I love Mike Stark as a person even if I don’t always see eye-to-eye with him in the particulars of how goes about his business. Sometimes I cringe a little when he asks certain questions, but I admire his courage and his dedication. Watching him torment the chairman of the Blue Dog Caucus, Mike Ross of Arkansas, isn’t easy. I don’t know if in the end it is even helpful. But I feel some level of satisfaction in knowing that Mike Ross cannot oppose a public option for health care without paying a price for it. Watch.
Stark is correct that we’d all be a lot better off without people like Mike Ross taking up room on our committees. Where are the populist southern Democrats? How did they become a bunch of corporate shills? My guess is that the people of Arkansas stand to gain more from a public option than almost any other state in the union. Does Mike Ross care? No. And that’s the problem.
