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      <title>Comments On: Mike Ross not running for governor in 2014; to lobby instead
    
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      <![CDATA[I am glad Ross is gone.  He screwed Democrats over when he abandoned the 4th district.  You guys can say what you want, but having Ross representing the 4th was much more preferable than having Cotton or Rankin.  Ross obviously didn't care.  And as far as Halter is concerned, who cares where he is.  He can't point to anything he's accomplished other than the lottery and I wouldn't be proud of that.  I just don't understand why everyone thinks the lottery is so great.  Do people not realize who is paying for those scholarships?  It is the poor, by and large.  People whose children, because of a disparate education system in this state, will most likely not even qualify for a scholarship, yet they are the ones buying the tickets.  I am all for education and sending kids to college is a great thing, but if we really believe in these things, shouldn't we be willing to figure a way to pay for them without impacting the poor?
        
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      <![CDATA[PlainJim makes a very good point.  Seems to me the reason this country is in such a mess is because no one on either side is willing to sit down together and work through our problems.  We have become so partisan both to the left and the right, that we can't get anything accomplished.  Our failure to compromise, will sadly, be our downfall.
        
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      <![CDATA[Plainjim, in my book, Ross's pandering to the insurance industry while opposing health care reform, all the while representing a poor district with much to gain, was unforgivable.
        
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      <![CDATA[Dash for the cash, Mike!
        
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    <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 19:41:16 -0500</pubDate>
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      <![CDATA[Mike Ross has served the Democratic Party well, largely because of his willingness to compromise.  Sadly, this is no longer a virtue in the eyes of doctrinaire Democrats, who have become just as fanatic as doctrinaire Republicans.  Diss him all you want, but I think he largely has done a good job. I probably would have voted for him against Dustin McDaniel. Okay. let the bullets fly.
        
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      <![CDATA[Mike rushes through the swinging door to cash in. Good riddance.
        
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      <![CDATA[YMB, honor doesn't pay. MoMoney rules!
        
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      <![CDATA[This is another troubling ethics situation. Ross is still a US Rep. and he will continue to vote in Congress and sit on committees covering issues that could possibly affect his soon-to-be employer.<br>
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Since he is now officially the Rep. for a corporation, rather than (supposedly) the people who elected him, the honorably thing would be for Mr. Ross to resign, but none of us expect honor from Members of Congress anymore.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Sound Policy]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[And Mike Ross thinks of himself as a Democrat (I sure as hell don't).  Sigh.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[FSMXNA]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[So Ross is off to be a lobbyist and his probable replacement is a hyper-partisan shill for every right-wing cause known to man. Fitting for the times.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[bobbyt]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[can tom cotton  name one issue where he would vote against his big money masters and d. c.<br>
insiders?
        
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      <![CDATA[Not a good time to be a Blanche Democrat by sucking up to the other side hoping they will love you. It's a loser's game. Nice that Ross and Blanche will remain on the corporate party payroll.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Jack]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Would be interesting to see how much outside money would come in for Halter, in a non-federal race.
        
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