Flip Flopperman Mike Castle says that if he were a Senator now, he would have joined Scott Brown, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins in voting to end debate on a 15 billion-dollar jobs bill. But when Mike Castle had the chance to vote yes on the House’s job creation measure last December, he decided that Republican obstructionism was the way to go, Delawareans be damned.
And now Mike Castle has flipped flopped on Republican obstructionism too. Now he says he is not a fan of the Senate filibuster anyway. That is a shocking announcement. I now expect Mike Castle to condemn his fellow Republicans in the Senate, who he hopes to join next year, for their unprecedented record breaking abuse of the filibuster. I expect Mike Castle, should be be horribly unfortunate enough to suffer through his election in November, to never filibuster any piece of legislation ever. I expect him, given his statement, to immediately call on Mitch McConnell and the other Republican obstructionists in the Senate, ordering them to lay down their arms immediately on all of the President’s nominees, and on all legislation.
A leader would do that. A leader would stand up for his principles. And apparently, opposition to the filibuster is now one of Mike Castle’s principles.
And of course we know Mike Castle will do nothing of the kind, for he is not a leader, and he has not principles. Indeed, the flip flop on that statement is coming within the hour.