Conrad, One Of Obama’s Best Pals
This month’s National Journal features Kent Conrad as one of Obama’s closest ally’s in this upcoming administration. Which garners the question…..if ND voted Red, carried by McCain handily, how is Conrad going to be a major ally of Obama’s without putting the wants of ND citizens on the back burner?
BISMARCK – With Barack Obama becoming president in January and Democrats’ margins in Congress increasing, North Dakota’s U.S. senators may have starring roles in Washington.
The latest issue of a leading Washington political publication, the National Journal, asks, “Who will be Barack Obama’s key allies on Capitol Hill?”
The cover illustration, “Obama’s Universe,” shows Obama as the sun, encircled by planets with the faces of key members of Congress.
The planet closest to Obama is Sen. Kent Conrad, and the magazine calls him “an emerging deal-maker in the Senate.”
Gary Emineth has the same question about how things will shake out with Conrad representing ND and at the same time being a key player in the Obama era.
That’s a potential problem for North Dakotans, said state Republican Chairman Gary Emineth, wondering if the state’s all-Democratic delegation’s loyalties are going to be with North Dakotans’ values or with the president and the Democratic majority in Congress.
“We’ll see how they line up at the end of the day,” he said.
Emineth also said it will also be interesting seeing how the delegation explains its votes on certain bills when they will no longer have a Republican president to blame.
I guess we will just have to wait and see the results, but at first look, we I’m afraid we will be seeing a major disconnect between ND values and our representation in DC, at least out of Conrad.
