I was at a dinner celebrating the work of a person who had to work with legislators on a constant basis and one of the luminaries who spoke in congratulating this person described him as , " He's the Madison Bumgarner of legislators". For those who live under a rock Madison Bumgarner just finished off a Picasso of a pitching performance for all time baseball history in helping the Giants win their third championship in the last five years.
The remark struck me as both an outstanding compliment to the man getting the award tonight but also as a good question for the national political level. For instance, if any of the Sunday political shows asked lawmakers, other writers, or , more generally pundits who they considered the best legislator I don't think there would be anything approaching a consensus answer or really any satisfactory answer .
Why ?
Because so little legislating actually gets done on the nation level few of our lawmakers today even have the possibility of accumulating the success Bumgarner had in toying with helpless Royals hitters in the playoffs.
My intent is to update this blog with musings of the news clips I usually throw on my facebook wall as a status.This allows me to write a little more then what I usually find appropriate for a status.
In order for national politics to improve the coverage of the participants actions should be as closely covered as we cover our respective favorite sports teams. Nuance and the operating of the particular legislative mechanisms must be more widely understood in order to demand better performance from the legislature.
Our current dumpster fires both domestically and in the Middle East have essentially entered a stalemate/pause phase while both parties await the Mid Terms Tuesday which will decide who holds the Senate. I'll write up a recap of the Sunday political shows tomorrow as well as prediction for how Tuesday might be a nail-biter well into the night.
Sports News
Manning Brady part 16 - strong winds improved pats secondary gives the Pays the win 31 -27
Hot Stove Season - has officially got underway. More information will be posted tomorrow but the three most notable developments
1) Koji resigns for 2/18 with Sox
2) Lind traded for Estrada to the Brewers
3) Howie Kendrick and David Freese on the Trade Market with Angels looking for pitching
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