Here's a funny piece about the 2012 presidential election, from David Epstein, The Washington Fancy:
Congressman Thaddeus McCotter’s (R-MI) announcement that he would be joining the GOP presidential race stunned insiders in Washington, mostly because no one had ever heard of him before.
The Congressman from Michigan has not made many headlines in Washington thus far, and was mostly known for performing in the band ‘The Second Amendments.”
Reporters, fundraisers, lobbyists and other Congressmen were all surprised at the existence of Rep. McCotter. “There is seriously a guy here named Thaddeus? How did I not know that?” asked GOP Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA). “Didn’t that guy die in the 19th century?” Cantor added, apparently confusing Rep. McCotter with Thaddeus Stevens, a powerful Republican Congressman from the 1850s and ‘60s known for his support of the Civil War and Reconstruction.
The total ignorance of his existence extended to the Democrat’s side of the isle. “I really thought a guy named Thaddeus would be from Alabama, or maybe Mississippi. But he’s from Michigan, you say?” was the response of Senator John Kerry (D-MA).
Traditionally, having almost no name recognition would be a hindrance to any nascent presidential campaign. However, a poll conducted by The Washington Fancy in Iowa found one registered Republican voter who had heard of Rep. McCotter, which is greater than the number that had heard of Gov. Jon Huntsman.
Political insiders - source of endless humor.
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