Tea Party Rambos?

My prediction: most Tea Party candidates elected to the US Congress this year will moderate after a few years. Why? Because to get things done in Congress, one must work with House members/Senators who hold different ideological beliefs. "Rambos" don't last long in Congress (with apologies to Sylvester Stallone). If these new members do not work with other members of Congress, then they will not get much done, and will be vulnerable in the next election.

However, I don't think these people will moderate their respective ideologies. Most will stay faithful to the principles they ran on the first time they are elected. Operationally, however, they will moderate in order to get bills passed that help their districts, respectively.

Then, they will understand men like Sen. McCain and Sen. Lugar. They are excellent Senators, but are willing to work with Senators who do not share their ideology.

It is easy to refuse to compromise when one is safe and has little power.

- Dr Rob

Where a sitcom meets reality...

This is where a TV sitcom meets reality. The following article is from The Telegraph, a British newspaper. This attempt at austerity by the current British government was actually an episode in the BBC series, Yes, Minister, back in the 1980s ("The Economy Drive"):

Treasury civil servants 'to work at smaller desks' in latest austerity drive:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/7922782/Treasury-civil-servants-to-work-at-smaller-desks-in-latest-austerity-drive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Civil servants at the Treasury are to be forced to sit closer together while working at smaller desks in order to free up space to squeeze in extra Whitehall staff, it has been claimed.


Now the British government is doing it for real.