The Most Unhappy Fellow
By GAIL COLLINS
NYT
Our Independence Day weekend winner of the title of Most Unhappy Person in Washington is: John Boehner, the House minority leader.
I know this is a bit of a surprise since the award almost always goes to the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, whose job is frequently compared to herding cats. Although cats are much more sympathetic than senators.
I’d go for squirrels. Rabid squirrels. Rabid squirrels that are running for re-election.
Even this week, Reid’s life looked pretty miserable because he is trying to get a commitment on finance reform from the newest Republican senator, Scott Brown of Massachusetts.
Brown ran as a sort of populist man of the people, but in April, he told The Boston Globe that he couldn’t support the then-current version of the bill. When asked what he wanted changed, Brown said: “Well, what areas do you think should be fixed? I mean, you know, tell me. And then I’ll get a team and go fix it.”
(More here.)
NYT
Our Independence Day weekend winner of the title of Most Unhappy Person in Washington is: John Boehner, the House minority leader.
I know this is a bit of a surprise since the award almost always goes to the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, whose job is frequently compared to herding cats. Although cats are much more sympathetic than senators.
I’d go for squirrels. Rabid squirrels. Rabid squirrels that are running for re-election.
Even this week, Reid’s life looked pretty miserable because he is trying to get a commitment on finance reform from the newest Republican senator, Scott Brown of Massachusetts.
Brown ran as a sort of populist man of the people, but in April, he told The Boston Globe that he couldn’t support the then-current version of the bill. When asked what he wanted changed, Brown said: “Well, what areas do you think should be fixed? I mean, you know, tell me. And then I’ll get a team and go fix it.”
(More here.)
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