In a closed-door meeting, Sen. John Cornyn apparently made thinly veiled references criticizing the recruitment of "outsiders" (i.e. citizens not completely sullied by DC politics) to oppose his hand-picked candidates for Senate offices.
Cornyn argues that his colleagues who disagree with his selections should come to him privately with their concerns. To what end? So he can try to bribe them with some government pork to shut their traps? Obviously, each parties' leadership in the Senate and the House have a lot of influence over who runs for office, but democracy is supposed to be open. And if a sitting senator wants to oppose his own party's pick for an open seat, well, it is a free county ... isn't it?
Bottom line: John Cornyn doesn't really get it. Maybe an "outsider" can run against him for the next go-round.
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