How utterly sick would it be for Carper to be the Senate minority leader? The answer is, so nauseatingly sick.
Minority Spot Opens for Carper
With Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) retiring, the top Democratic spot would fall to the most senior Democrat left, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.).
But Carper also could opt to stay on as ranking minority member at the Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs, an arguably less divisive committee.
Carper is still not showing his cards, however. He insists he’s focused on work in the lame-duck session—the agenda includes keeping the government open after mid-December—when the House and Senate resumes the 114th Congress after the election.
“I have not yet made a decision and think we have a lot of important work to accomplish in the 114th Congress before we start planning what we will do in the 115th,” Carper said in a prepared statement.
Why not? Democrats are a center-right party anyway.
You’re quoting from an old story and completely misinterpreting it.
The story is about the EPW committee slot, not minority leader.
Full story: https://www.google.com/amp/www.bna.com/fierce-opponent-climate-n57982082561/%3Famp%3Dtrue?client=safari
The story is already old, as Carper has taken the ranking member slot on EPW: http://www.carper.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/mobile/pressreleases?ID=BEBB705A-B572-45D5-B22E-62C3963BCCE6
This crowd sourced fact checking.is the beauty of logging. That and captivating headlines.
You guys really know a lot of facts about Carper.
He is an open book.