Leaders promises Tester a seat on appropriations
Democratic leaders in the U.S. Senate say they will give Jon Tester a seat on the influential Senate Appropriations Committee as soon as they can if he beats Republican incumbent Conrad Burns in the November election.
Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said in a statement Thursday he will "work very hard" to secure a seat for Tester - even as a freshman senator - "as soon as possible."
Personally I don't see what the excitement is all about. If I were a Tester sycophant, I would need a definition of "as soon as possible" before I would get too excited. "As soon as possible" might mean 4 years from now for all we know. Politicians are known for being slippery with the exact words they use so I would be careful. But, they don't see that, they just see the news they want to see.
The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem. Milton Friedman
