Mike Pence, seeking the GOP leadership of the U.S. House, has annoyed the Indiana Democratic Party by urging fellow House Republicans to use their “talents and expertise to dismantle Democratic arguments and expose their liberal, big government agenda at every turn.”
On Saturday, a spokeswoman for the Indiana Democratic Party called the Indiana congressman's statement pessimistic and antagonistic.
“I think if we learned one thing from (the election) Tuesday it's that people in this country want Republicans and Democrats to work together in Congress,” Jennifer Wagner said.
“The tone of his statement is such that it's just a little surprising that he wouldn't want to work with Democrats, as opposed to starting out the gates with such pessimism and antagonism.”
I guess Democrats don't have a grasp of what "loyal opposition" means. That's understandable since they, of course, never used their talents and expertise to thwart the mean-spirited Republican agenda. Mike Pence understands something the Democrats ignore at their peril (Republicans, too, not to put too fine a point on it): This election was not a repudiation of conservative values.
