Freshman GOP Sen. Ron Johnson (Wis.) is looking to purge nearly his entire Washington, D.C.-based legislative team, according to multiple Republican sources familiar with the situation.
Johnson’s frustration with his legislative staff has been one of the worst-kept secrets in Washington for months, those close to Republican Conference politics said.
But the situation in Johnson’s office has escalated in recent weeks. The top brass of the Senate Republican Steering Committee — the Conference’s conservative hub — have connected at least one Johnson legislative aide with another GOP Senate office, and sources indicated they may be helping others find jobs before they are asked to permanently clear their desks.
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
RoJo Has Romney Disease: Likes Firing People
Roll Call says RoJo purging his staff. Certain CEO's are not cut out for politics.
Blaming the staff because he has accomplished zero?
ReplyDeleteThis is classic. It's all the fault of the staff...every single one of them. Everyone has had a boss like this at some time in their career.
ReplyDeleteLet us hope that the bitterness and recrimination result in some leaks to the press. Nothing says pay-back like seeing it in print.
You left out the best quote:
ReplyDelete“He’s an interesting case study of someone who has talked more than he has listened, lectured more than he has developed relationships with his colleagues, and now he’s having a tough time because of that behavior in advancing his policy goals,” one senior GOP aide said. “It’s kind of like watching a temper tantrum by a 2-year-old in the middle of the grocery store.”
It'll be interesting to note whether Paddy Mac survives the purge.
ReplyDeleteI suspect that Ronnie's staff members are guilty of actually thinking -- something of which Johnson is generally incapable. One thing I will say for Ronnie -- I have never seen a weasel look that good in a suit.
ReplyDeleteDo you really have the audacity to claim that a WI Senator has "accomplished zero?"
ReplyDeleteHello... do the names Feingold and Kohl mean anything to you? How many combined years of "zero" do they have invested in Washington?
I went to meet with a RoJo staffer, which is a poor substitute for Feingold's listening sessions. The one staffer sent there was bragging how their office was "built from scratch" without ideas from any previous or existing models.
ReplyDeleteOne month later, after having asked for help filing a FOIA request..........zip!