After 26 years, Conrad reflects on his life in Washington
December 8, 2012 at 6:28 pm in Grand Forks Herald
Kent Conrad sent tremors through North Dakota’s political landscape when he announced on Jan. 18, 2011, he would not seek a fifth term in the U.S. Senate. The decision was an aftershock to the political earthquake delivered a year earlier, on Jan. 5, 2010, when Sen. Byron Dorgan, a fellow Democrat, announced he would retire from politics. Continue Reading
Little did he realize he became part of the problem instead of the solution
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Everyone who goes to DC becomes part of the problem, no matter which party. The city is that corrupting.
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Actually, he is one of the few that understood how the country’s financial system works. That’s why he got 70% of the vote nearly every time out. That’s 70% in a very red state. He was a moderate Democrat. And Hoeven will do well as long as he is a Moderate Republican. The problem lies with the folks who re-elect the Boehners, Pelosis, Reids and McConnells of the world. Those are the heads of congress that get the 9% or so approval ratings.
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He was relected because he brought home pork, making ND a serf to the Federal Government, and because the ND media never ran a negative story on him.
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Voters in ND relected him time and time again. He brought home the bacon, especially the farm subsidies.
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