachman. She's adamantly opposed to earmarks, like all the Tea Partiers. Except that she wants a redefinition of what an earmark is, so she can get one or two for herself while still staying Pure. I guess "earmarking" is one of those irregular nouns - it's not an earmark when I do it!

Oh yeah. Gonna be an interesting two years.