Tom Cotton doesn't want to hear from his constituents

[GeorgiaModerate]

Not exactly related but Lindsay Graham just called Cotton 'the Steve King of the senate".

Cotton's response was "the difference between Steve King and Lindsey Graham is Steve King can actually win an election in Iowa."

[Joey1996]

Not exactly related but Lindsay Graham just called Cotton 'the Steve King of the senate".

Cotton's response was "the difference between Steve King and Lindsey Graham is Steve King can actually win an election in Iowa."

Ouch

[ProudModerate2]

Not exactly related but Lindsay Graham just called Cotton 'the Steve King of the senate".

Cotton's response was "the difference between Steve King and Lindsey Graham is Steve King can actually win an election in Iowa."

I'm starting to think that Graham discovered that it was Cotton who was "whispering" in trump's ear (behind the scenes), in regards to trump's about-face on supporting the Graham/Durbin DACA Deal.

And this is Graham's way to say "I know it was you," and to give Cotton the middle-finger.

[Fuzzy Bear]

Cotton is a wannabe-dictator who long-term is much more dangerous than Trump.

This.

Cotton is the Real Roy Moore.  He's a Megalomaniac with a God Complex.  I say he's the Real Roy Moore because he's a guy who sends out the impression that he doesn't view himself as accountable to anybody.

If people threaten an official, there are laws against it.  If folks wish to harangue an official with their particular rap, there's always the circular file.  If Cotton want's to be anti DACA and wishes to vote on healthcare as he does, that's his choice.  I have never heard of a public official who was actually considered Presidential timber take a position against dissidents as this guy.

So far as I know Senator Cotton does not mess with, and has not messed with, underage girls.

Tom Cotton got elected in the second Tea Party era wave election, and he can be swept out in the next wave. You are right about threats to a public official, and abusive behavior at a public encounter is disorderly conduct for which the offender can be escorted away at the discretion of the police. Vile communications by mail -- circular file if incoherent except for anger, and perhaps the Postal Inspector if a bit too explicit.

I was thinking of him more as Donald Trump with a bit more political savvy, which is even more dangerous. Sure, he's from an electorally-small state, but that is the same state from which we got Bill Clinton. Should America be in the right mood, this is what we could get.

Unless the Republicans have found a way to consolidate their power permanently (gerrymandering may prove less successful than intended because gerrymandering facilitates the rise of extremists) or have changed the political culture permanently (recent polls of approval of the President and Congress in general have been awful), this sort of pol may be a one-term Senator. So it is Arkansas? Arkansas used to elect the likes of Bill Clinton, Blanche Lincoln, and William Fulbright. Traditionally the fastest way to defeat for a politician is poor constituent service. Arkansas is a poor state, and if people vote their economic interests instead of identity they just might start electing moderate Democrats again.

One and gone? He won't be missed. 

Elections have consequences, and if we vote someone in that we end up disliking, then that is our tough luck unless the pol does something so flagrant as to merit expulsion.   

He's not messed with underage girls, but Cotton is like Roy Moore in viewing himself accountable to no one.  Those are the scary poliiticians.

Tom Cotton would actually do the sort of things people here think Trump would do.  Suspend habeas corpus.  Spy on political enemies.  Bring back McCarthyism, restyled to the 21st century.  Start WWIII.  When I listen to Tom Cotton on TV, I think of his impressive resume' and imagine that folks are sold on the deal, only to regret it when they see the REAL Tom Cotton up close and personal.

Trump knows he's accountable.  He'll bluster, but he knows he answers to other branches of government, and to public opinion.  Cotton, like Roy Moore, truly doesn't care what others think.  I would be more comfortable with Maxine Waters (YUCK!) in high public office than Tom Cotton.  That's how awful I find him.

[Sirius_]

Because all of you would be so willing to talk to Tom Cotton's constituents?

I would if I was a senator from Arkansas.

[pbrower2a]

Cotton is a wannabe-dictator who long-term is much more dangerous than Trump.

This.

Cotton is the Real Roy Moore.  He's a Megalomaniac with a God Complex.  I say he's the Real Roy Moore because he's a guy who sends out the impression that he doesn't view himself as accountable to anybody.

If people threaten an official, there are laws against it.  If folks wish to harangue an official with their particular rap, there's always the circular file.  If Cotton want's to be anti DACA and wishes to vote on healthcare as he does, that's his choice.  I have never heard of a public official who was actually considered Presidential timber take a position against dissidents as this guy.

So far as I know Senator Cotton does not mess with, and has not messed with, underage girls.

Tom Cotton got elected in the second Tea Party era wave election, and he can be swept out in the next wave. You are right about threats to a public official, and abusive behavior at a public encounter is disorderly conduct for which the offender can be escorted away at the discretion of the police. Vile communications by mail -- circular file if incoherent except for anger, and perhaps the Postal Inspector if a bit too explicit.

I was thinking of him more as Donald Trump with a bit more political savvy, which is even more dangerous. Sure, he's from an electorally-small state, but that is the same state from which we got Bill Clinton. Should America be in the right mood, this is what we could get.

Unless the Republicans have found a way to consolidate their power permanently (gerrymandering may prove less successful than intended because gerrymandering facilitates the rise of extremists) or have changed the political culture permanently (recent polls of approval of the President and Congress in general have been awful), this sort of pol may be a one-term Senator. So it is Arkansas? Arkansas used to elect the likes of Bill Clinton, Blanche Lincoln, and William Fulbright. Traditionally the fastest way to defeat for a politician is poor constituent service. Arkansas is a poor state, and if people vote their economic interests instead of identity they just might start electing moderate Democrats again.

One and gone? He won't be missed. 

Elections have consequences, and if we vote someone in that we end up disliking, then that is our tough luck unless the pol does something so flagrant as to merit expulsion.   

He's not messed with underage girls, but Cotton is like Roy Moore in viewing himself accountable to no one.  Those are the scary poliiticians.

Tom Cotton would actually do the sort of things people here think Trump would do.  Suspend habeas corpus.  Spy on political enemies.  Bring back McCarthyism, restyled to the 21st century.  Start WWIII.  When I listen to Tom Cotton on TV, I think of his impressive resume' and imagine that folks are sold on the deal, only to regret it when they see the REAL Tom Cotton up close and personal.

Trump knows he's accountable.  He'll bluster, but he knows he answers to other branches of government, and to public opinion.  Cotton, like Roy Moore, truly doesn't care what others think.  I would be more comfortable with Maxine Waters (YUCK!) in high public office than Tom Cotton.  That's how awful I find him.

"Accountable to nobody", or "accountable only to God, History, and the Nation". That is how many dictators think. The commies of course reject the idea of "God", which is no improvement.

I saw bits and pieces about his campaign, and with almost all politicians it is what is hidden underneath the glad-handing is what counts. Basically, there is only one reality, and anyone who thinks otherwise is simply wrong.