Senate Republicans Frustrate Lankford
2016 politics frustrate local congressman
by James Coburn, The Edmond Sun
EDMOND — Congressman James Lankford said he is having a hard time finding a Senate Republican in Congress who is not running for president.
“It’s amazing me. The Senate is going into chaos because there are so many senators right now who are Republicans running for president,” Lankford said Wednesday before the Edmond Rotary. “Every time one of them steps out and makes an announcement, the others run to the microphone and says, ‘Me, too.’”
Watching the Senate Republicans positioning themselves for a campaign is hard to watch, said Lankford, R-Edmond. With the 2016 election three years away, the potential candidates are trying to “one-up” each other, Lankford said.
“This quite frankly is a pet-peeve for me,” said Lankford, who will sometimes ask people what it means to them to be a conservative.