Is Sessions "The Man" going forward?

U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions (TX-32) is also Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee.

U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions was selected to Chair the National Republican Congressional Committee because of the likelihood he would not draw a challenger in the 2010 Republican Primary.  And gauging off of his performance in New York's 23rd Congressional District special election, Republicans now have two reasons to question Sessions' qualifications for this position.

Questions about Sessions' record on ethical matters and fiscal policy remain unanswered.  And given the fact that 2006 and 2008 happened because of ethical and fiscal concerns nationally within the Republican Party, questions linger about whether any challenger might have knocked Sessions out of Congress in recent Republican Primaries.

Rep. Sessions has an interesting scenario that he will soon be faced with. An announcement is forthcoming this week that will throttle the assumption that Sessions will go unchallenged in his re-election effort.

With a Republican Primary challenger likely, Sessions' first major test in New York's 23rd District race draws into question his ability both to carry out the duties inherent in his role Chairing the NRCC as well as his ability to be re-elected given his ethical and fiscal record. Voting for 8 years of Bush era deficits undoubtedly led both to the 2006 and 2008 election fiascoes that saw Republicans lose control of the Congress and the White House, as well as the accelerating deficits of the Obama Administration.

Coupled with his fund raising fiascoes involving Malaysian junkets, Indian casinos and hot air balloons, it would seem that Sessions might almost be best to announce his retirement than having to answer the questions a grueling campaign challenger will force and that have gone largely unasked, unanswered thus far.

Then there is the matter of Sessions' actual role as U.S. Representative.  Granted, Democrats enjoy solid majorities in the House and Senate, so the impact that Sessions could have on any given day and in any given topic is somewhat limited.  Yet the best he has been able to muster has been to point to his home State of Texas and discuss the tort reform initiated here and advocate "common sense solutions" to contemporary problems.  "Common sense solutions."  That's political-speak for "I've got nothing," because we have yet to hear them if he does!  And we can do better than former corporate executives-turned-Congressmen who have nothing more to offer than bailouts for corporate buddies.

If New York's 23rd District race has been a referendum on anything, it has been on the philosophy of the Republican Party and its leadership has shown itself to be wanting. And with Primary season upon us, perhaps it is time that those leaders take a good, hard look at whether they represent the path forward or the reason for the problems we as a Party and a nation find ourself facing today.

For elections are about selecting those who can best serve the People. And Sessions can't even get a RINO elected in New York State.

District 32:  Is U.S. Representative Pete Sessions "The Man" going forward?