According to the Austin-American Statesman’s Jonathan Tilove, Governor Abbot views “the current crankiness under the pink dome as something of a seasonal disorder, like cedar fever, that in the coming weeks will break to reveal compromise and by Abbott’s view, another successful legislative session.”
“We are precisely where we were this moment in time two years ago. This is more than an echo; it almost rhymes or is spot on to where we were last session,” Abbott said in an interview last week with the American-Statesman. “But candidly, this is where we are every session,” Abbott said.
To a large degree Governor Abbott is right which makes it even more curious that in mid-March House leaders began off-the-record attacks on Abbott to friendly members of the press resulting in stories highly critical of Texas’ governor. And again, the barking at Abbott from legislators isn’t novel in Texas political history but what some House leaders were saying was interesting.
For a group of arrogant House committee chairmen, the officer corps of the Speaker Straus leadership cabal, it was funny to hear them complaining that they were hamstrung because Governor Abbott wouldn’t tell them, at least in their minds, his clear positions on major bills and especially the Privacy Act, or bathroom-bill.
These are the same people who bluster about their independence; who bloviate angrily about pressure from the Senate and from conservative activists, and; who have as a leader a man who says repeatedly he lets the inmates run the asylum. But like children, they’ve been whining to the press about a lack of so-called leadership from Governor Abbott.
Many of these House chairmen audaciously preen with authority but on tough issues beg to use the Governor as political cover.
House leaders trying to hide behind Governor Abbott?
Robert Pratt
According to the Austin-American Statesman’s Jonathan Tilove, Governor Abbot views “the current crankiness under the pink dome as something of a seasonal disorder, like cedar fever, that in the coming weeks will break to reveal compromise and by Abbott’s view, another successful legislative session.”
“We are precisely where we were this moment in time two years ago. This is more than an echo; it almost rhymes or is spot on to where we were last session,” Abbott said in an interview last week with the American-Statesman. “But candidly, this is where we are every session,” Abbott said.
To a large degree Governor Abbott is right which makes it even more curious that in mid-March House leaders began off-the-record attacks on Abbott to friendly members of the press resulting in stories highly critical of Texas’ governor. And again, the barking at Abbott from legislators isn’t novel in Texas political history but what some House leaders were saying was interesting.
For a group of arrogant House committee chairmen, the officer corps of the Speaker Straus leadership cabal, it was funny to hear them complaining that they were hamstrung because Governor Abbott wouldn’t tell them, at least in their minds, his clear positions on major bills and especially the Privacy Act, or bathroom-bill.
These are the same people who bluster about their independence; who bloviate angrily about pressure from the Senate and from conservative activists, and; who have as a leader a man who says repeatedly he lets the inmates run the asylum. But like children, they’ve been whining to the press about a lack of so-called leadership from Governor Abbott.
Many of these House chairmen audaciously preen with authority but on tough issues beg to use the Governor as political cover.