Re: Hubble to be Repaired.....what a load of hooey!


Frank Glover wrote:
Eric Chomko wrote:

That assumes the average voter would *be* moved by this decision.
Would that space-related issues *were* important enough to most voters
for that to be so.

And exactly *which* incumbents or candidates could claim credit and
ride that particular coattail, anyway?


Whoever wins can claim credit. That is why it is a safe move for
Griffin at the time he did it, regardless of the structure of Congress
after this election. By doing what he did, now, he can't lose.

Eric


Except that his is not an elected position. He need only satisfy his
bosses, not the voters, directly.

The point is that regardless of who heads the Congressional committees
next year, Griffin made a safe move.

Eric



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