Bait and switch

In today's Billings Gazette there was an article stating that Jon Tester did not get the seat on the appropriations committee he was promised. I'm sure somewhere in the fine print of that promise was the word eventually or someday get on the appropriations committee, but that didn't make the headlines when it was promised. It seems like the Democrats succesfully undermined one of Burns main selling points without having to really mean it. Would the Republicans have done the same - absolutely, but it just further shows that their doesn't seem to be a lot of room left for good guys in politics.

Also, it does make a difference. There are things that happen in committee that don't happen anywhere else, and although Max will keep the dollars flowing somebody just turned down the spigot considerably.