Tax cut vote casts light on freshman legislator

[pstokely]

Source: STL post dispatch

JEFFERSON CITY • Rep. Keith English was in the spotlight last week, when he knocked out his opponent in a mixed martial arts competition here that drew a noisy crowd of legislators and raised money for charity.

But that was nothing compared to the glare cast on him Tuesday, when he abandoned his Democratic colleagues and sided with Republicans to enact a tax cut over Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto.

English, a union electrician and freshman legislator from Florissant, said his vote shouldn’t have surprised anyone.

“I’m a moderate Democrat,” he said in an interview. “I believe in common-sense legislation.”

Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/political-fix/tax-cut-vote-casts-light-on-freshman-legislator/article_ee0db92c-8c01-5420-9868-faa5e6cf4a96.html

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Is it too late to primary him?

[snot]

1. WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE???

Pardon my yelling; but honestly, how stupid are we?

[pscot]

2. One more dumb son-of-a-bitch

[tekriter]

3. Sorry to say, he's my wife's cousin.

He calls himself a Democrat, but he and I have nothing in common.

All he's doing here is setting himself up for future elections as "the guy who cut your taxes".

[EC]

4. tell him that

cutting taxes is why the people of the state can't have nice things, like concrete roads and top graded schools

[pstokely]

6. no Repuke could get elected in that district

nt

[rickyhall]

5. One wonders

How many "moderate" or "3rd way" "democrats" aren't actually undercover Repugs?
Nothing and I mean nothing would surprise me.

[MisterP]

7. that's the M.O. since 1994: Weicker would be "too left" for the DEMS

[Jake Stern]

8. There are voices on here who say we simply MUST support these folks

because they have a "D" behind their name no matter how much they vote with Republicans.

[Scuba]

9. Republican infiltrators.