Utah's purple dog
Rep. Jim* Matheson, Utah's only Democrat in the state's D.C. delegation, acknowledges he has a reputation for voting like a Republican. And that's a good thing, he says.Congressional Quarterly researched how often members of Congress have voted with President Bush on issues where he took a clear stand. It also looks at how often members voted with their party on votes where clear majorities of the two parties opposed one another.
Matheson sided with Bush 41 percent of the time — the sixth highest percentage among House Democrats.
Not only do I have a good relationship with the party, but it has given me a reputation so that people in both parties know that I am someone who will look at the substance of a bill and not just the politics. So they are willing to work with me.But his opponent in November, Republican Bill Dew says Matheson is still too liberal for Utah:
It only goes to show how liberal our Democratic-controlled Congress has become.Matheson, who will not attend the Democratic Convention in Denver this week, has yet to announce whether he will attend the GOP Convention in September.
*Ouch. How could I confuse "Fire in the Belly" Gov. Scott with his offspring.
5 Comments:
Representative Scott Matheson? Who's that?
First Western Governors and now the Trib blog... "Jim" sure has a hard time getting recognized around here.
Glen, grab another coffee. Jimbo and Scooter will tell on you to Norma.
And you don't want that. :)
The "Scott" slip aside (nive compliment for Jim, by the way) this is a great blog. Matheson is a terrific congressman, a man of principle rather than politics. Would that there were more of his stripe in goverment.
"Matheson is a terrific congressman, a man of principle rather than politics." One man's "manly man of principle" is another's weasel, I guess, because I don't think Matheson does anything but what will benefit his constituency of one: Jim Matheson. He never makes waves, he never takes strong positions, he never does anything but vote in his own self-interest. He's a weasel and Utah Democrats deserve better.
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