Tom Price's rise in GOP stalled

For many years, John Lewis has been my representative in Congress.   When Georgia's population growth gave us an additional representative, the redrawn congressional map landed me in the district of Rep. Tom Price, one of the most conservative members of Congress.

At least he's not one of the crazies or one of the know-nothing crowd.   He's just very conservative, a no-compromising opponent of Obama's Affordable Care Act.

I was glad that Price lost his bid to be elected by his peers as the #4 person in the House leadership hierarchy as the Republican Conference Chair.  He had previously held the #5 position as Chair of the Republican Study Committee.

There's a good bit of schadenfreude, I admit, in my reaction;  but it's also an indicator that the Republicans are trying to move back to a more moderate position after being in thrall to the Tea Party and suffering defeat because of it.

The winner was Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington state.   It is significant that their peers chose a woman and a more moderate representative.

Ralph